Modra Hvezda Dobray

Modra Hvezda Dobrany is a small, independent brewery in Dobrany near Plzen in the Czech Republic.

Beer has been brewed in Dobrany since 1378. The brewery reopened in 1998 under the guiding hand of Jaroslav Franek who worked in the Pilsner brewery until he decided to try his own hand.

Jaroslav Franek was not the first in Dobřany who tried to open a brewery. Beer has been brewed here since the First Republic. "My grandfather always said that Dobřany beer was better than a Pilsner," he said Franek. When the Second World War began, the brewery was closed in Dobřany. An attempt to reopen it after pětačtyřicátém^{[clarification needed]} failed. And so again, Dobřany beer brewing began in 1994 when Franek bought a house in the square and built a restaurant with a small brewery. Equipment was supplied by Pacovske engineering works. The capacity of the brewery was 1 000 hl per year.

"Before the war it operated Blue Star restaurants. We said that we will not be renamed again," the brewer recalled. The old house was renovated now keeps the traditional look.

The water in used in the beer is considered by many to be even better than that in Plzen.

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