The Renaissance core of what was originally a craft brewery and malt-house dates from the late 16th and early 17th century. In 1894–1897 Rudolf Cicvárek, a lawyer and merchant, had it converted to steam power, based on a project by builder Josef Rosenberg.
In 1927 the building was acquired by the Community Brewery in Podkováň. It stopped brewing beer in 1943. The malt-house and racking room were in use until 1951. After that the neglected buildings were used by a fruit and vegetable trader and then by a state farm.
In 2007 the dilapidated and partly demolished grounds were acquired by the current owner, who began to restore the surviving brewery buildings, which became protected heritage sites in 2009. The main building (no. 34), the boiler house and machine room, the brewing house, and the tower block building of the malt-house and granary are to be used for cultural activities, exhibits, tourist accommodation, and gastronomy. (...)
At the beginnig of 2015 a micro-brewery was opened in the rear section. The house of the maltster (no. 95) is converted to a family home and an architectural office. The project aims to revive the site and restore some of its essential functions.
Some parts of the site are intentionally being left unused to allow the powerful effect of the vacated sites to come out – for example, the tower space of the kiln and the interior of the large cellar and the ice house, which for physical-structural reasons is not suitable for conversion. A sustainable model of funding for future operations has been developed ranging from the microbrewery, gastronomy, and accommodation to cultural activities.
Lobeč 34, 277 36, Lobeč, Czechia
