Brau Union opens microbrewery in Villach and puts Kaltenhausen brewery up for sale
Austria | Imagine this: “Brau Union’s new Villach City Brewery opened on 6 May right in the heart of downtown and is breathing new life into the region’s brewing culture. After 12 months of construction, up to 7,000 hl of beer will be produced here each year,” media gushed. No mention, though, that the small brewery is replacing a 320,000 hl brewery on the same site, which Heineken’s Austrian subsidiary Brau Union had shuttered in 2024.
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