MadCat
Microbrewery
in
Kamenice,
Vysočina Region,
Czechia 🇨🇿
Associated Venue: be craft café
Established in 2011
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
In 2011 we opened our local microbrewery in a former music club in Jihlava. Where DJs were in charge, we now had beer tanks, fermenters, brewhouse and we started our own ride.
Already in 2012, we with the semi-dark Sigismund placed third in the spring brewer price. A year later - 2013 - we were the third best microbrewery of the year and a year later we were the best microbrewery ever in the Czech Republic. And we also won the spring prize of Czech breweries with our wheat beer.
Time went by and the capacity of the cellars slowly ceased to be sufficient. At the same time, we thought of a new brand that we named MadCat. And then we were impressed by the building of a dilapidated distillery from 1912 in Kamenice near Jihlava. We decided to save the building and restore the craft production. Reconstruction of the distillery began in 2017 and next summer we brewed the first batch of MadCat beer in a brewery with a capacity of 2,000 liters.
Our new MadCat lager won first place at the spring prize of Czech breweries 2018! And the ride continues - MadCat is already in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany and Italy.
Already in 2012, we with the semi-dark Sigismund placed third in the spring brewer price. A year later - 2013 - we were the third best microbrewery of the year and a year later we were the best microbrewery ever in the Czech Republic. And we also won the spring prize of Czech breweries with our wheat beer.
Time went by and the capacity of the cellars slowly ceased to be sufficient. At the same time, we thought of a new brand that we named MadCat. And then we were impressed by the building of a dilapidated distillery from 1912 in Kamenice near Jihlava. We decided to save the building and restore the craft production. Reconstruction of the distillery began in 2017 and next summer we brewed the first batch of MadCat beer in a brewery with a capacity of 2,000 liters.
Our new MadCat lager won first place at the spring prize of Czech breweries 2018! And the ride continues - MadCat is already in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany and Italy.
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2022 vintage, huge thanks Artem for sharing. Very dark brown, blackish body, off-white head. Creamy aroma, buttery almost, raisins, low low caramel. Smooth lean dry taste, very dried out. Blueberries?! Whoa this went in a weird way. And not exactly a terrible one, but still...
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2026
at 19:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
Bottled at the Ø Beer for Ukraine event. Murky deep purple aroma, fleeting pink head. Huge, lovely blackcurrant profile, bit minty. Lean, dry, sour taste, berry, metallic, woof, the currant is hardcore here. Hard to drink for me...
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2026
at 18:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(tap 0,3l @ Zastávka (Brno)) Clear golden. Minimal white head. Light fruity, light grassy, light sweet, light bitter. Light-medium body. Refreshing, ok.
Tried
from Draft
at
Zastávka - pivnice malých pivovarů
on 06 Aug 2026
at 11:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught, 4.8% at Obývák. Slight bready aroma with a faint hint of caramel. Cloudy dark golden colour. Big stable creamy white head. The flavour is malty with a hint of spicy hops and a faint note of caramel. The bitterness is not very high, and the caramel notes actually end up dominating.
Tried
from Draft
at
Obývák - tvůj pivní bar
on 26 Jul 2026
at 16:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can, thx Fil for sharing! Almost clear golden body, lasting small white head. Pineapple and light herbal notes along with some sweetish malty notes in the aroma. Smooth taste with some residual sweetness, low malty touches, pineapple and low herbal notes in the taste. Simple, okay.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2026
at 20:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draft at Nepomuk beer festival Saturday 11th July 2026. Pours light silvery/gold. Solid IPA. very nice bitterness citrus led, crisp and dry. it's a good beer, a little pithy. Score: 7.3
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2026
at 12:58
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap at Volvox Globator. Lightly hazy golden body, thick off-white head. Slightly rubbery, hay aroma, sweet jammy touches, bit citric and herbal. Similar odd somewhat rubbery, bit yeasty note in the taste, smooth, bit citric, low stone fruit, nice body but the flavors are a bit questionable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Volvox Globator - Knihkupectví
on 16 Jun 2026
at 16:59
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Med-full body, med-high carbo. Lots of bready maltiness, which is clashing with the hops. Also the ferment is not entirely clean, light general overripe esters and residual yeastiness left. Med-light general fruity hops, mixed with earthy, grassy. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
at
Volvox Globator - Knihkupectví
on 16 Jun 2026
at 14:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Thinnish bod, med-high carbo. Med-med-hi bitter, light-low sweet. Light fruity sour too. The dragon does not come through very cleanly - it is mixed in the med-med-hi general citrusy and even bit earthy, grassy hops. Light hibiscus even? Good, nongreat.
Tried
from Draft
at
Volvox Globator - Knihkupectví
on 16 Jun 2026
at 14:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can at ČNP. Lightly hazy golden body, off-white head. Honeyish-floral-candyish aroma, bit grainy. DMS in the smooth, bit flat, pretty non-crisp taste. Low alcohol-like flavor (no real warmth, mind) herbal, low bitterness... Yeah, unclean sadly. Drinks like a slightly more modern, imperfect Czech lager more than a Cold IPA of any kind.
Tried
from Can
from
Pivotéka Čas na pivo
on 14 Jun 2026
at 17:06