Piestinger brewery
The Piestinger Brewery was a beer brewery in Markt Piesting in Lower Austria. Since 2005, Piestinger Bier has been managed under the umbrella of Vereinigte Kärntner Brauereien AG , which has acquired the trademark rights from Piestinger Bier. Since then, a strategic logistics center of the Vereinigte Kärntner Brauereien AG has been set up in Markt Piesting, expanding its existing sales network in the direction of Lower Austria, Vienna and Burgenland.
history
The Piesting brewery is located at the gateway to the Piestingtal. The brewery was founded in 1824 by the businessman Johann Nepomuk Müller. Since the financial situation had not improved even after the brewery was built, he had to file for bankruptcy in 1829.
After several changes of ownership, the brewery went to the beer keeper and beer silver-maker Tiberius Lehn from Saulgau in Baden-Württemberg (born around 1785 and master brewer in Schwechat ). The following generations of the Lehn family systematically expanded the brewery so that the brewery became one of the most important companies in the region. Inns in Wiener Neustadt, Bad Fischau and Berndorf also secured beer sales and income.
The brewery - which is now an industrial monument - was built between 1894 and 1904. The brewery remained in the possession of the Lehn family for a long time. The last owners were the two brothers Josef and Karl, who sold the brewery to Kosme in 1994. With the new owners, beer output could slowly be increased again, and at the same time the renovation of the historic brewery building began, which was completed in 2000.
Five years later, in 2005, the United Carinthian Breweries acquired the location of Piestinger Bier - and also the trademark rights. Since they had no interest in the production site, the brewery was closed immediately. The then owner then sold the systems abroad and half of the workforce was laid off.
Products
Piestinger Bier's product range includes the following types of beer:
- The Piestinger Lager is a bottom-fermented , light full beer with an original wort of 11.8 ° and an alcohol content of 5.0% vol.
- The Piestinger Gambrinus is a bottom-fermented, light, carbonated full beer with an original gravity of 12.8 ° and an alcohol content of 5.5% vol.
- The Piestinger Bock is a bottom-fermented strong beer with an original wort of 16.4 ° and an alcohol content of 6.9% vol.
- The Piestinger Zwickl or cellar beer is a beer specialty with an original wort of 11.8 ° and an alcohol content of 5.0% vol.
literature
- Beate Stix: The history of the family brewery Lehn . Self-published, Markt Piesting 2000
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 52 ′ 20.6 " N , 16 ° 6 ′ 51.7" E