I‘m happy to be a brewer
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Pavel Zítek was born in Plzeň on 13 July 1958. His father Jindřich was a physician and his mother Helena an accountant and economist. His grandfather, social democrat Josef Faltin, was sentenced to six years in the 1950s, being prosecuted by Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, Milada Horáková‘s prosecutor. The witness was not admitted to high school because his father was kicked out from the CPC after 1968. He was an apprentice at the Gambrinus and Urquell breweries, then studied at a food technology high school, majoring in fermentation processes. He then studied fermentation chemistry and bioengineering at the University of Chemistry and Technology (VŠCHT). He joined Gambrinus as a process engineer in 1985, shortly after the sharp beer price hike in the autumn of 1984 (when the 12° beer by Prazdroj almost stopped selling and had to be replaced by the Gambrinus 10°). He was promoted brewer in 19920 and was the Gambrinus director (chief brewer) in 1994-1996. He remembers this period fondly because the brewery underwent an upgrade at the time. He started working in the licensed production section in 2001. Prazdroj started brewing abroad due to the introduction of high import duties on beer. In 2008, he became a ‚sales brewer‘. He was in charge of pubs and restaurants, making sure the beer was well taken care of and served in the same quality everywhere.
