Greif Brewery
| Greif Brewery GmbH & Co. KG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited Liability Company & Compagnie Kommanditgesellschaft |
| founding | 1848 |
| Seat |
Forchheim , Germany
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| management |
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| Number of employees | 22nd |
| Branch | brewery |
| Website | www.brauerei-ego.de |
| As of June 15, 2020 | |
The Greif Brewery (also Brauerei Josef Greif or Greif-Bräu ) is one of four breweries located in the Upper Franconian town of Forchheim and was founded in 1848. The annual output is around 13,000 hectoliters.
history
The brewery was founded in the so-called Kapuzinerwirt at Sattlertorstraße 18 in Forchheim. The first brewers were Johann Neuner, Georg Wagner and Johann Wagner. The brewery has been family-owned since it was taken over by Daniel Greif . His grandson and namesake of the company, Josef Greif, bought the Schindler brewery's ice cellar in 1928 . In 1950 the Greif brewery moved to its current location at Serlbacher Strasse 10. In 1953, a new building was put into operation, and in the 1990s a new brewhouse, fermentation cellar, storage cellar and warehouse.
range
The product range includes the beer types Greif Bock, Hopfstar, Zwickl, Bernstein, Schlöbberla (semi-dark full beer), Lager, Edelpils, Weisse Dunkel, Hell, Weisse Hefeweizen Hell, Leicht, Capitulare and Radler, seasonal Annafestbier and Christmasfestbier. It is filled in crown cork bottles .
Only raw materials from the region are used for all beers.
Awards
The brewery received the following awards:
- DLG : Seven times gold, six times silver and twice bronze.
- European Beer Star Award : three gold, eight silver and two bronze medals
- World Beer Award: six gold, three silver and seven bronze
- World Beer Idol: two golds, one bronze
- Australian International Beer Awards: one silver
- Berlin International Beer Competition: two silver, two bronze
- Frankfurt International Trophy: three times Grand Gold, once gold, once silver
- Craft Beer Award: three times silver
- Prize of the best: two silver medals
- Consumers' Favorite : one silver
Others
The brewery is a member of the Brauring , a cooperation between private breweries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Web links
- Homepage of the Greif Brewery
- Private brewery from Forchheim is growing steadily: reaching for grips is a tradition , Nürnberger Zeitung, January 29, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Brauerei Greif GmbH & Co. KG, Forchheim: Annual financial statements for the financial year from 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018. bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Josef Greif Brewery. wirtshausfreunde.de, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Brewery Chronicle. brauerei-ego.de, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Our range. brauerei-ego.de, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Awards. brauerei-ego.de, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Member breweries . Brewing ring, accessed February 20, 2020 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 43 ′ 32.7 " N , 11 ° 3 ′ 34.3" E