Gambrinus is a beer

Beer

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 brewed in the Czech Republic

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 at the Plzeňský Prazdroj brewery. It is one of the most popular beers in the Czech Republic. The beer is named after Gambrinus

Gambrinus

Gambrinus is a legendary king of Flanders, and an unofficial patron saint of beer or beer brewing. Gambrinus is variously depicted as a European king, as an English knight of the Middle Ages, or as a plump old man...

, a legendary king of Flanders

Flanders

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 known for his mythical brewing abilities. Gambrinus sponsors Gambrinus liga

Gambrinus Liga

The Gambrinus liga is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Czech 2. Liga. Seasons run from August to May,...

, the premier Czech football

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 league. Gambrinus is also the name of a beer

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Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...

 brewed in Romania

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 at the Grivita Brewery in Bucharest

Bucharest

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. The company was founded in 1869.

Brews of Gambrinus

Two major brews of Gambrinus beer are widely sold in the Czech Republic

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• Gambrinus light is the most widely spread brew of Gambrinus in the Czech Republic
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  The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
  
  
• Gambrinus premium is a lager beer with significantly stronger flavor than Gambrinus light.
  • Both the above versions of Gambrinus are derived from the same 13 degree wort, which is watered down post-fermentation to produce the 10 and 12 degree variants.

Additional brews

Additionally to the two major beers supplied by Plzeňský Prazdroj, two special brews are available:

• Gambrinus dia - special brew with lowered amounts of sugar.
• Gambrinus - a new type of brew, made with caramel malt and brewed at exactly 11.6 degrees Plato.