🇨🇿 Prague
Strahov Monastery Brewery
Monks first brewed here around 1400, when the brewery's rent was 'a pound of pepper and one fattened hare per year.' It closed in 1907 and was reborn in 2001 on the feast of St. Norbert.
Brewing at Strahov goes back to around 1400, tied to the Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1140. The brewery closed in 1907, was even turned into apartments, and was rebuilt in 2001 in the old carriage hall. It now brews the St. Norbert range (amber, dark, and seasonal styles) in copper kettles you can see from the beer hall.
The big advantage is location: it sits in the Strahov Monastery complex a few minutes from Prague Castle and right by the Strahov Library, so it folds neatly into the castle-hill day rather than being a separate trip. In summer the courtyard garden opens up.
It is calmer and less tour-group-heavy than the Old Town beer halls, the Czech cuisine is genuinely good, and there are soft drinks and non-alcoholic choices, so it is an easy lunch or early dinner stop for the whole group after the castle.