High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Beer in the Czech Republic has a long and important history. The first brewery is known to have existed in 1118. The city of Brno had the right to brew beer from the 12th century, and the two cities most associated with Czech beer, Plze and eské Bud jovice, had breweries in the 13th century.Hops have been grown in the region for a long time, and were used in beer making and exported from here since the twelfth century. The Czech Republic has the highest beer consumption per capita in the world.The most famous Czech beer brands are Pilsner Urquell and Budweiser Budvar.