Awards

B.B.N.P. has won many awards since the brewery was founded – from both consumer organisations and brewing experts, both at home and abroad. The most valuable awards include the first gold medal from the 1896 World Exposition in Prague. Another memorable achievement is the company’s “hat-trick”, when it was three times double gold medal winner for its lager and strong lager in the World Quality Selections competition organized by the International Quality Control Institute in Brussels, Luxembourg, and Lisbon in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Of the domestic awards, it is worth mentioning the nine Beer of the Year titles (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005 and 2006) awarded to Czechvar by Pivní kurýr (Beer Courier), the favourite magazin dedicated to beer in the Czech Republic.

Most important awards won by B.B.N.P.

• 1896 Prague, gold medal at an economic exposition, silver medal at a pharmacist exposition
• 1897 Stuttgart, gold medal at a food industry exposition
• 1924 Rome, gold medal at an international trade fair (ČAP award, Rome 1924)
• 1927 Znojmo, gold medal at the Provincial and Jubilee Exposition
• 1966 Wels (Austria), gold medal at an international trade fair
• 1982 Leipzig, gold medal at an international trade fair
• 1985 England, bronze medal
• 1986 Leipzig, gold medal at an international trade fair
• 1986 Poland, first place in a COMECON lager competition
• 1987 Brussels, silver medal
• 1989 Paris, gold medal
• 1990 Brussels, gold medal
• 1991 Prague, “Q” quality rating (the company was the first brewery to win this prized quality certification in the then Czech and Slovak Federal Republic)
• 1994 Prague, “Q” quality rating
• 1995 Prague, Beer of the Year
• 1996 Exporter of the Year in the Czech Republic 
• 1996 Milan, Giovanni Marcoro prize for the most progressively developing company in the food industry, agriculture, and the environment. The award is granted under the auspices of the Agricultural Commission of the EU. This prize is exceptional because it was the first time that this award was given to a company from a country outside the EU.
• 1996 Prague, Czech Top 100
• 1997 Prague, Czech Top 100
• 1997 Prague, Beer of the Year
• 1997 UK, BBC Good Food’s Star Buy (the best imported lager on the UK market) in the Super Brews chart
• 1997 The lager listed as one of the ten best beers in the world in the International Book of Beer
• 1998 Oslo, Imported Beer of the Year in Norway
• 1998 Osaka, silver medal (the only medal granted) at the International Beer Summit
• 1998 Czech Top 100
• 1999 Brussels, World Quality Selections, two gold medals and one silver medal
• 1999 Czech Top 100
• 1999 Prague, Beer of the Year 2000
• 2000 Pivex Gold Cup – Beer 2000, bronze medal for strong beer Czech TOP 100 (9th position in the “One Hundred Most Admired Companies”, No 1 in the food industry category)
• 2000 Beer of the 20th Century. This poll organized, by Pivní kurýr under the auspices of Kvasný průmysl (Fermenting Industry), involved important Czech brewing experts (research institutes, specialized schools and universities, master brewers from Czech breweries). B.B.N.P. came top and was praised for its “excellent beer and great performance”.
• 2000 B.B.N.P. became the beer winner of EURO 2000 in a poll organized by the UK magazine Match of the Day. Individual “beer representatives” (B.B.N.P. for the Czech Republic) were divided into the same categories as those for the upcoming European football championship and the competition used the same methods as those applied to EURO 2000. In the finals, B.B.N.P. won convincingly over Italy.
• 2000 Luxembourg, World Quality Selections, two gold medals
• 2000 Prague, Beer of the Year 2001
• 2001 Slovakia, the best imported Czech beer
• 2001 Portugal, World Quality Selections, two gold medals
• 2001 Prague, Beer of the Year 2002
• 2002 Prague, Beer of the Year 2003
• 2003 Edinburgh, World Beer Cup – a competition organized by Hotel & Restaurant Magazine
• 2003 Prague, Beer of the Year 2004
• 2004 London, Cool Brand Leader: Award from the British organization of independent experts, Superbrands.
  Prague, Beer of the Year 2005: Winner of the „Pivní kurýr“ (Beer Courier) magazine competition.

• 2005
  Prague, Superbrands 2005: The B.B.N.P. brand was rated one of the most important Czech brands by the Czech branch of the British organization of independent experts, Superbrands.
  Prague, Beer of the Year 2006: B.B.N.P.‘s pale lager scored a winner for the ninth time in the opinion poll of the “Pivní Kurýr” (Beer Courier) magazine readers.

• 2006
  Seattle, Brewers Association (BA) World Beer Cup 2006: A silver medal was awarded to Czechvar Lager in this worldwide beer competition. 540 breweries from 56 countries entered their 2,221 samples for the competition, which were subsequently assessed by an international panel. 
  Prague, Monde Selection: The Belgian International Institute for Quality Selections awarded B.B.N.P.‘s pale lager with a gold medal.
  London, CoolBrands: For 2006-2007, B.B.N.P.‘s brand was selected by an association of independent experts called Superbrands onto the prestigious British list of 94 brands, which are presently calling the lifestyle tune in Great Britain. B.B.N.P. is the only Czech representative on the list.
  Prague, Beer of the Year 2007: B.B.N.P.‘s pale lager scored a winner for the tenth time in the opinion poll of the “Pivní Kurýr” (Beer Courier) magazine readers.