Schlägl Abbey Brewery
| Schlägl Abbey Brewery | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Property of Schlägl Abbey |
| founding | 1580 |
| Seat |
Aigen-Schlägl , Austria
|
| management | Markus Rubasch |
| Number of employees | 22nd |
| Branch | brewery |
| Website | www.stift-schlaegl.at |
The Schlägl Abbey Brewery is a beer brewery in the municipality of Aigen-Schlägl ( Upper Austria ). It belongs to Schlägl Abbey and is one of two monastery breweries in Austria. The other is in Engelszell Abbey.
history
The brewery's founding date is 1580, and in that year the consumption of Schlägler beer is documented at a meeting between the Passau bishop and the prelate of Schlägl. The brewing industry in Schlägl Abbey is certainly much older, as some of the surrounding monasteries were already brewing in the 13th century. In Schlägl Abbey, the brewery was originally housed in what is now the abbey cellar, although in 1576 there was also a malthouse and a beer cellar in addition to the brewery, with space for around 25 hectoliters of oat beer.
In the brewing year 1632/33, the production of 1485 buckets (1 bucket = 56 l) of wheat beer and 396 buckets of brown beer is documented that some of this has already been sold in a larger area. In 1634 the brewery was rebuilt and was in operation until 1884. In that year the brewery was rebuilt, in 1909 the brewhouse was modernized with an annual output of around 3000 hl.
It was not until 1954 that the entire beer production was relocated to the former grain bin outside the monastery. In 1974 a new brewhouse had to be built for capacity reasons. In addition, the bottle filling system was renewed. After the fermentation cellar was equipped with closed fermentation tanks in the 1980s, the barrel filling system was renewed in 1995. However, the open fermentation tanks remained for the fermentation of special varieties such as organic rye , the Pils and the crystal M exist. In 1998 the monastery had a new storage and loading hall built, and between 2001 and 2004 investments were made in bottle filling and bottle cleaning and in a new steam boiler. In addition, a new wastewater treatment plant went into operation in 2005 and a plate heat exchanger to cool the wort in 2006. In addition, in 2008 investments were made in air compressors for generating sterile and dried compressed air and a new hot water supply.
In December 2010, the so-called dry section of the beverage bottling facility was renewed. In addition to the palletizing while a new crate washing machine, and a were Entkorker purchased.
Products
The brewery's main brands are the Märzenbier Urquell and the Spezialbier Kristall , of which a light beer variant is also offered with the Kristall Leicht . The BIO Roggen (formerly “Gold Roggen” or “Roggen Gold”) is a beer brewed with rye malt and Austria's first rye beer, the Malz König a classic Austrian double malt beer.
The standard range also includes the Abbey Pils and Double Bock , a strong 8.3% alcohol Double Bock . For the 200th birthday of the writer Adalbert Stifter , the brewery created the Stifter beer , which is fermented top-fermented at 25 ° C in an open vat. The Rothkrebschenbier was again developed for Linz 09 , the year of the Capital of Culture . The brewery's latest developments include the abbey beer brewed for the beer magazine “bier.pur” and a light fasting beer with the taste of galangal root.
In addition, a beer brandy made from the Doppelbock and a beer vinegar are offered.
The brewery also offers four types of lemonade under its own name. However, these are produced by the Ried brewery.
literature
- Conrad Seidl : Our beer. All new breweries. All new beers. All new beer bars. Deuticke, Vienna, Munich 1996 ISBN 3-216-30252-0
- Michael Hlatky: The great Austrian beer lexicon. Austrian breweries and beers. austria medien service, Graz 1996
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ EMAS environmental declaration 2012. (PDF; 1.3 MB) Archived from the original on August 26, 2014 ; Retrieved September 8, 2013 .
- ↑ 57,000 regional hectoliters of beer. OÖ Nachrichten, July 11, 2011, accessed on September 8, 2013 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 13.7 ″ N , 13 ° 58 ′ 10.8 ″ E