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Our Story

From home brewing
to the brewery

Dark Pipe is a small Slovak brewery with a science-fiction heart and a very ordinary obsession with brewing beer properly. The galaxy is vast, but we start in Liptov, with beer that has a character of its own and isn't afraid to follow its own orbit.

The beer

Our brewing story began in the yard, where our first batches filled a pot with a capacity of 20 litres. For two thirsty guys, that was not enough.

Using an old stainless steel boiler, we built our own brewhouse with two vessels and a 100 litre capacity.

When we felt it was time to move on, we sold the home brewhouse and invested in a proper brewing setup with a pressure fermenter.

Experience grew, we refined our recipes and began collecting our first successes at homebrewing competitions.

In 2025, we decided to take our knowledge to the next level and began studying brewing.

A year later, Dark Pipe Beer was born as a nomadic brewery where our shared dream finally took real shape.

Head Brewer and Founder

Michal Molčan

Qualification achieved:

  1. 01

    Brewing Technologist, MBA

    Professional qualification 29-059-H, 29-099-H, 29-100-H

    Awarded by
    Beer Academy s.r.o., Brno
    Examination
    14 March 2025
    Authorised by
    Czech Ministry of Agriculture
    Master of Brewing Arts diploma in brewing technology, specialising in Czech-style lager See the document Certificate of professional qualification from Beer Academy, authorised by the Czech Ministry of Agriculture See the document Professional qualification certificate – fermentation cellar operator, 29-100-H See the document Professional qualification certificate – beer bottling operator, 29-099-H See the document

  2. 02

    Výučný list
    s vysvedčením

    Food Producer · field 29-51-H/01

    Awarded by
    Albrechtova střední škola, Český Těšín
    Examination
    19 June 2025
    Qualification
    Secondary education with an apprenticeship certificate
    Result
    Passed with distinction
    Apprenticeship certificate in Food Production, awarded by Albrechtova střední škola in Český Těšín See the document Final examination certificate from Albrechtova střední škola, Český Těšín, passed with distinction See the document

  3. 03

    List mistrovský

    Master’s charter · the rank of mistr

    Conferred by
    Cech domácích pivovarníků, z. s.
    Date
    26 August 2025
    Signed
    František Sýkora, guild council

    The Czech brewers’ guild grants the rank of master to its own: the trade’s recognition rather than a state examination.

    Master’s charter conferring the rank of mistr, from the Czech brewers’ guild See the document

The certificates are reproduced as issued. Blacked out, and only this: the national identity number, the date and place of birth, and the handwritten signatures of the people who signed them.

Brewer and Founder

Michal “Rehy” Rehák

Qualification achieved:

  1. 01

    Brewing Technologist, MBA

    Professional qualification 29-059-H, 29-099-H, 29-100-H

    Awarded by
    Beer Academy s.r.o., Brno
    Examination
    14 March 2025
    Authorised by
    Czech Ministry of Agriculture
    Michal Rehák’s Master of Brewing Arts diploma in brewing technology, specialising in Czech-style lagerSee the document

  2. 02

    Výučný list
    s vysvedčením

    Food Producer · field 29-51-H/01

    Awarded by
    Albrechtova střední škola, Český Těšín
    Examination
    19 June 2025
    Qualification
    Secondary education with an apprenticeship certificate
    Result
    Passed with distinction

    Certificate to be added.

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