The history of Bräustübl Kaltenhausen
Beer has been brewed at this location since 1475. The “Kalte Bräuhaus” was then held by the Salzburger Mayor and merchant Hans Elsenheimer erected.
The Hofbräu Kaltenhausen is the oldest brewery in the state of Salzburg and the oldest wheat beer brewery in Austria – beer has been brewed at this location since 1475. The “Kalte Bräuhaus” was built at the foot of the “Barmsteine” by the Salzburg mayor and merchant Hans Elsenheimer due to the clear sky spring water and the cool winds that flowed out of their wind tubes. In 1498, the property passed to the Salzburg archbishops and has since been listed as Hofbräu Kaltenhausen with eventd history. In 1815, Electress Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este acquired the brewery, which remained in count’s possession until 1898. After several turbulent years, Hofbräu Kaltenhausen was a foundation operation of Braubank AG in 1921, from which Brau AG and then the current Brau-Union Austria emerged, which is still the owner today. The Braugasthof and Bräustübl was opened in 1902 and has since been an attraction and meeting place for beer lovers.
The Windular phenomenon
The cold falling winds of the barnstones cool natural storage cellar season year round to below 10 °C.
The cellars of Kaltenhausen have always been famous for their cold. In a chronicle from the 17th It is said of one of these cellars that “the cellar is so cold that a fresh drink immediately goes to the teeth”. The reason for this is a natural air cooling by cold falling winds, which flow up at the rock of the barn by crevices and cracks in the container into the rock into the rock and leave the mountain at the foot at the foot at the foot. Due to this constant current, the temperature in these cellars is below 10 °C all year round. Even today, all beers in Bräustübl are stored in one of the last natural rock cellars and come to the glass of natural colds.