Westerwald Brewery

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WESTERWALD-BRAUEREI
H. Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
legal form GmbH & Co. KG
founding 1861
Seat Hachenburg , Westerwald
management Jens Geimer
Number of employees 60
sales € 10 million (2011)
Branch brewery
Website www.hachenburger.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 27.1 ″  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 55.5 ″  E The Westerwald Brewery H. Schneider is a brewery in Hachenburg , Rhineland-Palatinate .

history

Brewery brewhouse at night
Hachenburger hop garden at night

The brewery was founded in 1861 by the Heimborn brewer Heinrich Schneider as the H. Schneider Brewery in the Grünschen Hof. The brewing water is drawn from its own source in the Rothbachtal nature reserve. At 1.5 ° dH the water is very soft.

In November 1902, the brewery introduced Pilsner-style beer . In 1909 Schneider transferred the brewery to his son Heinrich. At the same time, the company was renamed Westerwald-Brauerei H. Schneider . With the renaming went hand in hand with the strategic goal of becoming the brewery of the Westerwald beyond Hachenburg. Due to the First World War and the consequences of the war, however, the brewery remained at the level of a local brewery.

In 1948, Heinrich and Rudolf Schneider, the third generation, took over management of the brewery. The annual output at this time was 4000 hl. In the following years, the Hachenburger Pils brand developed into the market leader in the Westerwald. Due to consumer preferences, the beer taste was changed from a strong hop aroma to a slightly bitter taste at an early stage. The brewery also tried to raise awareness of the homeland of the Westerwald through advertising. The output rose to 180,000 hl in 1981.

Heiner Schneider led the company in the fourth generation from 1982. The output reached the 200,000 hl limit in the mid-1980s. In addition to the Westerwald, the distribution area also included the regions bordering to the north for the first time.

As a reaction to changed drinking behavior, the beer types on offer were expanded and diversified. As one of the first West German breweries, the brewery introduced a black beer in 1994.

Due to a fire in the brewery's storage cellar in September 2006, it had to be rebuilt for € 4.4 million. The capacity was increased from 25,000 hl to 100,000 hl. The annual output in 2007 was 100,000 hl. The draft beer share was 20%.

Jens Geimer has been running the brewery in the fifth generation since 2009.

The output in 2010 was 75,000 hl. The Pils variety is by far the mainstay of the brewery (2014). The company employs 60 people and has its main sales area in the Westerwald and neighboring regions. The brewery has been exporting to China since 2012.

Products

Hachenburger Selection

The following products are manufactured:

  • Hachenburger Pils (alc. 4.9% vol.)
  • Hachenburger wheat (alc. 5.1% vol.)
  • Hachenburger Schwarze ( black beer , alc. 4.8% vol.)
  • Hachenburger Zwickel ( cellar beer , alc. 5.1% vol.)
  • Hachenburger Festbier (alc. 5.5% vol.)
  • Westerwald-Bräu (bottom-fermented full beer, alc. 5.2 vol.)
  • Hachenburger 2.8 (formerly: Light, Pils specialty with 40% lower calorific value and 40% less alcohol)
  • Hachenburger Radler (mixed drink with reduced alcohol content and low-calorie lemonade, alc. 2.6% vol.)
  • Hachenburger Natur-Radler (mixed drink with reduced alcohol content and natural lemonade, alc. 2.1% vol.)
  • Hachenburger Frischling (beer-cola mixed drink, low in calories, alcohol 2.8% vol.)
  • Hachenburger wheat alcohol-free (isotonic and low in calories)
  • Hachenburger Malz (alcohol-free malt drink )
  • Hachenburger alcohol-free (formerly: lead-free, alcohol-free pilsner specialty)
  • Hachenburger Radler alcohol-free (mixed drink with non-alcoholic pilsner and lemonade)

Previous products:

  • Hachenburger Special (only in November and December, strong, particularly spicy beer, alcohol 5.8% vol.)
  • Hachenburger Selection No.01 India Pale Ale (seasonal, India Pale Ale , Alk. 7.2% vol.)
  • Hachenburger Selection No.02 Porter (seasonal, strong black beer - matured on oak, alc. 7.2% vol.)

According to the brewery's information, only aroma hops are used as hops. For some products this comes from the brewery's own cultivation. The Hachenburger beers have been awarded several gold medals from the DLG German Agricultural Society and the Monde Selection (world selection of beers).

