ABK 700 Years Of Bavarian Beer

ABK is even older than we know! 1308 is the first time it is documented in history, because before 1308 it was privately owned by the twinger family and very little documentation has survived.

Henry Twinger, a wealthy local Baron loved the citizens of Kaufbeuren so much he bequeathed his brewery to them when he passed.

The 1325 brewers guild pact and the 1516 Bavarian purity laws ensured only local, pure and natural ingredients could be used. Try it in our ABK Hell Beer

Under the watchful eye of legendary master brewer Zur Traube Güldenen in the 17th century, the Aktien Brewery mastered it’s recipes to make the german craft beers that are still used today

It became one of the very first breweries in Bavaria to produce the then “forbidden” german wheat beer that had, until then, been brewed exclusively for Bavarian Royalty.

Aktien Brewery dominated the world’s beer competitions from the late 1800’s, winning dozens of awards and Gold medals.

It soon became a favourite of Bavarian royalty, including his Royal Highness Prince Ludwig who Visited the Brewery In 1901 who wanted to taste these legendary beers himself.

700 years on and ABK beer is still the same great tasting beer! And we still only use the same three pure ingredients we promised our faithful drinkers 700 years ago!