'I brew only what I liketo drink'

摘要

It is not easy to track down a brewery in Austria which can be described as a craft brewery. "What do you mean by craft breweries? Strictly speaking, craft breweries do not exist in Austria", according to information initially received from the Verband der Brauereien OEsterreichs (Association of Austrian Breweries), at least not as they exist in the United States, Belgium or Holland. "But there are already a large number of breweries with a creative assortment of products, each with their own taproom and an interesting story," comes the reassuring response. Small, emerging breweries, some of them with quite innovative beers, are coming out the woodwork. Since the year 2000, the number of small breweries in Austria has almost doubled. About three years ago, the brewery "Schwarzbraeu" joined the ranks.