Budvar

A street fighter with Budvar in his blood

08-Apr-2014 By Roger Protz

Roger Protz on how retiring Budweiser Budvar UK PR man Denis Cox has fought tirelessly to plug the Budvar brand and protect it from the Americans.

The Big Interview: Jiri Bocek, Budweiser Budvar

15-May-2012 By Roger Protz

It almost reads like a chapter from John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. But the fact of the matter is that in the corridors of power in the Czech parliament and behind the lagering tanks in the Budweiser Budvar brewery the subterfuge and intrigue...

Czech Government plans to undermine Budweiser are thwarted

03-May-2012 By Roger Protz

Moves by the Czech government to undermine the state-owned Budweiser Budvar brewery by handing its key export markets to rival AB InBev, which owns the American Budweiser brand, have been thwarted.

Plate mates

08-Jul-2011 By Jo Bruce

Jo Bruce headed to the Czech Republic with the MA's Pub Chef of the Year 2011 to discover what makes Budweiser Budvar a perfect match for pub dishes.

Budvar calls for pub jazz musicians

28-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Pub jazz musicians have until Thursday (31 March) to enter into the Budweiser Budvar's fourth Budvar Brewed Jazz competition.

Budvar sales up 100% in London

10-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney

Czech lager Budvar has recorded a 101.6% growth in bottled sales in London for the last quarter. The figures were compiled by CGA, which shows that...

Budvar launches new POS kit

29-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Budweiser Budvar is launching a new POS kit featuring four glamorous women across pubs and bars in the UK from today. Show cards, table cards and...

Budvar Yeast gets fest launch

20-Aug-2009 By Robyn Lewis

Budvar Yeast Beer will be available in the UK for the first time this August, as part of a beer festival at the famous White Horse in London's...

We need courage to fight the ideologues

17-Apr-2009 By Tony Jennings

It always ends in tears when Utopian individuals or movements get hell bent on changing our lifestyles, says Tony Jennings.

Storm in a pint glass over black lager launches

23-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Controversial Scottish micro BrewDog is launching what it claims is the UK's first mass-market commercially available black lager. But Budvar, a...

GBBF: Budvar at the festival

21-Jul-2008

It's fitting that Josef Tolar will be a lonely representative of foreign lager among English cask ale experts when he joins the Champion Beer of...

A move to the dark side

30-Nov-2007

The phrase 'hiding your light under a bushel' is a well known one, but Budvar could be accused of hiding its Dark under a bushel.The Czech lager...

A clear winner of a not-so-clear award

12-May-2005

Somewhere deep in the bureaucracy of the European Union there is a unit composed of highly-paid people whose job is to think up the most...

Czech mate

13-Mar-2003

BUDWEISER BUDVAR: Budvar is pursuing a targeted approach to getting consumers hooked on its famous Czech lager. Last year, it announced sponsorship...

Fight over the 'Bud' trademark finally comes to an end

24-Feb-2003

The battle between Anheuser-Busch and Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar over the ownership of the "Bud" trademark has finally been brought to an end in...