Stieglbrauerei zu Salzburg

Why it matters

Austrian brewing sits between the Bavarian and Bohemian traditions and is usually described as a footnote to both. This brewery is the practical case for treating it separately: independently owned at a scale where almost nothing else is, and producing a Märzen that is the everyday beer of a region rather than a seasonal one — which is what the word means locally and not what it means in Munich.

Details

Reference beers

• Stiegl Goldbräu4.9% ABV

  Salzburg’s everyday lager, from Austria’s largest independent brewery, and the most exported Austrian beer.

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Styles it is associated with

• Munich Helles — Bavaria’s everyday pale lager: soft, bready and malt-forward, with just enough hop to balance and nothing to distract.
• Märzen — A rich amber lager brewed in March for autumn drinking, with deep toasty malt and a clean, firm finish.