The products are available in NRW and longneck bottles. Since April 2014 there are also 0.33 l cans. In 1999 the flip-top bottle was reintroduced for some products. It is bottled in Oelde / Westphalia.

Events and sponsorship

The brewery is a co-organizer of the annual Hachenburger Pils Cup, the largest indoor soccer tournament in the Rhineland Football Association. Every year between 1994 and 2007 and in 2009 and 2011, an open-air concert took place on the brewery premises in June under the name of “Brauer-Power”, which attracted up to 20,000 visitors.

Since 1998, thematically different brewery tours have been marketed as the Hachenburger Adventure Brewery .

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willi Möller: Beer! Quality instead of quantity: a journey through Germany's brewery landscapes. Norderstedt 2011, ISBN 978-3837091304 , p. 81.
  2. ^ Heinrich Schneider: From Hachenburger beer brewing: via the Grünschen Hof to the Westerwald brewery. In: Heimatverein für die Kreis Altenkirchen e. V .: Heimat-Jahrbuch of the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) and the neighboring communities. 1986, pp. 88-91, p. 89.
  3. ↑ a b c dwirtschaftsgeschichte-rlp.de : Westerwald-Brauerei H. Schneider GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  4. ^ Heinrich Schneider: From Hachenburger beer brewing: via the Grünschen Hof to the Westerwald brewery. In: Heimatverein für die Kreis Altenkirchen e. V .: Heimat-Jahrbuch of the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) and the neighboring communities. 1986, pp. 88-91, p. 90.
  5. ^ Heinrich Schneider: From Hachenburger beer brewing: via the Grünschen Hof to the Westerwald brewery. In: Heimatverein für die Kreis Altenkirchen e. V .: Heimat-Jahrbuch of the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) and the neighboring communities. 1986, pp. 88-91, pp. 90 f.
  6. ^ Heinrich Schneider: From Hachenburger beer brewing: via the Grünschen Hof to the Westerwald brewery. In: Heimatverein für die Kreis Altenkirchen e. V .: Heimat-Jahrbuch of the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) and the neighboring communities. 1986, pp. 88-91, p. 91.
  7. ↑ a b N.N .: Oh, you beautiful Westerwald. In: Brauwelt 2011, p. 1464 f., P. 1464.
  8. ↑ a b c Ministry of Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture Rhineland-Palatinate (Ed.): ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Hering: Hachenburg brewery location is strengthened. ) Retrieved on July 13, 2014.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.mwkel.rlp.de
  9. ^ A b c d Christian Lindner: Westerwald Brewery: New beer for the region and export to China. Article dated April 26, 2014, accessed July 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ hachenburger.de: Hachenburger beers. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ bierblatt.de: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Westerwald-Brauerei expands its range of non-alcoholic beverages. ) Retrieved on July 13, 2014.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bierblatt.de
  12. ↑ AK-Kurier: Westerwald Brewery brings founder beer onto the market. Article dated April 27, 2014, accessed July 13, 2014.
  13. ↑ hachenburger.de: Aroma hops guarantee. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  14. ↑ bier-enthaben.de: DLG awards “Prize of the Best”. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  15. ↑ t-online.de: These breweries got gold. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  16. ↑ monde-selection.com: The international trophy for high quality - 2007. Accessed on July 13, 2014.
  17. ↑ monde-selection.com: The international trophy for high quality - 2008. Accessed on July 13, 2014.
  18. ↑ Hops and Malt: Monde Selection Awards 2011. ( Memento of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed July 13, 2014.
  19. ↑ nr-kurier.de: Westerwald brewery received gold medal. Article dated July 5, 2013, accessed July 13, 2014.
  20. ^ Siegerlandkurier: Third victory in a row. ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Article from February 5, 2012, accessed on July 13, 2014.
  21. ↑ Information sheet Verbandsgemeinde Gebhardshain: SG Berod / Wahlrod wins the 23rd Hachenburger Pils-Cup! ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Issue KW 6/14 from February 7, 2014, accessed on July 13, 2014.
  22. ↑ rhein-zeitung.de: Brauer-Power: Megaspektakel continues cult status. Article dated June 19, 2011, accessed July 13, 2014.