Dairy Bratří Brunnerů, Czech Republic

Jan Bareš has been raising goats and making cheese and other delicacies from goat’s milk in the traditional way since 2010 on the farm Na Samotách in the Jindřichův Hradec district in the Czech Republic. In 2020, he took over the production at the dairy Bratří Brunnerů.

The history of the dairy Bratří Brunnerů dates back to 1900, when the Brunner family began producing and selling ripened cheeses with a characteristic aroma and spicy taste, which were known throughout Europe. The premises of the dairy in Jarošov were reconstructed in 2001 and resumed production according to the original recipe using modern technologies. They use Plevnik cheese kettle SKH 500 EW Professional with an elevating device. Mr. Bareš reports on his experience:

“We are a small cheesemaking dairy with a production capacity of about 2000 l of milk per day. From Plevnik, I only use a cheese kettle, which is like a Mercedes among cheese kettles. It made my work much easier. In the future, I will look only for Plevnik devices.”

Jan Bareš now continues the rich tradition of cheese production according to original recipes. He also added the processing of goat’s milk from his goat farm to the cow’s milk. The rich range of cow’s and goat’s milk products called Cheeses of endless flavors ranges from drinks, cottage cheese, soft, semi-hard and hard cheeses, yoghurts, spreads and interesting special products such as Mlsanek dessert – a cheese dessert made from fresh goat cottage cheese, sugar and real vanilla from Madagascar or Cajeta – fine caramel made in an original way from goat’s milk, vanilla and cane sugar.

The fact that their products are of high quality is also evidenced by the fact that in 2019 they won first place with four products in the regional competition of the South Bohemian region.