Brewery in Schwechat producing around 800,000 hl of beer annually, origin of the Schwechater Bier brand
Brauerei Schwechat (Schwechater Bier)
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About the Schwechat Brewery
The Schwechat Brewery in Schwechat, Austria, is the birthplace of the Schwechater Bier beer brand and dates back to its founding in 1632. Around 800,000 hl of beer are brewed annually. Well-known brands include Schwechater Lager, Zwickl, Wiener Lager and an alcohol-free beer. Historically, the Dreher family shaped the development of the brewery: Anton Dreher senior switched to bottom fermentation in 1839 and made lager beer a success. Since 1978, the brewery has belonged to Brau Union Österreich AG and thus to the Heineken group. In addition to beer production, the company offers brewery tours, acts as an event partner and operates an online shop.
- Site
- Schwechat
- Processes
- Brewery tours, Events/Event partner, Online shop
- Materials
- Barley and malt
- Founded
- 1632
- Industries
- Brewing industry, Beverage industry, Gastronomy/Retail, Gastronomy/Retail (Interspar partnership)
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Brewery
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Bottling
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Distribution
- 04
Brewery tours & events
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Online shop
Raw Materials & Brewing Process
Barley and malt
Basic raw materials for beer brewing; historically, barley supply posed major problems during periods of raw material scarcity.
Locations
Schwechat
ATBrewery, origin of the Schwechater Bier brand
- Materials
- Beer
Brands & Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1632
Founding of the Schwechat brewhouse at Frauenfelde by Peter Descrolier, chamber valet to Archduke Matthias
- 1796
Franz Anton Dreher, master brewer of Vienna, purchased the brewhouse (22 October)
- 1837
Anton Dreher senior took over the operation from his mother
- 1839
Switch to bottom fermentation – the beginning of lager beer
- 1841
Breakthrough of the “Lager”/“Vienna type” thanks to cooling; construction of huge cellars with ice
- 1848
First use of a steam engine for beer brewing in Austria
- 1859–1869
Expansion through acquisitions: Michelob brewery near Saaz (1859), Steinbruch brewery Budapest (1862), Trieste brewery (1869)
- 1867
Opening of the Schwechat–Kledering branch line for freight traffic to the brewhouse
- 1870
Anton Dreher junior took over the company
- 1877
First refrigeration machine (second machine from Linde AG) installed in Trieste
- 1905
Conversion into Anton Dreher's Breweries Aktiengesellschaft (public limited company)
- 1913
Merger with the St. Marx and Simmering breweries to form Vereinigte Brauereien Schwechat, St. Marx, Simmering – Dreher, Mautner, Meichl AG; title of Imperial and Royal Purveyor to the Court
- 1935
The Mautner Markhof family acquired the majority of shares
- 1936
Merger to form Mautner Markhof Brauerei Schwechat AG
- 1945
Brewhouse largely destroyed shortly before the end of the war; reconstruction under Manfred Mautner Markhof sen., first brew on 28 June
- 1947
Three-month brewing and delivery stoppage due to energy shortage
- 1955
Reactivation of the Hopfenperle brand
- 1963
Introduction of the brand symbol “white glass in a white circle on a red background”
- 1964
Schwechater logo on the mast of the newly opened Vienna Danube Tower
- 1978
Schwechat Brewery came into the ownership of Brau Union Österreich AG (today the Heineken group)