Brewery in Bargen BE: unfiltered beer specialities, spirits, contract brewing and third-party bottling
Aare Bier AG
Bargen BENew on Amplifa
About Aare Bier
Aare Bier AG is a brewery founded in 2007 and based in Bargen in the Bernese Seeland (Switzerland). The company produces unfiltered, untreated beer specialities such as Kellerfrisch, Amber, Weizen, Swiss Pale Ale as well as alcohol-free beers, brewed in accordance with the Purity Law of 1516 using drinking water from the Schanze spring. In addition to its own range, the brewery offers contract brewing and third-party bottling for external customers such as the Bernese contract brewery BLZ, Buechiberger Bier and Fäzäbräu. Other products include spirits (London Dry Gin, whisky, liqueur) and hard seltzer for external customers. The brewery operates its own bottling and packaging, rents out festival equipment (draught trailers, refrigeration trailers, coolers, glasses) and supplies, among others, Coop. Following the 2019 expansion to a 3-vessel brewhouse, the production capacity is 9,000 hl/year, with 1,560 hl of storage capacity and 640 hl of fermentation tank capacity.
- Site
- Bargen BE
- Processes
- Contract brewing and third-party bottling for external customers, Festival equipment rental (draught trailers, refrigeration trailers, coolers, glasses), Spirits production (gin, whisky, liqueur)
- Founded
- 2007
- Industries
- Beverage industry / brewing
- 01
Brewing (brewhouse)
- 02
Fermentation
- 03
Storage
- 04
Bottling
- 05
Packaging
- 06
Delivery
Sites
Bargen BE
CHBrewery, production, bottling
- Materials
- Water from the Schanze spring, malt from the Bernese Mittelland, Swiss Cascade hops
- 3-vessel brewhouse
- Storage tanks (1,560 hl)
- Fermentation tanks (640 hl)
- Filling line with bottle inspector and fill-level and label inspection
- Refrigeration system for the filling hall, brewhouse and fermentation cellar
- Photovoltaic system with battery storage
Products
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 2007
Founding of Aare Bier AG
- 2019
Expansion from a 2-vessel to a 3-vessel brewhouse, capacity increase from 6,000 to 9,000 hl/year, storage capacity 1,560 hl, fermentation tanks 640 hl
- 2020
Installation of refrigeration system (air conditioning for filling hall, brewhouse, fermentation cellar); market launch of Kellerfrisch 33cl can; launch of Aare Bier London Dry Gin; 24% decline in sales due to Corona
- 2021
15th anniversary on 27.08.2021; supply contracts with Coop; contract brewing orders (BLZ, Buechiberger, Fäzäbräu); first hard seltzer for DEVIA AG
- 2022
Sponsoring contract with Dominique Aegerter; introduction of alcohol-free beer; opening of Premium Classic Bikes on the premises
- 2023
Expansion of the photovoltaic system and installation of battery storage; contract brewing orders for BLZ, Buechiberger Bier and Fäzäbräu