CHICAGO, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brewlab and Pilsner Urquell announced today that San Francisco will play host to a Master Home Brewer Competition this summer .

CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pilsner Urquell, the world's first golden beer, announced the winners of its 2011 Master Homebrewer competition at events held in New York City, Washington DC and Chicago last week.

Plzensky Prazdroj (Pilsen, Czech Republic), beer producer, reached a net profit of CEK 3.88 bil in the financial year 04/2007- 03/2008, by 12% more year-on-year. The total proceeds increased by 8.8% year-on-year to CEK 15.6 bil. The company controls nearly 50% of the Czech beer market.

Golden West Brewing Company, in partnership with Cost Plus, has announced that it will launch a new organic beer brand in March 2008.

Budejovicky Budvar (BB) (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic), brewing company, exported 587,000 hl of beer in 2007, nearly 50% of its total production. The 2007 exports were the highest in BB's history.