Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei GmbH

About Berliner Kindl

Berliner Kindl is a beer brand of the Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei, which belongs to the Radeberger Gruppe of the Oetker-Gruppe. The brand traces back to the Vereinsbrauerei Berliner Gastwirte zu Berlin AG, founded in Rixdorf in 1872 and renamed Berliner Kindl Brauerei-Aktiengesellschaft in 1910. Bottom-fermented beers in the Bavarian-Munich style as well as wheat beers are brewed; the range is distributed via retail and an own online shop, and personalized anniversary labels are also offered. Since 1907, the golden boy with the stein has symbolized the brand. After the closure of Department I in Neukölln in 2005, production takes place at the Alt-Hohenschönhausen site on Indira-Gandhi-Straße. The company supplies the German market and is rooted in the beverage industry of the greater Berlin-Brandenburg region.

Site

Berlin

Processes

Personalized anniversary labels, Online shop

Materials

Bottom-fermented beer, Wheat beer

Founded

1872

Industries

Beverage industry, Brewing

1. 01

   Malt and raw material procurement

2. 02

   Brewing and fermentation

3. 03

   Storage and maturation

4. 04

   Bottling

5. 05

   Distribution via retail and online shop

Raw Materials & Brewing Process

Locations

Berlin (Alt-Hohenschönhausen)

DE

Production site

Materials

Bottom-fermented beer, wheat beer

Berlin (Neukölln)

DE

Department I, production site until 2005

Potsdam

DE

Department II, until 2002

Product Range

Inside the production

History

1. 1872

   Founding of the Vereinsbrauerei Berliner Gastwirte zu Berlin AG in Rixdorf (Hermannstraße 214 corner of Rollbergstraße) by publicans, merchants and bankers.

2. 1873

   Opening of the brewery on 1 March; first beer tapped on 17 March.

3. 1889/1890

   Reaching the production milestone of 100,000 hl.

4. 1890er

   Introduction of the special beer Berliner Kindl in the Bavarian-Munich style; production exceeds 200,000 hl.

5. 1907

   New brand mark: the golden boy with the stein (design by Georg Räder).

6. 1910

   Renaming to Berliner Kindl Brauerei-Aktiengesellschaft; start of the takeover of around 20 smaller breweries.

7. 1920

   Business stabilization; annual production of 1.1 million hl.

8. 1944

   Severe damage to the brewery buildings during air raids; operations resumed in July.

9. 1947

   Resumption of brewery operations after reparation dismantling.

10. 1955

    Taking out of loans and American reconstruction aid; upswing following the purchase of the Schöneberger Schlossbrauerei.

11. 1950er

    Berliner Kindl in majority ownership of the Oetker-Gruppe.

12. 1972

    Reaching the record mark of one million hl on the occasion of the 100th anniversary.

13. 1988

    Transfer of the Oetker shares to the brewery subsidiary Binding-Gruppe.

14. 2002

    Closure of the Potsdam brewery on 31 December.

15. 2004

    Operating part of the former Kindl-Brauerei Weißensee comes to the group via Brau & Brunnen.

16. 2005

    Closure of Department I in Neukölln and relocation of production to Alt-Hohenschönhausen (Indira-Gandhi-Straße); end of stock exchange listing.