WITH LOVE AND KNACK

We make Únětice beer with a love of traditions and honest handcraft. At the same time, we use modern technologies everywhere where they guarantee the highest quality and freshness – for example the fully automated line for barrelling the kegs, or large-volume tanks for the correct maturation of lagers. The basis of first-class beer is, of course, the raw materials – our good water, the well-proven hops from Žatec and the types of malt selected, especially those from Bohemia and Bavaria. And, of course, our passion for our work and the skills of our employees, especially the brewer Jan Lumbert. Have a well-tapped or a well-opened Únětice beer for your health and you will know right-away what we are talking about.

THE LEGACY OF VLADIMÍR ČERNOHORSKÝ

When parting with the head brewer Vladimír Černohorský on August 19th, 2015, the shareholders of the Únětice brewery unanimously voted for keeping Vladimír`s legacy, which he had undoubtedly imprinted into the history of the brewery. It was our honour, and we deeply respect everything that Vladimír did for the Únětice brewery during his work here. The legacy of his work is binding for us and, going forward, we will do our best to keep it protected. In this way, Vladimír will always remain a part of our our brewery. Thank you, old master – and God Bless!

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You can read more about this excellent Czech brewer in an article by Otakar Gembala from the website the GastroProfesor – here.

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An excellent Czech brewer has passed away

After Vladimír Černohorský
(*19. 7. 1941 – †8. 8. 2015)

He used to say that each beer should have an unmistakable character and that he would rather always work as a “hitman” than build his own brewery. Perhaps the most famous is his poetic exaggeration that beer is the second most important liquid in the human body after blood. In recent years, the name of the brewer Vladimír Černohorský has stuck also in the minds of those who have tasted beers according to his recipes, which quickly established the renewed Únětice brewery among lovers of quality beer. Vladimír Černohorský came from Prague, but he also traced his roots to Chodsko (an area around the town of Domažlice), and his even older ancestors from Českobrodsko were already brewing beer in the 19th century somewhere in the vicinity of Yaroslavl, Russia. After graduating from the food industry college, he got a placement at the Pilsen breweries at the time, and he thus got to know the operations in Stod, Kout in Šumava, Cheb, Český Krumlov, Karlovy Vary, and Chodová Planá. After the war, he returned to Prague, to Smíchov, and then learned to make malt at the Vinohrady Brewery. He studied remotely at the University of Chemical Technology and began a 23-year career as a researcher. With a fresh diploma in his pocket, he came to the experimental and development center of the Brewing and Malting Research Institute in Braník. He was at the birth of the first Czechoslovak non-alcoholic beer and the first beer for diabetics. In 1992, he became a freelancer, because he always wanted to go out into the world, but not as an emigrant, as he emphasized. For a while, he commuted between Prague and three German microbreweries. Then he received an offer from the Austrian Schlossbrauerei in Weinberg, with which he worked until his death, in addition to other orders for Czech breweries and microbreweries. He trained brewers and introduced operation in the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Austria, and Spain. His fulfilled dream was to rehabilitate the “good Czech Tenner”, which he successfully completed in Únětice. Excellent beer theorist, experienced practitioner, consultant, author of several patents, excellent brewer, technologist, taster, father of three daughters, recipient of the Lifetime Contribution to Brewing Award of the Czech and Moravian Brewing Academy from 2013, and laureate of the Hall of Fame of Czech and Moravian Brewing and Malting since 2014. In short, a brewer with body and soul who will be missed by Czech beer.

Author: Otakar Gembala | GastroProfesor server

THE PROJECT OF ENERGY SAVINGS OF THE joint-stock company ÚNĚTICKÝ PIVOVAR

(CZ.01.3.10/0.0/0.0/15_010/0000611), whose subject is the realisation of measures to save energy in the compound of the joint-stock company Únětický pivovar in Únětice (among others the realisation of warmth isolation of the vertical and horizontal constructions, exchange of the fillings of the holes, using the rest warmth to heat warm water, installation of the new LED lighting system) in order to generally decrease the energy demands of the building and also the costs of the electricity usage, are realised with the financial support of the EU, as a part of the Operation programme Business and Innovations for Competitiveness (ENERGY SAVINGS- FIRST CALL). Thank you!

