This week I had the invite to a short remote talk with the people who joined the #HiveMeetupVienna with 
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Direct after that call, I had to open a bottle of delicious beer from Austria 🇦🇹 Tyrol area where fresh water makes great beer.
Join me on this journey into an Whitebeer from Austia
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I was lucky to get this six-pack from a friend who visited Austria last week.
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Cloudy, Golden, and Purely Tyrolean
Pouring a glass of Zillertal Weißbier feels like bottling a morning hike through the Austrian Alps. This helles, naturtrübes Weißbier (light, naturally cloudy wheat beer) shows off with a hazy golden color, a thick fluffy head, and the kind of brightness that only comes from fresh mountain air and clean brewing tradition.
It’s brewed with 100% Tyrolean grain, and you can taste every sun ripened kernel in the first sip.
Zillertal Weißbier greets the palate with soft banana esters, a touch of citrus, and a whisper of clove, all balanced atop a gently sweet malt base. It’s smooth, creamy, and sparkling with just the right carbonation to keep it light on the tongue.
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There’s a subtle graininess honest, rustic, and beautifully unfiltered that reminds you this is no industrial brew. It’s a wheat beer with soul, crisp yet rounded, playful but grounded. The finish is clean and just slightly yeasty, like a good mountain breakfast served in a stein.
The 100% Tyrolean grain is the star of the show here. While many wheat beers borrow from generic sources, this one wears its Alpine terroir proudly. The grains are grown in the rugged heart of Austria, giving the beer a character that’s both earthy and refreshing.
It’s a beer that tastes like it belongs exactly where it comes from: nestled between green valleys and snowy peaks, brewed with water that probably just melted off a glacier last week. So, I decided to take it to the BBQ to do food for the family.
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And unlike some showy craft whites, Zillertal Weißbier doesn’t try to impress with additives or modern tricks. It sticks to what works tradition, ingredients, and a whole lot of brewing pride.
The bottle and label reflect heritage and honesty: soft earth tones, alpine motifs, and typography that whispers “this beer has stories older than your grandfather.”
The logo of the Tiroler Familienbrauerei feels like a handshake from the past: steady, warm, and proud. It doesn’t shout, but you trust it immediately.
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Zillertal Weißbier is brewed by Zillertal Bier, proudly known as "Die Tiroler Familienbrauerei seit 1500." That’s not a marketing slogan—that’s five centuries of brewing wisdom passed down through generations in the Zillertal Valley, one of the most scenic alpine regions in Austria.
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The brewery combines age old techniques with modern quality control, but never loses sight of its roots. It’s still family owned, still fiercely local, and still deeply in love with the land that grows its grain and fills its kettles.
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A visit to their brewery is like stepping into a well aged storybook with stainless steel tanks. And yes, the view from the beer garden is exactly what you’re imagining.
Zillertal Weißbier is more than a summer sipper. It’s a liquid postcard from Tyrol, a love letter to wheat, water, and old-world craft. It’s the kind of beer that makes you want to lace up your hiking boots—but only to walk to the fridge and grab another.
Whether you’re enjoying it after a long mountain trek or just daydreaming about one from your balcony, it brings the taste of clean air, quiet valleys, and centuries-old care right to your glass.
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Prost and cheers to the Alps, to tradition, and to wheat beer done right.
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