Arcobräu
Arcobräu
The history of Arcobräu Gräfliches Brauhaus begins in 1567, when the Schlossbrauerei Moos in the Lower Bavarian municipality of Moos, in the immediate vicinity of the River Isar, was first documented – at the time of the takeover from Stephan Trainer by his son-in-law Johann Albrecht von Preysing. What followed was an eventful brewing history marked by strokes of fate: in 1619 a devastating fire destroyed the brewery, farm buildings and castle, and reconstruction stretched until 1636. Over the following centuries the breweries of Aholming and Moos were merged, the first wheat beer in Moos was brewed in 1826 and modern technology was introduced step by step. The present-day company Arcobräu was formed in 1960, when Count Ulrich Philipp von und zu Arco-Zinneberg united all the breweries in the count's family ownership under the name Arcobräu, with the former Schlossbrauerei Moos becoming the parent establishment.
Almost as old as the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot, according to which only barley or wheat malt, hops, water and yeast may be used for brewing beer since 1516, Arcobräu is today with an annual output of around 140,000 hectolitres one of the most significant private family breweries in Lower Bavaria and is known as the largest beer supplier for events in eastern Bavaria. Since 1922 Arcobräu has been represented at the second largest Bavarian folk festival, the Gäubodenvolksfest in Straubing, and since 1974 the brewery has held the widely celebrated Mooser Pfingstfest every year at Whitsun, which has become one of the most popular folk festivals in the region. As a privately managed company whose actions are guided not by share prices but by customer satisfaction and loyalty to the region, Arcobräu stands for a brewing philosophy that unites artisanal tradition and modern brewing technology in an unmistakable way.
The range of Arcobräu Gräfliches Brauhaus spans from the flagship «Mooser Liesl» – a classic Bavarian Helles whose name means «the girl from Moos» – through characterful wheat beers, dark beers, radlers and seasonal beers to a growing selection of alcohol-free beers with full aroma. Brewed with regional grain and hops from the immediate surroundings and produced according to the German Reinheitsgebot, every Arcobräu beer embodies the unmistakable character of an almost 500-year-old Lower Bavarian brewing tradition that has preserved itself unbowed through all the highs and lows of history and continues to this day to be cultivated with passion and aristocratic pride.