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Cooperation and Collaboration in Czechia

The opportunity to not only collaborate with but truly cooperate with the brewing teams at Pivovar Velkรฉ Popovice (Kozel) and Plzeลˆskรฝ Prazdroj (Pilsner Urquell) has been rewarding and eye-opening. We are grateful for their immense expertise and openness to create a beer outside their comfort zoneโ€”at a scale outside our imagination.

Bringing a beer in the spirit of Edwardโ€”our American pale aleโ€”to a tradition-steeped institution with nearly 200 years worth of lager brewing experience presents some challengesโ€”and interesting opportunitiesโ€”for learning and growth. The addition of flaked oats to the mash was a certainly novel idea in this brewery, not to mention the much more assertive hop additions! The size and scale of the operation created a surprising number of unconsidered variables, all of which the assembled team tackled with a sense of openness and enthusiasm.

A hearty dฤ›kuji to everyone involved with this project, especially those folks at the brewery who will continue to shepherd the beer towards success in our stead. This includes Daniel Urban, Jana ล ลฅastnรก and the technologists at Pivovar Velkรฉ Popovice, as well as Martรญn Rosiฤka and Lenka Strakovรก of Plzeลˆskรฝ Prazdroj.

After a long and satisfying brewday, we now wait, monitor, and project forward optimism. The beer now rests in the breweryโ€™s open fermentation chamber and will journey along a path set forth after much planning and consideration of the end goal: a balanced, hop-forward, sessionable pale ale that combines the sense of place across two continents with shared respect and admiration for tradition.

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