King Ludwig Castle Brewery Kaltenberg
| König Ludwig GmbH & Co. KG Kaltenberg Castle Brewery
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1871 |
| Seat | Fürstenfeldbruck , Germany |
| management | Oliver Lentz and Alfons Rediker |
| Branch | brewery |
| Website | www.koenig-ludwig-brauerei.com |
The König Ludwig GmbH & Co. KG Schloßbrauerei Kaltenberg (short: König Ludwig Brewery ) with headquarters in Fürstenfeldbruck in Upper Bavaria is a medium-sized Bavarian brewery . The brewery emerged from the Kaltenberg Castle Brewery . Since 2001 the König Ludwig Schloßbrauerei Kaltenberg has been a 50/50 joint venture between the entrepreneur Luitpold Prince of Bavaria and the Warsteiner Brewery . The König Ludwig Schloßbrauerei Kaltenberg is a licensee of König Ludwig International GmbH & Co. KG , which is controlled by Luitpold Prince of Bavaria. The beverage brands "König Ludwig Dunkel", "König Ludwig Weissbier", "König Ludwig Hell" and "Kaltenberg" are owned by the licensor, König Ludwig International . It carries these brands worldwide and has licensed third parties in many countries. In 2004 340,000 hl were brewed, of which 100,000 hl in Kaltenberg.
Naming
The name and the official slogan "Beer of Royal Highness" comes from the fact that the brewery, which is primarily known for its brands König Ludwig Dunkel and König Ludwig Weissbier , goes back to the Bavarian royal family and for a long time still a Wittelsbacher , Luitpold Prince von Bayern , who owns the management. Today the management is in the hands of two salaried managing directors. Luitpold Prince of Bavaria continues to be the managing director of König Ludwig International.
Locations
The original location is Kaltenberg Castle , where brewing is still done today. In 1980 the Marthabräu in Fürstenfeldbruck was taken over, since then the administration and a large part of the production are located there. Other locations are the Oberbräu in Holzkirchen and the Thannhausen brewery .
History of the brewery
prehistory
Already in 1260 the House of Wittelsbach founded the first brewery, a little later (in 1292) was built Duke Rudolph the Kaltenberg Castle . It is believed that beer has been brewed here since then. After a long and eventful history, it did not come back into the possession of the Wittelsbachers until 1955, who had previously shaped the Bavarian art of brewing through the Bavarian Purity Law and the wheat beer monopoly that had lasted for over 200 years . Since then, the old Bavarian royal coat of arms has adorned the bottle caps (the Bavarian state brewery Weihenstephan in Freising uses the similar, old Bavarian state coat of arms from 1923 ).
History of the Kaltenberg Castle Brewery
The castle brewery in its current form was opened in 1871 and joined the Munich Union Brewery (today Löwenbräu ) in 1920 . The Wittelsbach family has owned the brewery again since 1955, and in 1976 Luitpold Prince of Bavaria took over the castle and brewery. As managing director, he relied on the niche strategy . The brewery specialized in dark beer . Since then, the level of awareness of the beers (especially due to the Kaltenberg knight tournament, which has been taking place since 1979 ) and production has increased significantly. In 1980 the Marthabräu in Fürstenfeldbruck was taken over. In 2003, a close cooperation was entered into with the Thannhausen Post Brewery. The post brewery remained an independent family business. Since then, other breweries have been taken over, such as the Holzkirchner Oberbräu in 2007. Through licensing, beers are brewed and sold worldwide under the Kaltenberg name.
Brands and Markets
Products
Beers from Kaltenberg
- King Ludwig Dunkel
Beers from Fürstenfeldbruck
- Prince Regent Luitpold Weizenbock
- King Ludwig Weissbier Hell
- King Ludwig Weissbier dark
- King Ludwig Weissbier crystal
- König Ludwig Weissbier light
- König Ludwig Weissbier alcohol-free
Beers from Holzkirchen
- King Ludwig Hell
"Kaltenberg" brand
- Kaltenberg special
- Kaltenberg castle cellar naturally cloudy
- Kaltenberg 3.8
- Kaltenberg light
- Royal holiday beer
- Kaltenberg ram
Others
In addition to the König Ludwig and Kaltenberg brands, the Holzkirchner Oberbräu brand is also produced in the brewing facilities of the König Ludwig brewery. In cooperation with Postbräu Thannhausen, beers of the Postbräu and Münz brands, as well as mineral water and lemonades are sold.
