Beer Spa Bernard

What more can you say ! Beer spa! Yes you immerse your naked body in a tub of warm beer for 30 minutes with a beer mug and a tap of fresh Budvar beer next to you — the beer does wonders for your pores ;) friendly staff guides you through your experience and after the tub you fall asleep on a bed of hay! Well worth the 1900 Czk ($ 100 CAD) !

I must admit that when I found out that this was a thing, I was so excited and immediately booked. I didn’t even take the time to learn about the health benefits… BEER + SPA? ADD TO CART!
It did not disappoint. This was definitely one of the coolest experiences for me. Came here with my boyfriend.
Here’s how it goes down:
It’s a small spa — there’s one room with 2 baths (each sits 2 people) so make sure you honor your reservation time.
You get there and they take you to a locker room where you undress and put away your stuff. You can take your cellphone/​camera into the bath area to take photos btw. The locker area also has a shower so you have that option but it’s not mandatory. They give you towels, slippers and a sheet to cover yourself while you move to the bath area. You are naked but you can certainly wear a bathing suit if that makes you more comfortable or if you are doing this with a group of friends.
Then you go next door to the bath area. We were told it was an 800 year old room! They add hops and yeast to the water (I initially thought I’d be bathing in actual beer which on second thought, is probably not all that great) and you get in. There’s a tap attached to the tub and you can drink all the Bernard beer you want! It was so nice and relaxing. The lights were dim, the water jets felt amazing. I didn’t want it to end. But we booked a massage so it had to. The water turns off and you ring the bell and the staff member comes to get you.
Next, we were taken to a massage area with a heated bed. We were wrapped in blankets, given more beer and had a couple minutes to relax. Then we found out that the massages for 2 that we booked amounted to a total of 40 minutes so we had to split the time somehow. Not how I thought it’d go down but not a huge deal either — still a good deal for what I paid. I must mention that the staff member working (he was incredibly nice) appeared to be the only one there and he did everything — front desk, running the baths, and even the massages. So if you’re looking for couples massages, it wouldn’t be a side-​by-​side thing, they don’t have the space anyway. The massage was very good — we each did 20 minutes.
Afterward, we were given a cute certificate of completion and some free beer to take home. They also had some great gifts available for purchase — beer shampoo and conditioner, beer bath salts, etc.
I know they have another location as well — not sure if things function the same way there.
Obviously, you can book this experience without a massage. And while the massage was nice, in retrospect, I think I’d prefer a longer bath — it was just that great.
This was actually a great deal — I paid $ 130 for 2 people with massages. Don’t forget to tip!
MAKE SURE YOU MAKE RESERVATIONS! I made them online before I flew out — you have the option to pre-​pay as well. Since it’s a one room spa — don’t wait until the last minute!
I highly recommend this experience — so unique and relaxing.

An excellent idea and really well executed too. If you like a) beer, b) relaxing, c) massages, d) unique experiences, or e) all of the above, you should definitely come here.
The idea is that you get into a bath of water which has had hops and yeast mixed into it. So you don’t bathe in beer, even though this is what I like to tell people. You are furnished with a glass which you can fill up with beer from the tap next to you. You have the room to yourself so for half an hour you just lie back, drink, and feel gloriously happy.
The bubbles in the water will stop after 30 minutes which is your signal to get out and go for your massage, if you’ve chosen this option. As there were two of us and only one person available to do the massage, I got to lie on a heated bed while my boyfriend had a massage. The bed is heated AND you get swaddled in a blanket. «I’m going to wrap you up like a baby» is actually how it was described to me. Awesome. There is some surprisingly non-​cringy spa type music playing and there are lots of lights dancing around on the ceiling which are mesmerising. You can also continue drinking beer during this time. The massage was awesome — I’m not sure how to adequately describe or review a massage but it was very enjoyable.
Once you’ve all had your turn at being massaged and being swaddled, you go get your clothes back on — it’s recommended that you don’t shower otherwise you won’t get the purported benefits of the hops/​yeast for your skin. Then you get to choose a bottle of beer to take home with you, and you can buy extra bottles of beer and also beer shampoo, shower gel etc.
The price for two people including a massage was 3190 CZK which I thought was pretty affordable by UK standards anyway. You can book online which is very convenient and if you email with any queries or requirements they’ll get back to you quickly.
Overall this was an awesome experience and one that I would recommend to anyone!