Almost all Czech breweries were confiscated after the communist coup in 1948 (well, several declined during the global economic crisis before World War II, and some others during the war), and then merged into large industrial breweries, or often shut down and used as warehouses, or factories.
Se we've also been experiencing craft brewing boom in the past two decades. However, there's centuries of tradition in many places, so the local patriots often revive it.
Ah yeah, that whole communist thing... At least the traditions are still there. Do they have distribution rules over there like they do here? For example, the oldest brewery in the US Yuengling can't ship to certain states, so if I want their beer I have to drive two hours south to get it outside of Michigan.
Nope, we're too small for that :))