wiener lager

Lager is one of the beer styles that most beer drinkers are familiar with. Because the bottom-fermented variety is brewed and stored at low temperatures, it could only be produced in winter before the introduction of the refrigeration machine. The drink, which is still extremely popular today, goes back to the master brewer and head of the Schwechat brewery, Anton Dreher Senior. The Austrian-born brewer was practically born with barley juice: he was the son of a master brewer and learned the brewing trade at the Meichl brewery in Simmering. After his father’s death, he took over his parents’ brewery, but before that he traveled around Great Britain to learn about English brewing. When he finally received a bottom-fermented yeast from Spatenbräu, he had a brilliant idea and shortly afterwards he brewed the world’s first lager.

Why are we telling you this? Because with the Vienna Lager you see the direct descendant of the world’s first lager. The Schwechat brewery is no longer run by the Dreher family, but honors their memory with the lager. The recipe has been refined over the centuries, but at its core it remains the innovative beer that Anton Dreher Senior came up with. The Schwechat Vienna Lager tastes of fresh hops, freshly baked cake and gentle roasted malt and brings a harmonious bitterness to the table.