Hochstiftliches Brauhaus Fulda
| Hochstiftliches Brauhaus Fulda GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1848 |
| Seat | Fulda , Germany |
| management | Ulrich Klesper |
| Number of employees | 40 |
| Branch | brewery |
| Website | www.hochstift.de |
The Hochstiftliche Brauhaus Fulda (also: Hochstift ), based in Fulda, is an independent part of a brewery group run by the Klesper family from Fulda. In addition to the parent company Hochstiftliches Brauhaus Fulda , other regional breweries belong to the brewery network. The brewery is a limited liability company and produces around 60,000 hectoliters of beer annually. The group's total sales are around 250,000 hectoliters annually.
history
As a result of the French Revolution, free competition began and new breweries, so-called rock cellars, were built in front of Fulda. In front of the city, in order to evade paternalism and to be able to brew barley without official control. In 1848, the rifle host Joseph Wißner built a rock cellar with a brewery, residential house and garden restaurant on Leipziger Strasse - today's Hochstiftliche Brauhaus. Since the founder of the brewery died childless, the company passed into the possession of Friedrich Wilhelm Giesel in April 1866, after whom the restaurant was popularly called "Giesel's Felsenkeller". His son-in-law Joseph Schultheis took over the inn with Giesel's death in 1892.
After Giesel's death in 1892 the property passed to his son-in-law Joseph Schultheis. This was his first marriage to the daughter of a brewery owner in Lassenrod, Anton Kramer, who was managed by his widow after his death. His son Pius Kramer finally managed the company with his son-in-law, the businessman Ludwig Klesper, and these two eventually merged theirs with the Schultheis brewery. The merger took place on October 1, 1906, and 1907 thus became the first business year of the "Union Brewery Fulda".
At the turn of the century, foreign beers also came to the local market through the railroad, but the brewery was able to increase its beer output and in 1911, to meet growing demand, buy the first car, which replaced five horses and three men. However, this upswing was interrupted by the First World War, which did not improve in the post-war period with inflation and the global economic crisis; however, shortly before the beginning of the Second World War, the output was improved again.
At the time of the Second World War , the brewing business was severely affected by employees drafted for military service, horses and trucks, and it was difficult to maintain the business by some of the older employees who remained. At the end of the war, the company was confiscated and a Coca-Cola filling station was set up. This occupation dragged on for a long time compared to other German breweries due to a bottle filling plant that was newly built shortly before the war and at the time was ultra-modern. But in mid-1947 it was possible to brew again, but the company said:
“Only now could we fully recognize the material losses in the company. The damage of all kinds and thefts were greater than initially assumed. It therefore took some time to get the brewery ready again so that the first brew could be made on July 29, 1947. In addition, the break-ins among customers, who could not be supplied during the two years of the standstill, were more difficult to eliminate than initially assumed. "
In the post-war years, sales fell sharply, as consumption in restaurants declined due to general poverty and people consumed other, cheaper drinks, some of which were bought cheaply on the black market. Furthermore, a closure had to be considered after several factors such as the need for repairs, the scarcity of raw materials, insufficient capital and tax pressure had come together over ten years. With the removal of the beer price from the fixed price in 1952, however, the boom came. Over time, the technical systems were also modernized, for example in 1992 when a new barrel filling system was installed or in 1995 with the introduction of new cylindro-conical fermentation tanks . In addition, there were also changes relating to empties, such as the conversion of the bulbous 0.5 l Euro bottle to the slimmer NRW bottle shape in 1992 or the introduction of the 0.33 l long neck bottle in 1996. After 1987 Will-Bräu in Motten was taken over , the name was changed in December 1993 to the Hochstiftliche Brauhaus Fulda and at the end of the 1990s the Salch brewery in Hammelburg was bought , the Lauterbach castle brewery and the Auerhahn brewery in Schlitz in 1997 and the Alsfeld brewery in 2015 .
Products
The brewery produces 7 types of beer :
| Surname | Pilsner | gold | Drive | Cyclist | wheat | Black rooster | Christmas beer |
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| character | fresh, tangy, slightly dry | slim, tangy, mild | tangy, fine dry, slim | fruity, fresh | fruity, tangy | malty aromatic, mild | full-bodied, spicy, mild |
| colour | golden, shiny | light yellow, shiny | golden, cloudy | amber-colored, shiny | slightly amber-colored, shiny | ||
| Type | classic Pilsner beer | classic lager | non-alcoholic draft beer | Mixed drink with lemonade | Wheat beer | - | - |
| Fermentation type | bottom fermented | top-fermented | bottom fermented | ||||
| Original wort | 11.5% | 10.8% | 6.0% | 10.8% | 12.8% | 10.8% | 12.5% |
| Alcohol content | 4.9% | 4.8% | 0% | 2.6% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5.6% |
In addition, an "Original Bavarian Wheat Alcohol Free" is offered, which according to the manufacturer has 0% fat, 0% alcohol and with 80 kJ / 100 g (= 19 kcal / 100 g) a 40% lower physiological calorific value .
Other breweries in the network
Hochstiftliches Brauhaus in Bavaria
The property of the Fulda prince-bishops included an inn with a brewery, the Hochstiftliche Fuldische Amtsbrauerei in today's Motten .
