From the first label to todayThe same Berta. Still full of stories.
Karlovac → Hamburg → Považská Bystrica
War drove her out.Hamburg put her to the test.
She fled the war in Karlovac and started again in Hamburg. When she returned home, she brewed her first and last batch. Damir stood behind both journeys — the man without whom PUBerta would never have existed.Read Berta’s storyClose story+
01 · Karlovac · war
I have to leave
War came crashing into her world. Berta could only watch, unable to make sense of it. She knew one thing: she had to leave Karlovac.
02 · Escape
A helping hand
When you’re running for your life, grand speeches are no use. You need help. The bottle held out to her became a lifeline — and the first step towards a new life.
03 · Karlovac → Hamburg
Her escape had a driver
His name was Damir. He hid Berta in his lorry and smuggled her from Karlovac to Hamburg. Without him, her story would have ended before it ever had a chance to begin.
04 · Hamburg
Helmuth and the harbour
In Hamburg she found a harbour, Helmuth and beer. After heartbreak, she returned home to Karlovac — with an anchor under her skin and a decision of her own.
05 · Return to Karlovac
The first. And the last.
Back in Karlovac, Berta began brewing her own beer. Her first batch was also her last. Then, without a word, she disappeared.
Damir · the thread that ties it togetherDamir’s two journeys.First from Karlovac to Hamburg, when Berta fled the war. Then once more after her return and final brew — this time to Považská Bystrica.Open mapClose map+
Damir’s two journeys
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Karlovac→HamburgEscape from war · Berta reaches safety
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Karlovac→Považská BystricaThe final brew · the story comes home
The first journey saved Berta. The second saved her story.
Berta’s mark
The whole journey stayed under her skin.
Berta wears the anchor and rose on the arm that raises her beer. It recalls Hamburg, leaving and coming home. Across Svet Berty, it returns as her own personal mark.
Berta’s rule No. 01
Behind every beerthere’s a woman
Berta recommends
Don’t choose a style. Choose the moment.
Berta Bier is a nomadic brewery with recipes from Považská Bystrica. Every beer has its own personality. Choose by mood, occasion and who’s round the table.
Berta’s picksFour Bertas ready to order now. Find the core range, seasonal brews and limited releases in the full collection.
The full Berta range12 recipes · core, seasonal and limited brewsShow more 8Close the range+
Every beer Berta brews.From Summer ALE 9° to Hammer 22° — core recipes, seasonal brews and limited releases. The Buy button appears only for beers currently available in the shop.
Full range12recipes
01For a summer’s day
9°Summer ALE
Summer ALE
A light summer brew from Berta, made for hot days and long evenings outdoors.
Style
Summer Ale
Range
Seasonal / limited brew
Seasonal / limited brew
02For a first sip on a hot day
10°Svieža
Svieža
Light, bright and built around Spalter hops. A proper 10° lager made for a long table.
Damir’s second journey had a destination. Here, Berta’s story found an address of its own — somewhere to taste, hear and experience her, over draught beer, good food, music and a table shared with strangers.
Before you visit
Current PUBerta statusChecking the usual opening hours…
Six sides of Berta, from a bright 10° lager to a full-bodied Doppelbock.
Berta flows exactly where she should.
10°Berta SviežaBright and light
12°Berta OriginalLagerbier
11°Berta StickeAltbier
14°Berta Meine LiebeIPA
15°Berta HelmuthHelles
16°Berta BockDoppelbock
Berta Unplugged · archive
They’ve played here.
Live music, beer in hand and no grandstanding. That is what evenings at PUBerta sound like.See who’s playedClose archive+
Pavla Miščiová11. 04. 2026Chris Ellys14. 06. 2026TOME10. 07. 2026
The next evening is still waiting to be written.
Damir · coffee smuggler
No coffee. No day.
When Damir brought Berta safely to Považská Bystrica, his journey was not over. He started smuggling coffee. It has a purple-and-orange mood of its own, but it still belongs to the same story.
Damir Kafé · coffee on the road through Europe
Damir. Coffee smuggler.
From Karlovac via Hamburg to Považská Bystrica, Damir carries coffee with the character of European cities. Karlovac, Zadar and Hamburg — three coffees for three moments in the day.
01When you need strength
Orange
Karlovac
50 / 50
Half and half. A balanced blend of arabica and robusta named after the city where Berta’s story began.
Events, beer, food, music, merch and life behind the scenes. The archive holds on to the people, evenings and stories that have passed through Svet Berty.
Berta’s library
Famous Berthas.
Remarkable women who wore the name Bertha with pride.
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Bertha von Suttner · 1843–1914Foto: public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Famous Berthas · 01
A woman brave enough to believe in peace.
Editorial rendering: Suttner knew people thought her ridiculous, even mad, and could only hope to God that they were right.
Bertha von Suttner searched for her place as a singer, teacher and secretary to Alfred Nobel. She found it in the cause of peace. Defying her family, she left for Georgia with her beloved Arthur; after returning to Austria, she became one of the peace movement’s most powerful voices.
Her novel Lay Down Your Arms! was known around the world. In 1905, she became the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Brilliant, brave and a little stubborn — just as Berthas tend to be.
To peace. To good health. To Berta!
Bertha Benz · 1849–1944Foto: Bühler, Mannheim · public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Famous Berthas · 02
The woman who put the motor car on the road.
No permission. No petrol station. More than 100 kilometres ahead.
In August 1888, Bertha Benz set off from Mannheim for Pforzheim with her sons Eugen and Richard. She did not tell her husband Carl. More than twelve hours later, after travelling mostly on unmade roads, she completed the first long-distance motor-car journey in history.
She found fuel at a pharmacy and solved problems as they arose along the road. In doing so, she proved that Benz’s patented motor car was not merely a workshop invention, but transport for the real world. Benz later joined forces with Daimler — and the Mercedes-Benz brand grew from that story.
To courage. To the road. To Berta!
Berta Unplugged
An anchor, a rose and music.
Gigs, T-shirts and evenings when Berta sounds every bit as good as she tastes.
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