Laško Brewery

It is located in Laško and named after the town.The brewery was founded in 1825 by Franz Geyer, a gingerbread baker and mead producer.

[1] In 1825, the physician and lecturer Franz Geyer set up a craft brewery in the former Valvasor Hospital (1st location – today's Hotel Savinja), where the first brewer in Laško probably brewed stone beer (Steinbier), which was otherwise known in Carinthia, for thirteen years.

[2] The next owner, Anton Larisch, built a new brewery in 1867 at the foot of St. Kristofa and Šmihel (2nd location – former Volna), which at the time was the largest in Lower Styria.

Because he was a good organizer, financier, businessman, and on top of that he was particularly fond of innovations, he is considered the most important figure in the history of the Laško brewery.

[4] The brewery participates in the annual summertime Festival of Beer & Flowers (Pivo-Cvetje) in Laško, one of the most popular events for tourists in the country.