Beer Brothers

The brothers René and Helmut ventured out to China many years ago. Their work and craft as brewmasters were no longer in demand in Germany.
China was the brothers’ first destination on a new career path. The marketing division of the Paulaner Corporation came up with the idea of exporting German warmth and comfort together with their beer to Asia. Reproductions of Bavarian beer halls with integrated brew kettles form the backdrop for beer as a German cultural export.
The film compares the lives of the two brothers. René has been living in China for over twenty years, he travels throughout the region and prepares new German colleagues for work and life in Asia.
Helmut – after eight years working in China – came back to Aachen again, the place he was born, making another attempt to start his own brewery and to sell Aachen beer. He tried hard to get financial support from the local bank but they rejected him. Nevertheless, he tries to build up a new brewery with his own savings.