Arcobräu is a brewery located in the

Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (, ; ) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. It consists of nine districts and 258 municipalities (including three cities). Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two ...

n municipality of Moos,

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. The brewery has been owned by the family Arco-Zinneberg for 450 years. With an annual production volume of about , it is among the larger breweries in Lower Bavaria. Their flagship beer is "Mooser Liesl", a

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, meaning "

Liesl Liesl is a feminine given name of German origin. It is a diminutive of Lieselotte and Elisabeth. Notable people with the name include: *Liesl Herbst (1903–1990), Austrian tennis player *Liesl Ischia, Australian diver *Liesl Jobson, South Afri ...

from Moos".

History

The first documented mention of the ''Schlossbrauerei Moos'' ("Palace Brewery of Moos") was in 1567. The company is based in Moos and exists in its current form since 1960, after a merger of several family-owned breweries. In the early 1990s, Arcobräu acquired several smaller breweries in Eastern Bavaria. At the end of 2010, a dispute emerged between Arcobräu and the nearby town of

Deggendorf Deggendorf (; ) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Deggendorf district. It is located on the left bank approximately in the middle between the Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau. The Danube forms the town's natural border towards ...

pertaining to an additional beer tent at the Deggendorfer Volksfest, which culminated in corruption accusations against local elected officials. This dispute was referred to as the ''Bierkrieg'' ("Beer war") by the local media and continued into the first half of 2011.

References

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