Beaver Brewing Company runs an American-style microbrewery at Liechtensteinstrasse 69 in Vienna's 9th district, the Alsergrund. The brewery makes classic craft styles and rotating experimental beers on the premises, paired with a kitchen of traditional American plates. Spotted by Locals files it as an American microbrewery north of the city centre rather than a Viennese beer hall.
Published February 21, 2026 · By Mei-Lin Zhao
The room
The room is a working brewpub rather than a polished taproom, built around the bar and the beer it pours rather than design. Vienna Wurstelstand groups it with the city's craft-beer crowd, a casual spot where the brewing is the point. The Alsergrund setting keeps the trade local and student-heavy, given the university quarter nearby.
Alsergrund, the surrounding district, sits north of Vienna's centre and carries a run of bars and cafes around the university and Liechtenstein palace grounds. Beaver holds a corner of it on Liechtensteinstrasse. That position draws a neighbourhood crowd rather than a tourist one, with a steady after-work and weekend trade.
What to order
The draw is the house beer, brewed on site, with hop-forward styles among the regulars. Untappd lists pours such as Tycho's Moose IPA, a Mosaic and Citra American IPA, the Rumspringa hoppy lager and the Beaver Blue Ribbon everyday lager. The kitchen runs American plates, with burgers and pulled-pork nachos among them.
The format is a house pint with American bar food rather than a spirits or cocktail list, so the order pairs a tap pour with a plate to share. A flight across the IPAs and lagers is the way to read the brewery's range. An IPA and nachos is the order the room is built around.
Who it is for
Beaver fits a beer drinker who wants house-brewed craft with food, an expat after American bar plates in Vienna, and a group looking for a casual neighbourhood brewpub. Skip it for a hushed cocktail bar or a formal dinner, since this is a loud, informal taproom built for pints. It rewards a table that settles in for a flight and a long session.
Best time to go
Weekday evenings from the late-afternoon open are the calm way in before the after-work crowd arrives. Weekends pull the busiest trade, when the Alsergrund bars fill and the brewery runs latest. A flight early in the evening catches the staff's attention on the pours.
Friday and Saturday are the loudest, when the local crowd settles in for the night. A quieter weeknight gives more room at the bar and a slower read of the tap list. For the full brewpub experience, time a visit around a fresh seasonal or experimental release.
The detail worth knowing
The on-site brewing is the detail worth knowing, since Beaver makes its beer in house in a city where many bars pour other breweries' kegs. The American slant, in both the hop-forward beers and the kitchen, sets it apart from Vienna's traditional lager halls. BeerAdvocate and Untappd both track its rotating range, which marks it as a working brewery rather than a beer bar alone.
The company also runs Beavers Pub, an English-style outlet at Schoenbrunner Strasse 98 in the 5th district, but the Liechtensteinstrasse room is the original brewery address. The pairing of house IPAs with American plates is the identity. For house-brewed craft beer in Vienna's 9th, it is an easy call.
The bottom line
Beaver Brewing Company is an American microbrewery in Vienna's Alsergrund, brewing hop-forward beers on site and backing them with a US-style kitchen of burgers and nachos. Come for a flight across the IPAs and lagers, settle in, and let the tap list lead. It is a working brewpub rather than a beer bar, and the house brewing is the reason to go.
Keep exploring with our best craft beer bars in Vienna guide, the full Vienna bar guide, and our edit of craft beer bars worldwide. Pair Beaver Brewing Company with 1516 Brewing Company, Siebensternbrau, and Mel's Craft Beer.
