 We still brew our own beer First mentioned in 1585, the inn's history of brewing started with capitular Franz Friedrich von Greifenklau, who at the beginning of the 18th century, built the inn and brewery together with a hayrick, stables and yard, including a garden with a view across to Altenburg Castle (today's beer garden). When he died in 1729, the estate went to the Cathedral Chapter which sold it and restricted the existing brewing rights to serving rights. After changing hands several times, master brewer Sigmund Brockard from Gleusdorf, the grandfather and great grandfather of the current master brewers Sigmund Brockard (born in 1956 and 1985), acquired the inn for 38,000 marks. The desolate state the estate must have been in is illustrated by the fact that the new owners continued to brew their beer at the Riegelhof brewery until 1919. It was not until November 1919 that the brewery was finally ready to serve its light bock beer with an original wort content of 16.4 per cent. In 1981, the third generation took over the brewery inn on Kaulberg. In keeping with family tradition, the current owner Sigmund Brockard bears the christian name of his father and grandfather. And, not surprisingly, the next generation is in the making! Where? Working by the copper, of course! Even today, a spacious three-storey beer cellar is built into the rocks underneath the beer garden.
Beer specialities: Greifenklau brewery lager Beer type/beer category
Additional specialities: Greifenklau wheat, bock beer (seasonal)
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