Private brewery

Company history

Company history

Your private brewery - our history

The roots of today's private brewery Egger lie in the 17th century. In 1675, the suburban brewery of the "Pierpreu" Hans Gwercher in Kufstein was mentioned for the first time. In the 19th century the brewery became the property of the Egger family.

In 1978 the private brewery was rebuilt on the foundation of a century-long tradition according to state-of-the-art technology in Unterradlberg.

Today, as then, we brew our beer strictly according to the purity law of 1516 with the highest quality for your enjoyment.

Purity law

The Purity Law states:

"... We specifically request and require that, henceforth, no beer served or sold in our cities, market towns or in the countryside shall contain nor include any ingredients other than barley, hops and water. Whosoever should wilfully contravene or fail to comply with the present law shall see his barrels of beer forthwith confiscated by the local authorities as often as it occurs ... " 

At Egger, we brew our beer in accordance with the Beer Purity Law of 1516. We only use hops, water and barely malt, as we have always done throughout the years.

Purity law

Information & Facts

Information & Facts

Egger is one of the largest private breweries in Austria and has been in St. Pölten-Unterradlberg since 1978.

Producing the finest quality products, with the best taste, features high on the list of priorities for the Egger team today, just as it did back in 1978.

The main part of the total output is sold in Austria, around 34% are exported to the countries Hungary, Germany, Slovenia or Italy but also China, Paraguay, South Korea and Russia .

Our products are brewed, quality controlled and regularly inspected in accordance with strict guidelines in order to guarantee the highest in Egger quality.

Awards

Quality is given

Deutsche Landwirtschaftliche Gesellschaft – DLG (German Agricultural Society)
Egger beer has been named the best beer for the eleventh time in a row (2010-2020) and has been awarded GOLD! The private brewery Egger thus follows the successes of previous years. For instance, we were awarded the "Preis der Besten" (Prize of the best) as the only Austrian brewery in 2001 and 2006. 2017, 2018 and 2020 we received the prize for long-term quality.

Awards