There are many different types of Austrian beer to be found. One of the most common brands of beer to be found in Austria is Stiegl, founded in 1492. Stiegl brews both a helles (a light lager) and a Weissbier (Hefeweizen), as well as other specialty beers. There are also many other more local and regional breweries to be found as well. A mug of lager beer, showing the golden colour of the beer and the foamy head floating on top. ... Events January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. ... Helles is a Bavarian style beer, a type of lager, and the most popular beer in Munich. ... A half drunk pint of lager Lager is the term casually used in English to describe bottom-fermented beers of German and sometimes of Czech styles, though in the latter case the term Pilsener is more common. ... Wheat beer is a beer that is brewed with both malted barley and malted wheat, rather than only barley. ...

In the eastern provinces can be found Ottakringer and Nussdorf from Vienna. In and around Styria in the South are the popular brands Gösser, Puntigamer and Murauer. From Carinthia comes Hirter. In Lower Austria can be found Egger, Zwettler, Schwechater, and the popular Wieselburger. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ... Styria (die Steiermark in German, Å tajerska in Slovenian) is a state or Land, located in the south east of Austria. ... Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian KoroÅ¡ka) is a state or Land, located in the south of Austria. ... Map of Lower Austria showing districts and the four quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellow and Industrieviertel in blue) Lower Austria (de: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Länder in Austria. ...

From the more westernly parts of Austria come Zipf and Kapsreiter in Upper Austria. In that province can also be found the famed Freistadt beer (Freistädter Bier). The breweries organization is unique in that the brewery is a commune - owned and operated by those individuals who own a house within the city walls, thus the name of the town Freistadt (free-city). Continuing West, in the province of Salzburg (state) comes the afformentioned Stiegl, as well as Augustinerbräu and Edelweiss. Weissbier (wheat beer) is the most popular type of beer in this region. From Tyrol and Vorarlberg comes Falkenstein, Frastanz, Mohrenbräu, Starkenberger and the popular Fohrenburger. Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... Salzburg (area 7154 sq. ... Wheat beer is a beer that is brewed with both malted barley and malted wheat, rather than only barley. ... This article is about the Tyrol, the region in the eastern Alps. ... Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal state of Austria. ...