Czech Village Brewery Seeks Help, Payment Is In Beer

Are you an English teacher looking to fill the hours before returning to a full class load this fall? Or just someone who wants to take a break from the daily grind and get paid not in convertible currency but drinkable beer? 

A small brewery near Pilsen is seeking help with its restoration efforts and its offer is one of the more unusual (though no less appealing) work opportunities we’ve spotted this summer.

In 2009 a group of local conservationists discovered that the malt-house of a Baroque country brewery in the Pilsen region was about to be demolished.

The brewery was established as a feudal brewery, founded and run by the local nobility. The first written notice of its existence comes from 1567, in the Chříč domain, which then encompassed the villages of Lhota, Holovousy, Hedčany, Studená, Březsko, Milíčov, Bělobožice, and Dubjany.

Czech history (and beer) enthusiasts are currently needed to help build a wall of the brewery using traditional materials such as stones and clay, as well as prepare for the popular summer music festival Křič Fest 2017.

“We call it The Great Wall of Chříč,” says Markéta Votavová director of Tamjdem, the nonprofit that is organizing the beery week-long work camp from August 28 through September 2.

“After work, you can look forward to a special reward – Chříč original 11° beer, beautiful countryside, mixing with the locals, delicious home-made meals, and other interesting activities,” says Votavová.

Volunteers will spend the last day of the session enjoying the festival.