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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 • Brewing since 1590

Chapter One

The Castle and Its Village

Wrought iron Schlossbrauerei Au-Hallertau sign against summer linden leaves — Eingang — wrought iron and linden light

The brewery beer garden with a Schlossbrauerei tap cart and a welcome chalkboard — Herzlich willkommen — self-service in the garden

Chapter Two

The People Behind the Beer

A brewer seated among stacked sacks of Carapils malt in the malt store — In the malt store, where every beer begins

Two brewmasters seated side by side on Auer Bier crates in front of a blue backdrop — The people behind Auer Bier

A brewer carrying a full crate of Auer Bier on his shoulder — A crate on the shoulder — the everyday measure of the work

Chapter Three

Where the Beer Is Made

A brewer connecting a hose to a stainless steel fermentation tank — Connecting the line between tanks

A brewer working with a long ladle beside open vessels in the cellar — By hand, by eye, as the cellar requires

Chapter Five

The Beer Itself

Auer Dunkles bottle beside a filled glass of dark beer with foam — Auer Dunkles – brewery product photography.

Auer Helles – brewery product photography.

The Hop Harvest

A worker walking toward a hop-harvesting machine between rows of tall hop plants — Walking the rows toward harvest

A worker seated inside the cab of a hop-harvesting machine in Hallertau — Operating the harvester in the hop fields

A worker standing with freshly harvested hop plants and pruning tools in a Hallertau hop field — Harvest ready — the hop field before the brewery

A trailer loaded with harvested hop plants with a church and village visible in the Hallertau distance — Loaded and ready — from the field toward the village

The Hop Farm

The Auer Bier bar counter with ceramic taps, glasses and an illuminated brewery sign — Auer Bier — the sign, the taps, the welcome

Chapter Four

Into the Bottle

The bottling line in full run with Auer Bier crates stacked beside the machinery — The bottling hall, mid-run

Close-up of filled brown beer bottles moving along the conveyor after capping — Filled and capped, bottle after bottle

Boxes of Auer Helles neck and body labels waiting beside the labelling machine — Auer Helles — the label before the bottle

A brewer tasting beer from a glass between stainless steel fermentation tanks — The only measure that matters, taken between the tanks

Epilogue

One Last Round

A brewer holding a bottle of Auer Helles in front of stacked yellow Schlossbrauerei crates — The last look before the crate goes out

Schlossbrauerei Au-Hallertau six-pack carrier holding four beer bottles — Schlossbrauerei Au Hallertau – The brewery's complete beer range presented in its signature six-pack carrier.