Brewery in Vienna-Ottakring: beer, mineral water and beverage distribution since 1837
Ottakringer Brauerei AG
Vienna (Ottakring, 16th district), AustriaNew on Amplifa
About Ottakringer Brauerei
Ottakringer Brauerei AG is an independent large brewery in Vienna's 16th district, Ottakring, and the last remaining large brewery in Vienna. Founded in 1837 by master miller Heinrich Plank, the company was expanded into a large brewery by the Kuffner family from 1850 and is today owned by the Wenckheim, Menz, Trauttenberg and Pfusterschmid families. The product range includes beers such as Ottakringer Helles, Goldfassl, Zwickl, Null Komma Josef (alcohol-free), Bock, Dunkles and Radler as well as canned beer under the name 16er Blech; mineral water is distributed via the sister company Vöslauer Mineralwasser AG. Since 1989 the brewery has used green shoulder bottles, and since 1997, as the first Austrian brewery, twist-off closures. In addition to beverage production, the site serves as an event venue, offers brewery tours and operates an online shop for beer and merchandise. The brewery has long sponsored the football club SK Rapid Wien and, since 2021, has been a co-founder of the Association of Independent Private Breweries of Austria.
- Site
- Vienna (Ottakring, 16th district)
- Processes
- Brewery tours, Events/event venue (Alte Technik), Online shop (beer, merchandise), Beer brand for events/sponsoring
- Materials
- Beer varieties, Canned beer, Green shoulder bottle, Twist-off closure
- Founded
- 1837
- Industries
- Brewing, Beverage industry, Events
- 01
Brewery
- 02
Bottling
- 03
Distribution
- 04
Events & Online Shop
Products & Brewing Process
Beer varieties
Helles, Goldfassl, Zwickl, Zwickl Rot, Dunkles, G'mischtes, Bock, Radler and the alcohol-free Null Komma Josef.
Canned beer
Canned beer variant marketed from 2007 under the Viennese name 16er Blech.
Green shoulder bottle
Proprietary bottle shape introduced in 1989 in place of the brown beer bottles standardized throughout Austria.
Twist-off closure
As the first Austrian brewery, Ottakringer adopted twist-off closures in 1997.
Locations
Vienna (Ottakring)
ATBrewery / production site, event venue, shop
- Materials
- Beer, alcohol-free beers, Radler
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1837
Founded as Planksche Brauerei by master miller Heinrich Plank; brewing licence granted by Klosterneuburg Monastery
- 1850
Taken over by Ignaz and Jakob Kuffner; expanded into a large brewery (output of 18,318 hl rising to 64,183 hl in 10 years)
- 1882
Moriz von Kuffner acquires brewery shares; output increased to over 350,000 hl (1913)
- 1905
Conversion into a public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft)
- 1938
Forced sale to Gustav Harmer due to Moriz Kuffner's Jewish origins (14 million schillings)
- 1977
Withdrawal from the Austrian beer cartel, a major contribution to breaking it up
- 1986
Stock market listing; acquisition of the Kapsreiter brewery in Schärding
- 1989
Introduction of the green shoulder bottles
- 1991
Market launch of the alcohol-free Null Komma Josef (market leader in its segment)
- 1997
As the first Austrian brewery, use of twist-off closures
- 2010
Restructuring: Ottakringer Brauerei AG and Vöslauer Mineralwasser AG become subsidiaries of Ottakringer Getränke AG
- 2014
Production discontinued at the subsidiary Innstadt Brauerei (Passau)
- 2016
Led by Matthias Ortner and Tobias Frank
- 2017
Sale of the Hungarian brewery Pécsi Sörfőzde Zrt completed
- 2021
Co-founding of the Association of Independent Private Breweries of Austria