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Kvasny Prum. 2014; 60(7-8): 198-202 | DOI: 10.18832/kp2014020
Publication is the first of a three-part history study of ice-houses in Jundrov, Brno. It summarizes the origin of the largest commercial ice-houses in the second biggest town in Czechoslovakia. From the end of the 19th century to the origin of Czechoslovakia the icehouses were in property of several owners. Among others, they were owned by Julius Brauner who ran Brno's brewery in Pekařská Street. Till the 1910 three wooden ice -houses were built; they supplied Brno's pubs, butchers, breweries and confectioners. The first part of the publication also deals in detail with brewing technologies, first of all invention of artificial cooling. The author also mentioned thermal fluctuations in the individual years that affected the ice-houses balance.
(In Czech, English summary only)
Received: March 8, 2014; Accepted: June 6, 2014; Published: July 1, 2014