Traditional brewery in Löbau, producer of Lausitzer Porter and other beer specialties with an annual output of around 180,000–200,000 hl
Bergquell-Brauerei Löbau GmbH
Löbau · Weststraße 7, 02708 LöbauNew on Amplifa
About Bergquell-Brauerei Löbau
Bergquell-Brauerei Löbau GmbH is a brewery in Löbau in eastern Saxony, whose roots date back to 1846. Its best-known product is Lausitzer Porter, brewed since 1999 and distributed throughout Germany. The product range includes, alongside Porter variants such as Cherry Porter, Strawberry Porter and Porter+Punsch, also Bergquell Pilsner, Lausitzer Hefe-Weizen, Bergquell Hell, Gold, Keller-Urtyp and seasonal beers such as Bergbock and Festbier. After the end of in-house brewing in 1989 and a new beginning, the new brewery in the Löbau-West industrial estate was inaugurated in 1996; under managing director Steffen Dittmar, output rose from 7,000 hl (1999) to around 180,000–200,000 hl per year. The brewery operates with modern filling systems (33,000 bottles/h), brewhouse heat recovery (EquiTherm, savings of approx. 250,000 kWh per year) and exclusively returnable containers. Quality is monitored by an in-house laboratory; the company meets the requirements of the IFS Food standard.
- Site
- Löbau
- Processes
- Brewery tours are not offered, Fan shop/online shop, Own horse-drawn keg beer delivery, Laboratory quality control, UL aircraft sightseeing flights (ownership consortium)
- Certificates
- IFS Food
- Founded
- 1846
- Industries
- Brewing/beverage industry
- 01
Brewery (not a metal-processing manufacturing operation): brewhouse with
- 02
Fermentation and maturation
- 03
Bottle sorting
- 04
Filling (33,000 bottles/h)
- 05
Packaging (six-pack line)
- 06
Warehouse and logistics
- 07
Nationwide distribution
- 08
Own horse-drawn keg beer delivery
Locations
Löbau
DEBrewery and administration
- Materials
- Brewing raw materials
- Brewhouse with EquiTherm heat recovery
- Bottle filling line (33,000 bottles/h)
- Bottle sorting system
- Six-pack packaging line
- Warehouse and logistics halls
- Own well
- Photovoltaic systems (1,250 m²)
Products
Inside the production
Industries
5 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle filling line | – | 1 | Capacity 15,000 bottles per hour | 2004 (Aust | Löbau, Gewerbegebiet West |
| Bottle filling line | – | 1 | Capacity 33,000 bottles per hour | 2011 | Löbau, warehouse and logistics halls |
| Bottle sorting system | – | 1 | – | 2011 | Löbau, warehouse and logistics halls |
| Six-pack packaging line | – | 1 | – | – | Löbau |
| Brewhouse with EquiTherm heat recovery | EquiTherm | 1 | Savings of approx. 250,000 kWh of thermal energy per year | – | Löbau |
Additional services
Quality & Certification
The brewery meets the strict quality requirements of the current IFS Food version. An in-house laboratory equipped with laboratory facilities monitors freshness, variety-typical taste and quality standards; well water is regularly tested by an accredited laboratory.
| Evidence | Löbau |
|---|---|
| IFS Food |
History
- 1846
Foundation stone laid for the brewhouse, malt house and Pichhaus at the Löbau Theaterplatz
- 1888
Conversion into Aktienbrauerei Löbau vorm. Schreiber & Rätze
- 1895
First porter brewery in Löbau
- 1958
Conversion into the semi-state-owned Bergquell-Brauerei KG, 177 employees, 65,000 hl of beer
- 1972
Transfer to public ownership as VEB Bergquell-Brauerei Löbau
- 1979
Affiliation with the Dresden Beverage Combine
- 1989
End of in-house brewing, placed under the Treuhandanstalt
- 1991
Liquidation, rebuilt as W & Partner Brauereigesellschaft mbH
- 1996
New building inaugurated in the Löbau-West industrial estate, first own brew since 1989
- 1999
Steffen Dittmar takes over management; launch of Lausitzer Porter; 7,000 hl annual output
- 2003
New warehouse and logistics hall; new filling line with 15,000 bottles/h
- 2011
Annual output approx. 195,000 hl; new filling line 33,000 bottles/h; EquiTherm in the brewhouse
- 2013
dena award "Best Practice Energy Efficiency"; finalist for the Environmental Prize of the Free State of Saxony
- 2021
Market launch of Porter-Radler-in