Hit by floods
"Water, water, everywhere but lots of beer to drink" goes the rhyme... well almost. The August wave of flooding that swept through the Czech Republic didn’t spare the brewing sector. Six of the nation’s brewers, including the country’s top three breweries - SABMiller’s Pilsner Urquell, Interbrew’s Prague Breweries, and Budweiser-Budvar - were directly hit by the flood water, writes Lyle Frink from Prague.
At the top of the damage list was the small Eggenberg brewery in the southern Bohemian town of Cesky Krumlov. Located in the town’s gothic centre, the brewery was completely flooded. "The cellars, the technology, everything was under two metres of water," said board chairman Jiri Shrbeny. "We are still working on renovating the technology." The damage bill is estimated at EUR6....
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