European Brewing Tour - Week 2 Thursday

The last day of our brewing tour included a stop at the Schlagl brewery in the same town which we had the beer dinner. This was nice because we were able to sleep in a bit. I ended up not having a hangover at all the next day which was nice. Some of my friends were not so lucky.


We were able to see some traditional techniques that I have never seen before at this brewery.


This is actually a picture of the boil kettle which is a kind of bizarre setup. The heating surface is the slanted side of the vessel which causes some interesting convection. In the end, there is a pretty good reason this is the only one which we saw but it goes to show you that there is certainly more than one way to skin a cat.


They also had really cool CO2 recovery system which we had never seen before.


This is actually a non-operating portion of the brewery which they hope to recondition and use for small batches, as a pilot brewery of sorts. That sounded like a pretty awesome idea to all of us and if they needed a brewer to come work in the "pilot" brewery that many of us would jump at the idea.


They had a van outside, as we were heading down to the bier hall to try their beers, and were moving loads of papers from the van to a storage room.


In their restaurant/bier hall, they had some really cool tables set up inside some giant wooden barrels. The picture is a bit dark but the idea is really cool.

Our last stop was at the Flottweg company which is known for making centrifuges. It was another place where we weren't allowed to take pictures but it was pretty amazing to see the process. We had one last snack of Leberkase and soft pretzels before making the trek back to Munich. This raps up the European Brewing Tour.

Location:Austria