Stein (brewery)
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The Stein Brewery (Slovak: Pivovar Stein) is a Slovak brewery, located in Bratislava.
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[edit] Beer products
- 8% Light beer
- 10% Draught beer
- 11% Stout beer – this dark beer was nicknamed as Baník (meaning Miner in Slovak)
- 12% Lager beer
- 14% Special lager beer
- Radler – beer with lemon flavour, containing about 2.5% alcohol
[edit] Other products
- Steincola – fizzy soft drink
- Kofola – fizzy soft drink with the flavour of KOFO original
[edit] History
- 1873 – Stein Brewery was founded by Alexander Stein
- 1873 – Stein brewery wins medal in Vienna
- 1878 – Medal at the world fair in Paris
- World War II – Brewery production has stopped during the war
- 1948 – Nationalisation in Czechoslovakia, brewery was reorganised to the company Západoslovenské pivovary, n.p. Bratislava (in English: Western Slovakia Breweries, national company Bratislava)
- 1989 – Fall of socialism in Czechoslovakia, brewery returned to original name Stein, still as a state company
- 1995 – Stein is tranformated to the employees joint stock company S.t.e.i.n. a.s.
- present – Stein brewery is a private joint stock company
