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The cooled and aerated wort, after adding prosperity. The construction of the main railway station
brewer’s yeast, is then pumped into open containers, building was also conditioned by the hop trade and the
fermentation tanks, where the beer ferments effort to ensure its transport to the whole world (for
vigorously. After fermentation, the beer is cooled, more on this, see Chapter 2.b).
the sedimentary yeast pumped out and poured into
the barrels placed in a lager cellar where the beer The local Jewish synagogue, built in the 1870s,
also has a direct connection with hop growing,
rests to maturity. Maturing takes place in closed its construction was initiated and funded by the
tanks and low temperatures for varying lengths, local Jewish community, whose members included
depending on the type and quality of the beverage; virtually all large hop traders. Due to its dimensions,
draft beer matures for about 20 days, lager up to 60 the synagogue ranks among the largest of the Jewish
days. Consequently, the beer is bottled according to synagogues in the Czech Republic.
customer requirements – in casks, bottles, or cans.
An important building, which is in component part 02
currently directly associated with the phenomenon of
hops and beer, is a burgher brewery, built in 1801 at the
northern end of the high promontory above the arch
of the river Ohře at the site of the now non-existent
Přemyslid Castle. The brewery with the current trade
name Žatec Brewery Co., Ltd. is still functional, and
one of the most known brewing groups is the majority
owner. Concerning its significant mass and elevated
position, it forms the visual landmark of component
part 02. The main preserved historically valuable
buildings in the brewery complex include the former
water tower, brewery, part of the malthouse, and
extensive underground cellars, which are still used for
maturing and fermentation of beer.

Directly opposite the brewery complex, there is a small 95
Beer Brewing Museum of the Žatec Region established
in a historic building with the aim of informing visitors
in the context of hop growing and beer brewing (more
also Chapter 5).

A detailed description of the most important buildings
reflecting the socio-economic effect of hop wealth in
component part 02 is given in Chapter 7.c.

Žatec Brewery Co., Ltd. in Žižkovo Square, No. 81, Žatec, 2019