The makers of probably the Czech Republic’s best-known beer, Pilsner Urquell, sold a record volume last year. Over a third of Plzeňský Prazdroj’s sales in 2017 were outside the Czech Republic, representing an increase of 8% on the previous year. Last year the famous Plzeň-based brewers Plzeňský Prazdroj sold over 11 million hectolitres of beer, the highest volume in the company’s history. Of that amount, four million hectolitres was sold beyond the Czech Republic’s borders.