Yankee & Kraut are, of course, an American and a German. Bryan and Max are a dream team like no other, who are not only a prime example of German-American relations, but also brew excellent beer. That's international business, just the way we like it!

mum is the best

It's no secret that behind most successful men there are great women. And there is also a woman at the beginning of the Yankee & Kraut success story. Bryan's mother herself was the first beer supplier in his then young life. She satisfied her beer-mad son's curiosity for beer with new types of beer when he was still a teenager, and in doing so raised a virtuoso brewer whose first taproom was his own childhood bedroom. At the age of seventeen, Bryan was already brewing his own beer - and serving it from the specially constructed tap system in his room. The origin of a passion that would not only shape Bryan's enjoyment of beer but also his professional future and took him to Germany. There, the beer-mad Bryan met Max, who was also beer-mad, and the rest is legend.

Hopulence to the top

It is well known that the best ideas come over a cozy beer, and that is what happened to Bryan and Max, who came up with the brilliant idea of opening their own craft beer brewery during a tour of a monastery brewery. No sooner said than done: Bryan enrolls at university to become a professional brewer and immediately puts his brewing skills to the test in a university innovation competition. With his fancy IPL, an India Pale Lager, he wants to add a speciality to the German beer market. This plan is a success: Bryan takes third place and his winning beer, Hopulenz, is the foundation for their own label, Yankee & Kraut. Today, Max and Bryan, as gypsy brewers, brew extremely good craft beers such as Dry Humor , their Pale Ale Eden , and the divine IPA Octo No 2. Max and Bryan combine the best beer brewing skills from their home countries. Innovation meets tradition, quality meets variety, and the result is a beer that both Germans and Americans enjoy drinking. Cheers to this unusual union of countries!