In Carinthia

150,000 liters of Villach beer brewed for Kirchtag

(Bild: Rojsek-Wiedergut Uta)

(Bild: Marta Gillner)

The contract with the city's own beer has been extended. The barley juice for the 79th Kirchtag will continue to be brewed in the Drau town. 150,000 liters have been reserved for this year!

Villach beer will once again be served at the 79th Villach Kirchtag, and this has now even been contractually agreed. 500,000 visitors are expected from July 28 to August 4 at Austria's largest traditional festival.

Beer is not brewed in Carinthia
"Villach beer has accompanied the Kirchtag from the very beginning. We are delighted to uphold this tradition. 1500 hectoliters of beer are tapped at the festival. The beer for such festivals is not brewed in Graz, but in Villach, and we can guarantee that for the future too. We also support the event with equipment - from fridges and parasols to glasses. We have a total of twelve trucks, each of which is loaded four times, delivering and collecting everything," says Oliver Plieschnig, Regional Sales Director of Brau Union Austria, explaining the logistics behind the Kirchtag.

Kirchtag chairwoman and mayor Gerda Sandrieser (center) has signed the new Kirchtag contract with Villacher Bier.(Bild: Marta Gillner)

"The cooperation with Villacher Bier works excellently, we can rely on the event experience of our partner. It is important to us that the beer for the Kirchtag is also brewed in Villach, so we want to support the location. Freshly tapped beer and a Kirchtag soup are simply part of the Villach Kirchtag," says Kirchtag chairwoman Gerda Sandriesser.

Incidentally, Villacher Bier supports a total of around 5400 events in Carinthia every year, 3300 of them in summer alone.