Family-run private brewery in Abensberg, specialised in the production of wheat beer in the traditional craft brewing style.
Brauerei zum Kuchlbauer GmbH & Co. KG
Abensberg · SchierlingNew on Amplifa
About the Brauerei zum Kuchlbauer
Brauerei zum Kuchlbauer GmbH & Co. KG is a medium-sized, family-run private brewery based in Abensberg in Lower Bavaria. The company was first mentioned in documents in 1499 and counts itself among the oldest breweries in Bavaria. Since 1969, the brewery has specialised in the production of wheat beer under the management of Leonhard Salleck; since 2014, Jacob Horsch has led the company in the ninth family generation. The beer is produced with an in-house yeast strain and the brewery's own well water, and fermentation takes place in open fermentation vats. The best-known products include Kuchlbauer Weisse, Turmweisse, Alte Liebe and the dark wheat beer bock Aloysius; in 2021, annual production amounted to 58,000 hectolitres. Since 1997, the Spezial-Brauerei Schierling has belonged entirely to the company, and in 2019 the De Bassus Schlossbrauerei was also acquired. The brewery includes a visitor brewery with the nearly 35-metre-high Kuchlbauer Tower designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, as well as the KunstHausAbensberg.
- Site
- Abensberg
- Processes
- Visitor brewery, Events (Easter market, tower Christmas, Gillamoos festival tents)
- Materials
- Regional Brewing Barley, In-house Yeast Strain, Own Well Water
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1499
- Employees
- ca. 80
- Industries
- Beverage Industry / Brewing
- 01
Brewing water treatment from own well
- 02
Malting and gristing
- 03
Wort preparation
- 04
Fermentation in open fermentation vats
- 05
Storage and maturation
- 06
Bottling
- 07
Distribution and dispensing
Brewing Process and Raw Materials
Regional Brewing Barley
In 2021, the Gillamoos beer was brewed for the first time using 100 % regional brewing barley.
In-house Yeast Strain
The in-house yeast strain shapes the character of the wheat beers.
Own Well Water
The brewery has its own well water as the basis of beer production.
Sites
Abensberg
DEBrewery, visitor brewery with Kuchlbauer Tower, KunstHausAbensberg
- Materials
- Wheat beer
Schierling
DESpezial-Brauerei Schierling (100 % subsidiary since 1997)
Industries
Additional services
Quality
The brewery works with an in-house yeast strain and its own well water; fermentation takes place in open fermentation vats. No further information on certifications is available.
| Evidence | Abensberg |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1499
First documented mention of the brewery on the market square of Abensberg
- 1751
Property sold to Joseph Amann ("Kuchlpaur"), the name "zum Kuchlbauer" originates
- 1902
Acquired by Joseph Krieger from Riedenburg
- 1904
Transfer to the Salleck family; fire and reconstruction of the brewery building
- 1920
Relocation of brewery operations to Römerstraße
- 1969
Leonhard Salleck takes over management; specialisation in wheat beer
- 1982
Construction of the Kuchlbauer Wheat Beer Barn
- 1997
100 % acquisition of the Spezial-Brauerei Schierling
- 1999
Friedensreich Hundertwasser agrees to design the beer art tower
- 2010
Opening of the Kuchlbauer Tower on 23 April
- 2014
Jacob Horsch joins the management (9th family generation); opening of the Hundertwasser exhibition at the KunstHausAbensberg
- 2019
Acquisition of the De Bassus Schlossbrauerei
- 2021
Annual production 58,000 hectolitres