Description
The idyllic Laber valley was established in 1617. For 390 years the traditional brewery has been run by the Plank family, every generation the brewery has been Michael. Maintaining tradition while embrassing innovation has been the most important aspect to the long term success of Brewery Plank.
The Plank beers are produced using state of the art brewing equipment applied to the historic family recipes, and traditional bottle conditioning. Using only the best locally grown Bavarian malts and hops in conjuctions with the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot brewery Plank has recently gained international acclaim by winning the World Beer Cup Best Small Brewery Award in 2006 as well as numerous accolades for the individual beers at the World Beer Cup in 2002, 2004, and 2006