Great success

Four times vice state champion for Privatbrauerei Gols

There is great joy at Privatbrauerei Gols: head brewer Markus Sautner and master brewer Johannes Kugler can take home two vice state champion titles.(Bild: Privatbrauerei Gols)

The Gols private brewery plays in the top beer league nationwide, as demonstrated by the national beer championships. 

The "Austrian Beer Challenge 2024" has been beaten. 176 commercial breweries and hobby breweries with 716 different beers took part.

The expert jury consisted of (graduate) beer sommeliers, beer masters, master brewers and experienced brewers. There were 20 categories to taste, the national championship is organized by the Bier-IG. When the results of the 20th National Beer Championships were announced, there was plenty of reason for a Burgenlander to be happy. Although the Upper Austrian breweries were at the top of the podium, followed by Lower Austria, Vienna and Carinthia, Burgenland came in a magnificent fifth place with four podium places. Privatbrauerei Gols was runner-up four times.

"We are proud to have been runner-up in the most important categories for the Austrian market," says a delighted Markus Sautner. These categories were Austrian Märzen with Golser Premium, creative beers with Golser Kästensud (a chestnut beer made from chestnuts from central Burgenland), light lager beers and Münchner Helle with Golser Helles and wheat and rye beers as well as Weizenböcke with Golser Bio Weißbier. There was also praise for its master brewer Johannes Kugler, who was also part of the party. "It's thanks to him that we have such consistently high quality," said Sautner. Well then: Congratulations and cheers!