Platan is a brand of

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produced since 1598 in the

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town of

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Types of Platan beer

* ''Platan Schwarzenbergské Pivo Knížecí 21'' (10,6 % vol.), a strong lager. * ''Platan Granát'' (4,6 % vol.), a

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. * ''Platan Premium'' (5,0 % vol.), a lager. * ''Platan Jedenáct'' (4,9 % vol.), a

pale lager Pale lager is a pale-to- golden lager beer with a well- attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness. In the mid-19th century, Gabriel Sedlmayr took British pale ale brewing and malt making techniques back to the Spaten Bre ...

. * ''Platan line'' (4,0 % vol.), a beer with reduced sugar content. * ''Prácheňská perla'' – (6,0 % vol.), a

Pilsner Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewery. History ...

brewed in the traditional style of

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. * ''Platan Protivín'' (4,0 % vol.), draft lager. * ''Platan Nealko'', an

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. Beer in the Czech Republic Beer brands of the Czech Republic 1598 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

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