It all began in 1924 when Georg Welledits
established the firm O. Salm & Co. Since
then, Salm brewing equipment has been
installed in 30 countries worldwide.
Today, with its wealth of experience,
Salm is an ambassador for Austrian beer
traditions throughout the world.
Whether you travel to Japan, China,
Europe, South Africa, Brazil or Tunisia,
you will find beer that has been brewed
using Salm's techniques and Salm's
choice of ingredients. O. Salm & Co.,
with its Salm brewery, is one of the few
brewery equipment manufacturers to not
only apply its accumulated experience to
a brewery of its own, but also to pass
that experience on to its clients.
SALM BRÄU
The walls, and especially the cellar, of our landmark
heritage building bear witness to a long and
colourful history. Long ago, before 1717, Jacob
Daniel Tepser, at that time Mayor of Vienna, had a
vineyard and wine cellar located here. In 1717, he
sold his vineyards to the Imperial Court and Empress
Amalia Wilhelmina built a convent on the site, with
an adjoining tract to serve as her dowager seat.
Construction of the monastery was entrusted to the
Italian architect Felice d’Allio, and its
cornerstone was laid on 13 May 1717.
The Salm Bräu brewery is next to the Belvedere
Castle, former residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy
(1663-1736). Today the Georgian Hall has replaced
what once was a stable for the Empress's coach
horses. In 1994 O. Salm & Co opened its brewery
restaurant in the former servants' quarters of the
Salesian Convent, where its founder, Empress
Amalia Wilhelmina, had lived.