Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: mestan

Trams pass by the old Mestan Pivovar all the time, but this was a lucky shot.

Here you can still see the original lettering on the pivovar, which I think was probably kept for historic purposes.

Here you can see a little bit more detail on the Kommunardu (that's a street) side.

This is another, brighter shot of the old Mestan Pivovar.

Mestan is a 19th Century brand of Czech beer that is now the cheapest brand name beer you can buy in Prague, with a half liter bottle sometimes going for less than 4Kc, which comes out to less than 20 cents. This is the original Mestan Pivovar, or brewery, if I'm not mistaken, opened in 1898. Nowadays, though, Mestan is brewed at the equally historic Staropramen Pivovar in Smichov, and this old brewery has become an office complex on the upper levels, with an Arnold supermarket in the basement.