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The Series

Breweries

Long-form photographic stories about the people, places and traditions behind German brewing.

The white baroque facade of Schloss Au with a bronze stag statue in the garden

Brewery Story No. 01

Schlossbrauerei Au-Hallertau

Au in der Hallertau • Bavaria

Hidden in the heart of the Hallertau, a castle brewery that has quietly brewed beer since 1590 — heritage, craftsmanship and a deep connection to Bavaria's most famous hop-growing region.

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The pink facade of Griesmüllers Altstadtbrauerei in the old town lanes of Regensburg

Brewery Story No. 02

Griesmüllers Altstadtbrauerei

Regensburg • Bavaria

Behind a pink facade in the lanes of Regensburg's old town, two young brewers keep a traditional brew day: malt weighed by hand, the mash turned with a wooden paddle.

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The historic stone brewery buildings of Privatbrauerei Ernst Barre with the Barre-Bräu sign

Brewery Story No. 03

Privatbrauerei Ernst Barre GmbH

Lübbecke • North Rhine-Westphalia

Founded in Lübbecke in 1842, Privatbrauerei Ernst Barre remains a family brewery shaped by six generations of brewing, tradition and a deep connection to its home in the Wiehengebirge.

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Stainless steel brewery tanks below the black wall with the white Yankee & Kraut rodeo-rider logo

Brewery Story No. 04

Yankee & Kraut

Ingolstadt • Bavaria

Two friends, one from America and one from Bavaria, began with a shared passion for beer and the idea that there was another way to brew it. What started with experiments and ambition eventually became Yankee & Kraut — a brewery where American inspiration and Bavarian brewing culture meet.

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The baroque abbey of Weltenburg seen from above, framed by forest and the loop of the Danube

Brewery Story No. 05

Weltenburger Kloster

Weltenburg • Bavaria

On the banks of the Danube, surrounded by forest and the dramatic landscape of the Danube Gorge, stands Weltenburg Abbey — a place where monastery, landscape and brewing have been connected for centuries. Beer has been brewed here since 1050.

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Two men raising stemmed glasses of beer in a toast beside a large shallow copper coolship in an attic brewery, one standing inside the vessel with a long-handled brush at his feet, exposed roof beams and skylights above

Brewery Story No. 06

Braumanufaktur Hertl

Schlüsselfeld • Franconia

Built largely by hand inside a former farm building near Schlüsselfeld, Braumanufaktur Hertl is one of Franconia's smallest breweries — a family operation where every member of the family has a beer of their own, and the copper coolship is still in use.

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The historic red-brick Münchner Kindl building seen from an angled exterior view, its tall arched windows standing beside a modern glass and steel structure under a clear blue sky

Brewery Story No. 07

Münchner Kindl

A Munich Brewing Heritage Reborn

The historic red-brick Münchner Kindl building in Munich — tall arched windows set in textured brickwork, joined by a modern glass-and-steel structure that rises behind them.

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The Einsiedler Brauhaus seen from below against a clear blue sky, its red-brick clock tower with two white clock faces rising to a dark lantern roof and weathervane, and the long brick façade beside it carrying the green lettering EINSIEDLER BRAUHAUS above rows of arched cream-framed windows

Brewery Story No. 08

Einsiedler Brauhaus

Einsiedel • Saxony

A red-brick clock tower rising into a clear blue sky, and beside it a long brick façade lettered EINSIEDLER BRAUHAUS above rows of arched windows — the historic brewhouse at Einsiedel, near Chemnitz.

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