In the "good old days," when beer still matured in wooden barrels and was poured into pitchers, our present-day MAXL. The Helle! has its origin.

In the year 1876, when Carl-Paul Gottfried Linde developed the refrigeration machine to serial maturity, it became possible to dispense with natural ice as a coolant. This made it feasible to store beer made from light barley malts without any issues.

One year after the invention (1877), the brewery in Maxlrain was relocated from the castle to the current brewery building. The brewmaster at the time was driven by ambition to brew the best Helle in the entire region. He conducted numerous brewing experiments in the new brewhouse and, in the late hours, tasted the results with his friend Maxl, the proprietor of the Castle Inn in Maxlrain. When Maxl found a batch particularly successful, he would inscribe his name "Maxl" with a chalk pencil on the respective barrel.

It was likely during this time that a beer was already emerging here, which later, in a similar form, began its triumph as "Münchner Helles" and is more popular than ever today.