Story of Kostelec Nad Černými Lesy Brewery

The museum in Kostelec nad Černými lesy is housed in the unique, authentic spaces of the historical brewery, malthouse, and malt mill. It preserves fully functional historical technology from the 1930s and includes two older construction phases: the original late Baroque layout from 1841 and the modernization and conversion of the brewery to steam power at the end of the 19th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, after the brewery was acquired by the local innkeepers' joint-stock company, advanced brewing technological systems were installed, many of which have been preserved and are still in use today.

This unique set of technological devices in the original malthouse and brewery offers a unique view of the architecture of industrial buildings, historical functional brewing technology, and the history of brewing in the Czech lands from the construction of the first historical breweries to the present day. The exhibition is unparalleled in the Czech Republic and includes technological setups that are rare even globally, such as the world's largest direct wood-fired brewhouse, the only functional cooling shower apparatus in the Czech Republic, fully operational steel coolships, the largest preserved malt mill in the country, a rare cooperage workshop, the only ice elevator in the Czech Republic, and more. The brewery museum also includes an extensive database of approximately 4,000 historical breweries in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia.