The men from Kout, off the beaten path in the hinterlands of the Bohemian Forest, describe the factors leading to the creation of the widely misunderstood Pilsner style- mysterious yeast brought to the area via a Swiss monk, lagering experimentation carried out in small brew houses throughout the region, and the legendary quality of the local water, barley, and hops, which sealed the Czech homeland’s reputation as the world’s “cradle of beer.”

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The Shelton Brothers talking with Adrian and Jan Skala in the studio.

The phoenix: after the communists shut down production in the 1960s, the brewery sat idle until being revived by Mr. Skala decades later.