First trip among the members of Homebrewers Gorizia: visit the breweries of the South Moravia region in the Czech Republic. Its planning was done entirely by our member Max (@maxshomebreweryandbbq), who often goes to that area for family reasons. This allowed him to easily and quickly create a very interesting four-day program. We started organizing this trip in October 2022 to make it happen in June 2023.
Mikulov
Mikulov is located a few kilometers from the border with Austria and historically was the center of the Jewish community in the region of Moravia. It is a small town characterized by a beautiful castle in the middle that can be seen from afar emerging above the houses of the city.
Lednice and its wonderful park
In Lednice we immediately headed to the homonymous brewery Pivovar Lednice and after lunch we took a walk among the trees and water channels in the huge park of Lednice Castle.
Mazák Brewery
The majesty of the Starobrno brewery
From its foundation the brewery went trough the rise of communism that made the brewery state-owned and it was later acquired by Heineken: Heineken has completely modernized the entire brewery by providing new and automated equipment, leaving unchanged the recipes historically used by the brewery. Starobrno produces half a million liters of beer every day, of which 90% is consumed in the Moravia region.
Pivovar Hauskrecht
Founded by former ice hockey player Petr Hauskrecht, the Hauskrecht brewery is located in the area of the ex-slaughterhouse of Brno and is connected to the city’s steam pipes: that steam is still used to heat its brewing plants, which is why it is called a steam brewery (Parní pivovar).
Černá Hora
Špilberk castle and Bunker 10-Z
We went for a walk to the the Špilberk Castle and then we spent last night in Bunker 10-Z. This is a fallout shelter that extends into the hillside below the castle. Its construction began under the direction of the Nazi army during World War II with the purpose of housing and protecting up to 500 people. Today it is organised partly as a museum and partly as a hostel.
Templářské sklepy Čejkovice
Templářské sklepy Čejkovice is a wine consortium in the town of Čejkovice whose cellars extend inside underground tunnels built by the Knights Templar in 1248. The consortium is the successor to an earlier winegrowers’ association founded in 1936.
Slavkovský pivovar
Slavkovský Pivovar is a brewery located in Slavkov u Brna, a town better known by its German name Austerlitz, where one of Napoleon’s most brilliant victories took place.
Chillin’ around in Brno
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