Krusovice Brewery The Kralovsky Pivovar Krušovice (the Royal Brewery of Krusovice) is one of the oldest breweries in the Czech Republic. The brewery was established in 1517 when the Contract of St. Wenceslas enabled the aristocracy to brew beer on their own farms. Jiri Birka from Nasile inherited such a farm in Krusovice. He also owned a house with a brewery in the square nearby Rakovnik. He brewed good beer and, according to the legend, people drank and ate in his house all day and all night. But some inhabitants of Rakovnik did not take too kindly to this wild lifestyle, so Jiri Birka from Nasile began to brew his beer one mile away from the town walls Krusovice... more about Krusovice Brewery: www.krusovice.cz/en/