In 1791 Johann Georg Will bought the “Fürstlich-Fuldische Amtsbrauerei and Wirtshaus” from the property of the Fulda Bishopric. The village of Motten only emerged later in the course of time "around the economy". The brewery located in Motten and its main variety are still known today as Will Bräu .
In 1987 the brewery was taken over by the Hochstiftliches Brauhaus Fulda and operates as the Hochstiftliches Brauhaus in Bayern GmbH & Co KG (registered office: Brückenauer Straße 6, 97786 Motten). The brewery is run by Ulrich Klesper and his sister Julia Malangre-Klesper. Getting produced
- Pils: Will Pils deLuxe, Original Bavarian Will Pilsner
- Stock: Original Bavarian Helles
- Märzen: Original Bavarian festival beer
- Malt beer: Original Bavarian malt
- Cola mix drinks: Original Spezi
- Licensed bottlings: Libella
Vogelsberg country breweries
The products of today's Vogelsberger Landbrauereien GmbH (registered office: Cent 8, 36341 Lauterbach) go back to the beers of the Auerhahn-Bräu, which used to be based in Schlitz , the Lauterbacher Burgbrauerei and the Alsfeld brewery. Ulrich Klesper and his sister Ruth Herget-Klesper manage the Vogelsberg country breweries.
Lauterbacher beers
The Freiherrlich Riedeselsche Lauterbacher castle brewery , which is considered the oldest private brewery in Hesse, dates back to 1527 . In 1894, a new building with a brewery and malthouse was built on the Cent outside the city limits at that time. In 1984 the malting was closed.
In 1997 the Lauterbacher Burgbrauerei (together with the Auerhahn-Bräu, which has belonged to it since 1968) was taken over by the Hochstiftliche Brauhaus Fulda. The beers are represented by a beer queen with two princesses, who are elected annually by the population and crowned in the Lauterbach premium market. Manufactured at the brewery in Lauterbach
- Pils: Lauterbacher Pils, Lauterbacher Erbpils
- Export: Lauterbacher Export
- Wheat: Lauterbacher Edelweizen, Lauterbacher Hefeweizen
- other alcoholic beers: Vogelsberger Festtagsbier, Lauterbacher Bierstrolch
- Mixed beer beverages : Lauterbacher Radler, LMix Turbodiesel
- non-alcoholic beer: Lauterbacher alcohol-free
Auerhahn beers
The Auerhahn beers go back to the manorial brewing system of the Schlitzer counts. It was first mentioned in a document in 1585 that Sandlofs beer was brewed in the Herrschaftsschenke. Documents show that from 1684 all five ruling families from Schlitz operated their own mansion taverns with breweries (Vorderburg, Hallenburg, Hinterburg, Ottoburg and Schachtenburg) in the town of Schlitz. The properties later fell to the Hallenburg line and thus to the Hanoverian chamber president Friedrich Wilhelm. In 1721 a new large brewery was built on the Schachtenburg, on the site of the old brewery. The five small master breweries were given up. Due to construction disputes, the brewery was sold to the Lauterbacher Burgbrauerei in 1967.
In 1997 the Auerhahn Bräu was taken over by the Hochstiftliche Brauhaus Fulda. Due to structural and technical defects, the brewery in Schlitz was shut down in 1998. Since then, the beers have been brewed according to old recipes in the Lauterbach castle brewery, these are currently
- Pils: Auerhahn Pils
- Export: Auerhahn Export
- Altbier: Urhahn Helles Alt, Auerhahn Bütten Alt
- other alcoholic beers: Vogelsberger Urtrunk, Auerhahn Dark
Alsfeld beers
The origins of the Alsfeld brewery can be traced back to the year 1858, when the Jewish entrepreneur Meyer Wallach took over the brewing business from the bakers' guild after the city had given up its brewery and the brewing monopoly. In 1935 the brewery was converted into a cooperative. In 1993 it became a stock corporation with a majority stake in Rhönsprudel . With the second insolvency of the company, which last traded as Alsfelder Landbrauerei, the Alsfelder brand passed to Vogelsberger Landbrauerei. The location on Grünberger Straße in Alsfeld still belongs to Rhönsprudel, from which the Vogelsberger Landbrauerei has leased the famous "brewery tower". The Alsfelder Pils is brewed there about every two weeks. The finished beer is transported to Lauterbach and bottled there. Two Alsfelder drinks are still produced today:
- Pils: Alsfelder Pils
- Mixed beer beverages: Alsfelder Radler
Eschwege monastery brewery
On May 1, 2018, the Vogelsberg country breweries took over the monastery brewery in Eschwege .
Others
The brewery is a member of the Brauring , a cooperation between private breweries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to the manufacturer, see manufacturer's website ( Memento of the original dated December 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 4, 2011
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Manufacturer's website for the new alcohol-free, accessed on July 4, 2011
- ↑ The Klesper family of brewers takes over Eschweger Klosterbrauerei , at www.lauterbacher-anzeiger.de , accessed on May 2, 2018
- ↑ Member breweries . Brewing ring, accessed February 20, 2020 .
