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"In the maze of neon-lit corridors beneath a senior home on the southwestern
outskirts of Vienna, the warm scent of malt leads to a small room that’s become
the headquarters of an unlikely microbrewing success story. A colorful mural on
the wall depicts five residents of the home enjoying a pint, and beneath, three
of them are pitching in on today’s brewing efforts.
Helmut Riegerbauer always comes in early, and by the time the others have
joined he’s already pulled on purple latex gloves and moved to the manual
bottle capper. “He’s the only one who gets to wear an official apron,” quips
Gustav Paier, himself neatly dressed in a colorful cable-knit sweater. “You
have to earn it,” winks Helmut, smoothing the dark green apron emblazoned with
the word
Brauwerkstatt.
And earn it he does — in the course of the morning he caps around six cases of
freshly filled beer bottles, careful to add a tab of priming sugar to each.
Occasionally he comes to check on his friends, who are busy with labeling. “I’m
the controller,” he explains, swiftly scanning a case and pulling out a bottle
missing the back label. Rupert Jaksch, who has taken up his usual position at
the end of the table, quickly puts on the missing label for their Viennese
lager, called Opa and Oma — Grandpa and Grandma."
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
