The Czech Republic is known for its excellent beer. The country southeast of Germany is proud of its centuries-old beer culture and rich brewing tradition. For a long time, the Czech beer market was dominated by long-established breweries, but the craft beer movement has brought a breath of fresh air here too: young breweries with innovative ideas and creative beers are becoming more and more established. The Zichovec family brewery definitely belongs to the category of modern breweries and not only provides the Czech Republic with delicious, handcrafted beer specialties.
The founding of the microbrewery was the result of a sudden idea from Ivan Husák. The young Czech had a flash of inspiration in 2010 and set his sights on starting his own brewery. His family laughed at the absurd plan, his brother merely responded to the idea with a brotherly slap in the head. But Ivan didn't let his relatives' lack of enthusiasm stop him and pursued his plan with zeal and a lot of passion. Just two years later, the small town of Zichovec in the northwest of Prague became both the home and the namesake of the brand new brewery. At this time the village was undergoing a general overhaul, and a brewery came at just the right time. Next to Pivovar Zichovec's holy halls, a new town hall, a restaurant, a grocery store were built and the church also received a new coat of paint. The brewery's close connection to its hometown was inevitable and can be seen, among other things, in the brewery's branding: bottles and cans adorn labels in the shape of Zichovec's small chapel. With patriotic design and a brand new brewery, the brewing could begin.
After the brewery initially specialized in bottom-fermented beers, new creations were gradually added. In 2015, for example, the first barrel-aged beer was created: The brewery bought a recently emptied port wine barrel with a small remainder of the deep red specialty and experimented with it. The result was so convincing that since then more than 100 barrels have been filled with a wide variety of beers. The initially small brewery quickly outgrew its first building and moved to neighboring Louny. Ivan's sons Ondřey and Jan also took over the management of the brewery and expanded the range to include a whole range of creative beer specialties. In order to bring their delicious beer to thirsty people, a bus was purchased in 2017: an old city bus was quickly converted into a mobile bar and has been traveling from festival to festival ever since. Rodinny Pivovar Zichovec lives her love for beer and spreads her passion with every bottle and can.
The brewery stands for a respectful approach to the venerable craft of brewing, modesty, a great desire to experiment and a little bit of crazy - the perfect recipe for particularly good beer!
Zichovecká s.r.o
ul. 5. května 2789
44001 Louny
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