Únětice Beer, 10°

Unfiltered, pale draft beer

The true Czech Tenner. You will see a light haze against light, caused by the natural content of the brewing yeast and other health-beneficial substances. The pleasant bread-like taste joins the prime bitterness of hops in a space just so very close to heaven. The tricksy smell will remind you of a walk through an alley of horse chestnut trees in bloom. It is a perfect choice for the start and for setting your taste on the beer note before the stronger colleagues of the Tenner come.

Únětice beer, 10,7°

Filtered, pale draft beer

A unique beer balancing on the edge of a Tenner and a Twelver, and yet not an Elevenner. A precisely carved-out taste with the touches of linden wood and walnuts is joined by the smell of a cracked-up crust of freshly baked bread. It deserves to be drunk from a glass facing the sun rays thanks to the ducat-like, goldish sparkle.

Únětice Beer, 12°

Unfiltered, pale lager beer

A solid lager beer of the typical Czech type. The slightly foggy colour might remind you of the princess with golden hair, combing her braids in the morning haze. The fundamental taste of the good old times with strokes of ripe apricots and graded gingerbread heart is balanced by the manly bitterness of the hops. We recommend it to the experts and to the advanced ones.

Our awards

Únětice beer has won several prizes due to its quality. The Únětice Twelver succeeded in the survey of the Friends of Beer Association (FoBA) as the “springer” of the year and also placed third among the 12° beers.

The husband and wife team Tkadlec were also listed as “personalities of the year” in the category “Brewery with production under 10 000 hl”) in the “Pivo, Bier and Ale” magazine. The Únětice Ten received first prize from the FoBA in 2012; in this year, the Únětice Ten, the Únětice 12° and the Únětice brewery as a whole all achieved highest positions in the survey.

The brewery also placed among the 100 best Czech breweries in the survey.

TRY THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF ÚNĚTICE BEER!

Únětice Christmas Special Beer, 13°

Unfiltered, semi-dark special beer

The semi-dark stocking stuffer for all the good beer lovers. The beer is produced by the secret recipe of the legendary Únětice brewery master Vladimír Černohorský. It is based on the “holy quaternity” of barley malts – the holy pilsner, the Munich, the caramel and the colouring ones, hand in hand with the bitterness of the first-class Czech hops. A beer which one can “chew”, with a medium tang and a gourmet caramel aftertaste.

Únětice summer special, 8°

Unfiltered, pale draft beer

This refreshing summer beer is so light that is must be drunk veeeery fast, so that it does not run out of the glass. The colour resembles dandelions in bloom and the fine foam head is reminiscent of dandelion fluff. The mild base is balanced by a decent bitterness, set just right. When one breathes in, a freshly-scythed meadow passes through the nostrils. This purely natural drink tends to be especially appreciated by the velocipedists (bikers) and by those who gravitate to remote places.

Únětice Special Beer, St. Wenceslaus 14°

Unfiltered, pale lager beer

A festive lager beer brewed at the triple mash, using the New Zealand hops. Unique beer of the colour of autumn leaves with the duke`s cap of the thick foam, prepared in honour of the Days of Czech beer and St. Wenceslaus – the patron of brewers. Duke of Czech lands, do not let us or our descendants perish of thirst!

Únětice Special Beer, 16° carnival bock

Unfiltered, semi-dark special beer

A bottom-fermented beer of a rich goldish to copperish colour for the real experts. A higher alcohol content around 6 %. The taste is dominated by malt brevity with a touch of honey-gingerbread. A light hops bitterness comes then in the aftertaste.