Brewery
Craft beer brewed with love at Safari Park Dvůr Králové
Craft tradition
Pure Water
We use water from our artesian wells
Craft Quality
Small batches brewed with care and love
Traditional Methods
We respect Czech brewing traditions
Always Fresh
We brew regularly for maximum freshness
Beer that takes its time
We brew small batches, ferment slowly, lager long. Our beer decides for itself when it is ready — no shortcuts, no pasteurisation, no preservatives.
We stand in the middle of the safari park — this is home. What we pour into your glass was maturing in the tank just metres from your table the day before.
What is in every sip
Three ingredients, one place, no compromise.
Water from an artesian well
Soft, clean, drawn straight from deep beneath the park. Water makes the beer — and ours is the secret weapon.
Malt & hops
Czech malt and Saaz hops for our White Rhino Pilsner-style lager. Plus South African African Queen for the namesake beer and Southern Passion — a descendant of Czech Saaz hops — for Safari Beer.
Brewed inside the Safari Park
Our brewhouse sits a few steps from the dining tables. The beer travels only metres from tank to tap — that is why it is always fresh.
What we brew
Five beers brewed to the original recipes of our head brewer Jan Kylberger — from a light ale to a bold IPA.
Safari Beer
Ale 10° · 3,8 % · IBU 30
A light, top-fermented beer hopped with Southern Passion from South Africa — a variety bred from Czech Saaz hops, closing the circle.
African Queen
APA 11° · 4,5 % · IBU 34
A fresh, top-fermented beer. We are one of the few breweries in Europe to brew with African Queen Hops — the queen of African hops, straight from South Africa.
White Rhino
Pale lager 12° · 4,9 % · IBU 39
A classic, bottom-fermented lager of the Pilsner type, full-bodied with a pleasant bitterness.
Black Rhino
Dark beer 13° · 5,3 % · IBU 19
A top-fermented beer with a thick, creamy head. Almost black in the glass, with caramel and chocolate on the palate.
Kili Beer
IPA 16° · 6,2 % · IBU 58,95
A semi-dark, top-fermented and very strong beer, full of malt and hops, with a bold flavour and light citrus notes. Its bitterness mirrors the height of Mount Kilimanjaro.
African Queen — the African Hop
For our African Queen special, we ship hops directly from South Africa. We are one of the few breweries in Europe to brew with this variety — and just as Saaz gives Czech beer its soul, African Queen lends this beer its unmistakable African signature.
Blueberry, citrus, exotic fruit — the taste of Africa in a beer
Brewed on-site
A special brewed primarily for the Safari Park
Origin
South Africa
Bred by SAB Hop Farms
Released
2014
A young yet exceptional variety
Aroma
Blueberry, blackcurrant, citrus
Hints of stone fruit and lemongrass
Character
10–17 % alpha acids
Dual-purpose hop — bitter & aroma
Our head brewer is Jan Kylberger, who learned his craft at our partner brewery Plzeňský Prazdroj. In 2019 Prazdroj chose Safari Brewery as its partner for the December "Brewers' Choice" — African Coffee Stout.
Jan Kylberger — Head Brewer, Safari Brewery
1 CZK from every beer goes to rhino conservation
African hops are more than an ingredient — they are part of a story that helps return critically endangered animals back to Africa. We opened on World Rhino Day, 22 September 2018, and ever since one koruna from every beer brewed goes to the "rhino account" of Safari Park Dvůr Králové, which has gathered over one million CZK so far.
One of a kind
Winner of DestinaCZe 2019, Czech Republic’s favourite destination
Brewing beer for the rhinos
There are only two breweries inside a zoo in Europe, Belgian Pairi Daiza and ours. We opened on 22 September 2018, on World Rhino Day.
From every beer we donate 1 CZK to global rhino conservation, the rhinos who lend their names to our flagship beers. Our head brewer Ing. Jan Kylberger trained at Plzeňský Prazdroj, which then picked us as their December 2019 Brewers’ Choice, African Coffee Stout.