Brauerei Karg GmbH & Co. KG

About Brauerei Karg

Brauerei Karg GmbH & Co. KG is a family-run brewery on the Untermarkt in Murnau am Staffelsee (Upper Bavaria). It was founded in 1912 by Andreas Karg as a takeover of the Hirschvogel wheat beer brewery, established in 1899, and has since been run by the Schubert family in its fourth generation. Since 1980, the focus of production has been on top-fermenting wheat beers, including Helles Weißbier, Dunkles Weißbier, Leichtes Weißbier, the finely hopped Staffelsee Gold as well as seasonal beers such as Weizenbock and IPA. Since 2021, a bottom-fermenting beer, Murnauer Hell, has been brewed again. Annual output amounts to around 10,000 hectolitres. Alongside the brewery, the family operates the Karg Bräustüberl on the Untermarkt with Bavarian cuisine, and since 2018 a show brewery at the Glentleiten open-air museum, and distributes the beers via the gastronomy and retail sectors as well as an online shop through the partner Biershop Bayern.

Site

Murnau am Staffelsee

Processes

Restaurant operations (Karg Bräustüberl), Online shop via partner Biershop Bayern, Show brewery at the Glentleiten open-air museum

Materials

Top-fermenting wheat beers, Bottom-fermenting beers

Founded

1912

Industries

Brewing / Beverage industry, Gastronomy

1. 01

   Brewing of wheat beers

2. 02

   Filling/bottling

3. 03

   Distribution to gastronomy/retail

4. 04

   Online shop (Biershop Bayern)

5. 05

   Restaurant operations (Karg Bräustüberl)

Products & Range

Locations

Murnau am Staffelsee

DE

Brewery (headquarters), Untermarkt 27

Materials

Wheat beer, Murnauer Hell

Murnau am Staffelsee (Bräustüberl)

DE

Karg Bräustüberl, restaurant, Untermarkt 27

Products

Inside the production

History

1. 1899

   Foundation of the Hirschvogel wheat beer brewery on the Untermarkt in Murnau

2. 1912

   Andreas Karg takes over the Hirschvogel brewery and renames it Brauerei Karg

3. 1939

   Rosina Karg marries Franz Schubert

4. 1960

   Andreas Karg senior retires; the children take over the brewery and convert it into a GmbH & Co. KG

5. 1976

   Franz Schubert junior (certified master brewer, Weihenstephan) returns to the brewery

6. 1977

   Franz Schubert takes over the business

7. 1980

   Specialisation in top-fermenting wheat beers due to lack of space

8. 2005

   Victoria, daughter of Franz Schubert, joins the brewery

9. 2008

   Victoria Schubert-Rapp becomes co-managing director

10. 2015

    Barack Obama drinks from a Karg wheat beer glass ahead of the G7 summit

11. 2018

    Operation of the show brewery at the Glentleiten open-air museum

12. 2021

    Introduction of the bottom-fermenting Murnauer Hell