[3] The era of beer brewing started in Humpolec in 1597, when the brewery belonged to the owner of the Herálec estate.

This company's leadership didn't plan on developing the brewery further, and pressure grew to liquidate it.

On 26 October 1991, Stanislav Bernard, Josef Vávra and Rudolf Šmejkal bought the bankrupt brewery at auction for five times the initial asking price.

[5] Medium-sized Bernard is nonetheless a part of the Czech beer market, of which its production makes up about 2%.

The Bernard family brewery came to the Czech market with many innovations that brought attention and distinction to the brand.

In addition to the brewery helping bridge the crisis years, it opened a completely new segment on the Czech market, in which many manufacturers operate today.

It offered chocolates with malt and a pinch of hops, and also introduced an excellent, strong, but delicate Bernard beer brandy.

[11] Master Jiří Syrovátka brews it for the brewery from fresh beer at the Zámecké sady Chrámce biodistillery in the České středohoří Protected Area.

[12] The beer brandy is normally available in bottles, but there are also several oak barrels of it lying in the cellar of the distillery, which will be here for an unknown time awaiting release to the market.