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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Beer Station Vivo
Pours hazy gold with white head
Citruses on a nose. Hoppy. Medium bitterness. Fair. Refreshing.
Pours hazy gold with white head
Citruses on a nose. Hoppy. Medium bitterness. Fair. Refreshing.
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 17:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can bought at Prvni pivni maj. Honestly I am rating this from memory, which is not so reliable here. But I do remember it being not so dry, rather moderate bodied and classic stouty feeling. Pretty clean and good, with both satisfying width and depth of flavour.
Tried
on 12 May 2025
at 11:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tap at První Pivní Máj. Murky pale yellow body, off-white head. Citric, creamy aroma, some yellow fruit. Lean, light, creamy taste, bit citric, light melon, tropical, strawberry touches, some chalky malty notes... actually quite lovely overall, very good job!
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2025
at 17:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Taster from tap at Beer Culture Days, Vienna. yellow murky color, small white head. smells exotic fruits, earthy, pineapple. Decent to nice smell. medium body, soft carbonation. tastes exotic fruits, bit leathery, rubbery, earthy, light lactose. finishes lightly bitter with notes of rubber, pepper and earthy notes. Bit weird one, tastes like they dropped lots of lactose but then forgot the hops.
7, 6.5, 6, 5, 6
7, 6.5, 6, 5, 6
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2025
at 19:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Taster from tap at Beer Culture Days, Vienna. Black color, small tan head. smells roasty, smoky, spices. Pretty nice smell. medium body, soft carbonation. tastes roasty, light smoky, earthy, ash, peppery, tobacco. finishes lightly dry and light to medium roasty bitter with notes of ash, tobacco and smoky notes. Pretty good one, a bit too much on the ashy side. Pretty drinkable
7, 7, 7, 6, 7
7, 7, 7, 6, 7
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2025
at 19:40
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Frothy white fair mostly lasting head. Greenish yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Light acetic and moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2025
at 11:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
2018 vintage bottle shared at work, courtesy of the brewer. I only took numerical notes while having this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Tap. Pale yellow colour, white head. Moderately tart, pretty decent malty base. I was surprised to find an unflavoured bw.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Tap at PB Fest, Golden pour, white head. Citric, fruity hops and some slighlty resinous, a bit caramely bitterness make up this one. Straightforward, and clean, perhaps a bit one dimensional but pretty decent nevertheless.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:02
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Tap at PB Fest, shared with Marko. Deep golden pour, white head. Citric bitterness, low fruity esters, some held back pine. Light body, soft to average carbonation, easy to drink. Not overcomplex, but pretty tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:02