The clobbered corpse of drowned Jörn Holgersen, managing the brewery he co-owned with siblings Frank and Frauke, is found in a keg during a tour on the premises. Brother in law Torsten Schulze, a banker who does the books, points a out a hotel group, suspected of a recent mild beer poisoning after he refused to sell for a small fortune. Fresh widow Silke Holgersen inherits his third and lied about being the actual saboteur. Frank was furious his teen son Benjamin 'Ben(ny)' missed school frequently to be with Jörn, who was the biological father as several kin found out.
—KGF Vissers