[3][4] The origin of the current Mohrenbrauerei is the in "Zum Mohren", licensed to the owner of the inn and brewery Josef Mohr.

[5] Franz Anton Huber, trader and locksmith in Dornbirn-Markt, bought the inn including the estate and associated brewery in 1834 from a farmer from Hohenems.

[6] At the turn of the century, an amount 30,000 hl of beer per year has been produced under the East Silesian master brewer Anton Decker.

Mohr, or moor, is a term of uncertain origin widely used by Europeans to describe people of African descent and/or Muslims up to the 18th and 19th centuries.

There are about 10,000 exhibits on display, from small as beer coasters to a replica of the facade of the former inn "Zum Mohren" or a brewery from the 19th century.