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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.
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6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Thinnish body, med carbo. Med bitter, light sweet. Background malt, light bready grainy. Also weak hops though. Med-light grassy, citrusy, zesty. Goodish, just a bit boring.
Tried from Draft at malý pivo on 29 Nov 2025 at 09:26

6.8/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Med-thin body, med-light caramelly malt. Med-light carbo, a bit lacking. Medium bitter, med-light zesty, light sweet. Pretty classic hops character, medium citrusy, tangerine, light grapefruit. Med-light resiny, piney too. Feels a bit tired.
Tried from Draft at Decentní Dýně on 25 Nov 2025 at 09:07

6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap at the Artbar in Brno, after the MHM 2025, shared it with Gurthnar. Hazy golden body, off-white head. Lactic acid notes dominate, with low gooseberry undertones. Somewhat salty taste and fairly lactic, with gooseberry again showing up in the background to kinda save things. I would've literally pegged this for a gose how minerally it was, but eh. MC can do better.
Tried from Draft on 24 Nov 2025 at 09:53

7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Med-thin body, light carbo. Med sour cherry, light poppy seed, hint of vanilla. Pretty well constructed, good balance, works together. Med sweet, light sour and tart, feels a bit watery despite all that is present. Good but not great.
Tried from Draft at BeerGeek Bar on 23 Nov 2025 at 09:54

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Rather thin bod, med-lite carbo. Med-lite sour, low sweet, low bitter. Dry feeling. Medium citrusy, lemony flavour. A bit boring overall. Not very beery either. Average-good.
Tried on 22 Nov 2025 at 15:52

6.3/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at PULT, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma has light diacetyl, some piney hops, and grassiness. Flavour fortunately has more grassy and piney hops, with only minor traces of bitter, and a crisp biscuity, bitter finish. Still, clean this up a bit. It’s alright.
Tried from Draft at Pult on 19 Nov 2025 at 14:40

8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8.5
Optisch rotkupferfarben und klar. Die elfenbeinfarbene, feinporige Schaumkrone fällt rasch auf etwa 5 mm zuammen. Der Duft überzeugt mit überaus kräftigen Malznoten von Karamell, Waldhonig, Brotkruste und leichtem Röstmalz, aber auch würzig-holzig und Noten von roten Früchten wie reifen Beeren und Herzkirsche. Der Antrunk kommt kräftig malzbetont, süßlich, leicht wärmend likörig-alkoholisch, aber auch reiffruchtig bis dörrobst- oder rummobstartig mit beerigen Noten und einer zarten Herbe. Der Körper zeigt sich mit einer kräftigen Fülle, feiner Rezenz, leicht samtiger Textur, zarter Wärme und zarter Trockenheit. Geschmacklich und aromatisch dominieren weiterhin die breiten, karamelligen, würzig-waldhonigartigen, leicht röstigen Malzaromen und die sehr reifen, süß anmutenden, marmeladigen bis likörigen Beerennoten. Die leichte Hopfenherbe geht dabei so gut wie unter, sorgt aber für die nötige Stabilität und Ausgewogenheit. Letztendlich darf man von einem wirklich tollen, voluminösen und harmonischen Gesamtbild sprechen, der einem Doppelbock absolut gerecht wird. Die Trinkfreude und der Spaßfaktor sind definitiv hoch! Im Nachtrunk wirken die malzigen und fruchtigen Noten schön nach und übergeben das Geschehen langsam an eine leicht trockene Hopfenherbe. Eine gewisse Fruchtigkeit schwingt dabei aber weiterhin mit.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2025 at 02:17

6.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Med body, med carbo. Med-high bitter, med-light sweet, rather dry. Medium diacetyl. Medium pumpkin, light spicing, which is nice, pumpkin coming through. Goodish.
Tried from Draft at BEERTIME.pub on 01 Nov 2025 at 19:23

6.6/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can at Galerie piva. Hahah, definitely not golden in appearance, misty light brown, off-white head. But the aroma does hit some style markers, coriander's there, stone fruit esters too, on milk caramel though, ending jammy, vague oxidation maybe. Less vague oxidation in the taste, caramel, coriander, jammy-estery, bit chalky-minerally, but still drinkable. A fun mess, and hey, always appreciate trying a take on this styloid.
Tried from Draft from Galerie piva on 16 Oct 2025 at 19:13

6.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
0.33l bottle, huge thanks Fil for sharing! Dark brown-coppery body, off-white head. Complex dark fruit malty notes both in the aroma and the taste, bit of wood, however, sadly, unlike Rotin's, our bottle went sour... quite noticably so, lowering the drinkability by a fair bit... Shame... Won't be too harsh with the score, but still...
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2025 at 17:35