The Culture Brewers are an association of eight Austrian family-owned and traditional breweries. Since 2008, it has been our declared goal to promote Austrian beer culture and to invigorate the country's beer diversity. From Vorarlberg to Lower Austria, eight private breweries have always been mindful of their origins and can draw on their wealth of experience. We are all regionally anchored private family businesses that produce their individual and authentic beer specialities largely from local raw materials and can collectively look back on more than 2,500 years of brewing experience.

"The creation of our beers begins with passion and idealism, not with thinking about current trends and profitability. When we feel like doing something, we give it a try! As independent private breweries, we can afford to do that. This freedom is not only more fun, but also gives a major boost for the brewing culture of the future. And you can taste that. Because the growing globally uniform taste leaves us cold. With individual and authentic beer specialities, we prove that beers can have many nuances of taste. Because the best raw materials, recipes rich in tradition and a little courage to swim against the tide lead to a diversity of varieties. To further develop this valuable treasure of Austria's beer wealth and to bring it closer to beer connoisseurs is an exciting task for a passionate brewing company – a Culture Brewer!" says Dr Klaus Möller.

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Family businesses are the backbone of national economies. They create jobs, stabilise the economy, are committed to their region and society, and demonstrate their innovative strength every day. It is thanks to their flexibility and steadfastness that central European economies, including Austria, come through challenging times better than other countries. Family businesses shine with their customer focus and service.

Free brewers use this to their advantage: 39 medium-sized private breweries in Germany, Austria and Luxembourg, which are independent of corporate groups and have been family-owned for generations, have joined forces in the initiative to form a community we are proud to belong to.

Together we guarantee the diversity of our product range and the earning power of their businesses through these 7 values: great freedom, personal responsibility, unique diversity, highest quality, clean environment, genuine tradition, lived local ties.