about proBrau: one source

for all your business matters

established in 2015
founded by Andreas Miller and Andreas Wagner
team of highly passionate professionals from within the beverage industry
we share our broad international knowledge about creating beverages to provide individual and customized solutions
working together is not just a phrase - we work with highly specialized freelancers from the industry
we are the exclusive sales partner of Kaspar Schulz in North America (USA and Canada)
we continue to work together with Esau & Hueber, the specialists for cold block technology, yeast propagation and wort aeration
our team has hands-on project experience with brewhouses and process equipment from Kaspar Schulz, Esau & Hueber, BrauKon, Rolec and Steinecker
our partners are specialized in different areas of process equipment for the beverage industry
all partners are characterized by their long experience and their high level of state of the art technology
together with you we find and design a system to your requirement

See our reference projects.

focus

proBrau Freising (GER), a brand of proHops GmbH
- business development with partner companies from Europe
- turnkey conceptions of production facilities and new equipment sales
- spare part supplies
- project management
- engineering and planning
- used equipment from Europe
- project evaluation and consulting
proBrau LLC, Chicago (USA)
- installation and commissioning of equipment in USA
- consulting and engineering
- used equipment from North America
- distribution of raw materials and equipment

Andreas Wagner

general manager, consulting & sales

founder of proBrau

Dipl.-Ing. brewing and beverage science Weihenstephan

born and raised in Freising, one daughter
professional brewing experience since 2006
german trained brewing engineer
managing director of proHops GmbH, entrepreneur
conception and sales of over 100 breweries world wide
Judo, hiking and outdoor sports along with history

my passion is to make plans come true

Andreas Miller

division manager industry service, consulting

co-founder of proBrau & CEO proBrau LLC

brew master and production manager for different beverages (Doemens)

born and raised in Günzburg
professional brewing experience since 2003
german trained brew master
instructor at Siebel Institute, Chicago
worked in five international breweries as brew master or plant manager
former plant manager at Great Central Brewing, Chicago:
- managed growth of a contract brewery from 0 to 35.000 bbl/a within three years
- responsibility for up to 18 employees in production
- producing beer, hard seltzer, soft drinks, cold brew coffees and RTDs
active and enjoys the outdoors

your plans in professional hands

2015

established October 10th 2015 by Markus Langer, Andreas Miller and Andreas Wagner
signing exclusive sales representation agreement with BrauKon GmbH to handle customers in the North American Market and new customers in Australia

2016

first consulting projects setting up breweries in USA
first german consulting project to guide and help a Craft Brand (recipes, selection of suppliers etc. for Hausfreund)
first successful project in Australia together with BrauKon
first Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia in USA representing BrauKon as proBrau
exit Andreas Miller as shareholder due to relocation to USA and professional role as a manager in the brewing industry

2017

founding of proHops GmbH as a marketplace for international trade of raw materials between producers and breweries
first fulltime employee for proBrau
exit Markus Langer as shareholder and general manager

2018

first independent appearance at BrauBeviale (mainly with proHops) in Nürnberg Germany
expansion of contract with BrauKon to service also new customers in the North American Market

2019 - 2020

multiple successful projects together with BrauKon GmbH in USA, Canada and Australia
First 100hl brew house for Bricklane Brewing in Australia

2021

mutual decision to discontinue sales relationship between proBrau and BrauKon

2022

Cooperation contract with Kaspar Schulz
rebrand of proBrau with clear focus on consulting and support

2023

founding of proBrau LLC by Andreas Miller under license of proBrau GmbH
first installation project at Prost Brewing Company

2024

Prost Brewing Company in Colorado opens with a 60 hl / 50 bbl Kaspar Schulz brewhouse, installed by a domestic crew from proBrau
Counter Weight Brewing: 2-vessel Kaspar Schulz brewhouse with 10 hl
Hoppy Tour de Bavaria together with proHops

2025

Craft Maltsters Conference in Denver: proBrau presents the Kaspar Schulz malthouse
Craft Brewers Conference in Indianapolis together with proHops
Gretz Brewing, Pennsylvania: installation and commissioning of a Kaspar Schulz 20 hl 3-vessel system

2026

brokerage of a complete 15 hl BrauKon brewery from Hamburg
proBrau GmbH is merged into proHops GmbH, proBrau continues as a brand of proHops GmbH
launch of the new proHops marketplace at prohops.eu
BrauBeviale in Nuremberg in November together with proHops

proHops and our partner companies

together we find a solution for every inquiry

proHops

raw materials direct from the source

we make international trade painless

malting - brewing - distilling

equipment solutions since 1677

Kaspar Schulz in the USA and Canada

exclusive partner for the USA and Canada

brewing, malting and distilling equipment from Bamberg since 1677

process technology worldwide

specialists in cold block technology