Mill days of action in the historical water mill Birgel

Being active in the mill – an experience for young and old

Look, marvel, actively experience!

Let us take you back to the time of ancient craftsmanship:

Bake sourdough bread in the old wood oven
Making mustard in the historical way
Grinding and crushing in the 300 year old mill
Press oil
and much more.

The idea of creating mill action programs for groups of up to 90 people was born out of miller Erwin’s hobby of taking people back to a world 100 years ago and making their own products by hand in the mills.
The group games can be organized either as entertainment or as competitive games. The following exciting and entertaining programs are available:

1. grain mill

Each participant grinds their cereal, hammers their oatmeal, and mixes their breakfast cereal with other ingredients.

2. mustard mill

Here you put together your individual mustard according to your own taste.

3. bakehouse

In the bakery, whole-grain wheat and natural rye sourdough are kneaded into bread in normal or fantasy shapes and baked in a wood-fired oven to make a tasty bread.

4. sawmill

In order to imitate the function of the old horizontal creels, we saw a slice of wood with a drumsaw and apply the company logo of the mill to it. The branding iron with the logo is still heated in an old field blacksmith’s shop.

5. oil mill

Here you learn to press your own oil on handmade oil presses. When the first drops run into the glass, hearts beat faster and the joy is great.

6. distillery

In Erwin’s favorite workshop, there is no firing on such days, but the finished products are tasted and the function of the firing process is explained in detail.

7. brewery

Brewing beer like in the old days is also possible here, thought head miller Erwin, and in 2021 he built a brewing plant based on the old model.
He has been brewing his own beer here ever since.
The system will be explained to you and of course you can also taste the beer.