King Ludwig under license
Beers under the brand name "Kaltenberg" are represented in the following countries through licensing by König Ludwig International:
- Great Britain : Daniel Thwaites Brewery Kaltenberg brewed under license from 1979 to 2015, Marston's since 2015
- Sweden : Kaltenberg Pils & Kaltenberg Eko Pils brewed under license by Krönleins Bryggerie in Halmstad
- Croatia : here Kaltenberg Pils and Kaltenberg Hell are brewed under license from Jadranska-Pivovara and is the market leader in Istria and Dalmatia .
- Russia : Kaltenberg Hell & Pils brewed under license by the Ochakovo brewery in Moscow
- Bulgaria : Kaltenberg Pils brewed under license by the Boljarka Brewery in Veliko Tarnovo
- Belarus : Kaltenberg Pils brewed under license by the Kryniza Brewery in Minsk
King Ludwig Dunkel
King Ludwig Weissbier dark
King Ludwig Weissbier Hell
Ritterbock Luitpold Prince of Bavaria
Kaltenberg and the Oktoberfest
A legal dispute has been going on since the 1980s about the possible participation of the castle brewery in Munich's Oktoberfest . Only Munich companies are allowed to attend the festival, so the Wittelsbach brewery is not allowed to participate, although the festival was brought to life by the Wittelsbach family on the occasion of the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig (I) .
Luitpold Prince of Bavaria suspects a cartel of large breweries (which are now mostly under foreign control) behind this regulation and, when he wishes to participate, invokes royal tradition (even beer from Vienna was served at the first festival ) and the support of the population (he reckons suggested that opening the Oktoberfest to breweries from the surrounding area would drastically lower the price of beer at the Oktoberfest). So far, his application has been rejected every year by the responsible organizing committee.
Numerous protest actions have so far not helped: an “alternative brewery move-in” organized by him earned him a warning for obstructing traffic. When he tried to circumvent the exclusion by setting up a "mobile brewery", the statutes were changed.
KLD-Asso99
An exclusive advertising medium for the brewery was the König Ludwig Dunkel ( BYC ) from Luitpold Prinz von Bayern , an Asso99 , which was used as a regatta yacht in sailing. The ship with its dark brown hull crashed against a rock on Lake Garda .
Web links
- Brewery website
- Website of the King Ludwig International
- Website of the international brand Kaltenberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Biertraditionalist , on www.unternehmeredition.de , accessed on December 5, 2017
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 21, 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.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Imprint on www.royal-bavarian-beer-selection.com , accessed on February 23, 2016
- ↑ Company Profile on www.royal-bavarian-beer-selection.com , accessed on July 24, 2015
- ↑ The Fürstenfeldbruck brewery, at www.koenig-ludwig-brauerei.com ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 24, 2015
- ↑ Postbräu wants to go further high , at www.augsburger-allgemeine.de , accessed on September 21, 2015
- ↑ The Holzkirchen brewery, at www.koenig-ludwig-brauerei.com ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 24, 2015
- ↑ Warsteiner with a new sales partner , at www.lebensmittelzeitung.de , accessed on February 18, 2016
- ↑ oil on www.kronleins.se , accessed on July 24, 2015
- ↑ Kaltenberg, on www.ochakovo.ru ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 24, 2015
- ↑ Kaltenberg Pils, on www.ocen-piwo.pl , accessed on July 24, 2015
- ↑ Birgit Lutz-Temsch: "The Wiesn turns us into keg-wearing idiots" , Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 17, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ↑ www.svgverlag.de, report "Asso99 attracts young sailors" ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
