Czech beer production up in 2007

The production of beer in the Czech Republic rose by 0.5 percent in 2007, the news website ihned.cz reported on Thursday. Czech breweries made 19.9 million hectolitres of beer last year, breaking the record in the production of the ever-more popular non-alcoholic beer brands. Last years also saw an increase in the exports of Czech beer; local brewers shipped 3.6 million hectolitres of beer abroad, which was 3.6 percent more than in the previous year.