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Brewery Story No. 04

Yankee & Kraut

Where two worlds came together over beer.

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.

Brian and Alex standing arm in arm and holding up their Yankee & Kraut beer cans in front of a blue backdrop, crates stacked at the right

Wide view of the brewery hall with stacked kegs and crates, bright fermentation tanks and the canning line at work — The brewery at work — kegs, crates, tanks and the canning line, all in one hall.

The brewer pouring hops from a plastic pitcher into the open hatch of a stainless steel kettle — Hops go into the kettle by hand, one measured pour at a time.

The brewer in rubber boots watching the brewhouse control screen from a wooden stool beside stacked Yankee & Kraut crates — A moment of watching: the brewhouse screen, the brewer, the waiting crates.

The brewer weighing hops from a foil bag into a measuring jug, in front of the red painted Yankee & Kraut vending machine — Weighing the hops — precision before anything else.

The brewer on a step ladder lifting the round hatch of a bright stainless steel tank — Up the ladder to open the tank.

The brewer rinsing the pipework between conical fermentation tanks with a blue hose — Rinsing the pipework between the fermenters.

The brewer loading a roll of labels into the canning machine, silver cans waiting on the conveyor — Labels loaded, cans waiting on the line.

Wort and foam draining across the brewery floor beneath two conical fermentation tanks, their pipework and valves above — Wort and foam run across the floor beneath the tanks.

The brewer standing on a small step ladder rinsing the open hatch of a bright stainless steel tank with a blue hose — Cleaning never stops — the hatch rinsed once more.

The brewer drawing a sample of beer from a tank tap into a small glass, a blue hose coiled across the floor — A sample drawn straight from the tank.

A hand holding a stemmed tasting glass as cloudy golden beer fills it, bright stainless steel tanks behind — Cloudy and golden, the beer fills the glass.

The brewer emptying a white sack of malted barley into the open steel hopper of the mill — Malted barley poured into the mill.

A close view across a bed of golden malted barley grains — The grain, close up — where every beer begins.

The brewer pouring grain from one plastic jug into a larger graduated measuring jug standing on a scale — Grain measured jug by jug on the scale.

The brewer pulling a large grey tub heaped with spent grain through the middle of the brewery — Spent grain hauled out at the end of the brew.

A brewer in a white tank top and rubber boots stands with hands on hips watching the canning machine, stainless steel tanks and stacked Yankee & Kraut crates to one side and a second worker on a step ladder behind

A brewer packing filled black cans into a Yankee & Kraut crate beside the canning line, stacks of crates on pallets in the foreground and a second worker on a step ladder behind

Black Yankee & Kraut cans move along the conveyor of the canning line beneath overhead stainless steel filling nozzles as beer foams over the rims, a large contoured metal guide wheel in the foreground

A brewer in a sleeveless cream tank top bends over a stainless steel workbench inspecting a printed label on a black Yankee & Kraut can, labelled cans in the foreground and stainless tanks, kegs and tall stacks of black crates behind

A worker's hands gather a cluster of freshly filled black Yankee & Kraut cans on a wet stainless steel tray at the end of the canning line, splash shields and labelling machinery behind

A brewer in a cream sleeveless tank top reaches into the stainless steel filling machine as beer splashes against the clear safety guard, numbered valve blocks and the black infeed worm beneath the nozzles

Close-up of freshly filled black Yankee & Kraut cans standing on the wet slats of the canning-line conveyor, their labels reading Persona Non Strata Single Hop NEIPA, a bright green guide strip beneath them and an out-of-focus brewery behind

A brewer in a white sleeveless top reaches through the clear safety guard of the labelling machine to adjust a roller as black cans pass through, a roll of printed Yankee & Kraut labels winding through the tension rollers at the right and a second worker at the far end of the line

The labelling machine applying black and pink Yankee & Kraut labels to black cans behind a clear plastic guard

A pyramid of six Yankee & Kraut beer cans stacked in tiers, from Alman's Pils at the top to Shattered Dreams, California Love and Pounder at the base, reflected on a dark surface — Yankee & Kraut — six beers, six stories.

THE BEER AS ART

A Yankee & Kraut Shattered Dreams NEIPA can on a dark background, sunset grasses on the label, reflected below

A Yankee & Kraut California Love West Coast IPA can on a dark background, palm trees and a convertible on the label, reflected below

A Yankee & Kraut Alman's Pils can on a dark background, an illustrated woman with pretzel-shaped hair on the label, reflected below

A Yankee & Kraut Pounder NEIPA can on a dark background, a hand holding a crab on the label, reflected below