OUR PEOPLE

Štěpán Tkadlec

Director of the brewery
Our director brewed his first batch of beer in the year 1994 in the Chýně brewery. He studied at a brewing technical high school and at the University of Chemistry and Technology, on the Malt-making and Brewery programme. After finishing his studies, he worked as the head of the laboratory in the Braník brewery, and then held several other technical and managerial positions in the brewing industry. He and his wife Lucie re-opened the Únětice brewery with the support of their friends in 2010.

Lucie Tkadlecová

Sales director
Our sales director graduated from the University of Chemistry and Technology, on the Technology of Water and Environment programme. After graduating, she worked in the field of finance and project management at the Pepsi-Cola company and at Staropramen, and successfully started the shared project of the preservation and the modernization of the Únětice brewery when she returned to work from maternity leave.

Jan Lumbert

Brewer
Our brewer graduated from the food-oriented vocational school, on the Malt-master programme. He started his brewer`s practice in the Měšťan brewery in Prague and, after it closed, he switched to the Staropramen brewery, where he worked for twelve years. Here, he worked on the entire process of beer production from the digester house to filtration. He also brewed the first batch of Únětice beer in the re-opened Únětice brewery together with his colleague Martin Masáčk and with the head Vladimír Černohorský in May 2011.

Marek Polák

Manager of the Inn
Our manager is our youngest colleague. He graduated from the construction programme of a technical school, but then left the building industry for gastronomy. He gained his expertise at the restaurant Obecní dům (Municipal house), at the Café Savoy and at the restaurant Mánes. He came to Únětice with the goal of turning the Brewery`s Inn into the best pub on the left bank of the Moldau. He also came up with the idea of the Únětice food trucks. Marek fulfils his goals passionately and, like the best boxer, he never gives up.

Ondřej Bártík

Beer distribution manager
Our distribution manager started working in the Únětice brewery as a driver ten years ago. During this time, he managed to get married, to father three sons, to deliver uncountable hectolitres of beer and to get promoted. Today, he manages the complete logistics of Únětice beer with his colleagues. In the words of a socialist summer camp leader: popular among the colleagues, well-valued in the restaurants, cadre reserve.

Ivan Chramosil

Brewer-legend
Our brewer was responsible for making the world-famous dark lager at the U Fleků brewery in Prague for an entire 44 years. A member of juries of many prestigious beer degustation competitions, holder of the “Brewer of the year” title, he entered the Hall of fame of the Czech association of Breweries and Malthouses. In our brewery, he watches over the quality of Únětice beer, tasting it regularly and also provides consultations in the field of beer technology. He is a living example of the fact, that good beer can only be made by a good man

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.