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| Location | Humpolec, Czech Republic |
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| Opened | 1597 |
| Annual production volume | 400,600 hectolitres (2020) |
| Owned by | Duvel Moortgat (50%) Stanislav Bernard (25%) Josef Vávra (25%) |
| Employees | 150 |
| Website | www |
Bernard Brewery (officially in Czech Rodinný pivovar Bernard) is a brewery in Humpolec, Czech Republic, founded in 1597.[1] The brewery produces non-pasteurised beers.[1] It is the biggest brewery in the Vysočina Region.[2] In 2009, the beer was first exported to Peru, adding to its existing international markets of countries including Slovakia, Greece, Russia, Sweden, Norway, the UK, Australia, the US, Japan and Brazil.[3]
The brewery, which employs over 150 people,[2] produced a 231,600 hectolitres of beer in 2013[4] and 315,000 hectolitres of beer in 2016.[5]
The Bernard family brewery became a joint stock company in 2000, and a year later the Belgian brewery Duvel Moortgat acquired 50% of shares.