* re: "Pitch flavor" in beer, see quote on the Augsburg brewers use of pitch.
NOTE In 1940, the Adam Scheidt Brewing Company would brew Prior Beer for the former US importer of Pilsner Urquell, Atlantis Imports. The brand would continue to be brewed and marketed after C. Schmidt's & Sons of Philadelphia purchased the brands and brewery of Adam Scheidt in the 1950s.
POST WAR
"We spend two years studying each new brewing technique as it comes along-before rejecting it."
--- Ivo Hlavacek, Technical Director, Pilsner Urquell [1972]
Photos of brewery from above article at Pilsner Urquell brewery pics