Family-run private brewery in Leutkirch im Allgäu – beer specialties, soft drinks and festival service since 1897.
Brauerei Clemens Härle KG
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About the Brewery
Brauerei Clemens Härle KG is a private brewery founded in 1897 in Leutkirch im Allgäu in the district of Ravensburg. The company produces 16 different beer varieties and beer-mix beverages, including Härle Gold, Lager Hell and Härles Feine Weiße as its main revenue drivers, supplemented by trade beer goods, fruit juices and non-alcoholic soft drinks. Since 2008, the organic soft drink "Seezüngle" has been offered in several flavors. The brewery works with regional raw materials: the brewing barley comes from Upper Swabian farmers, the hops from Tettnang (organic hops from the Bentele organic farm), and for organic wheat, Bavarian organic farms are used. According to its own statements, the company has been operating with a CO2-neutral energy concept since 2009, including its vehicle fleet, and sees itself as Germany's first climate-neutral brewery. In 2018, approximately 36,000 hectoliters of beer and soft drinks were brewed; 280 gastronomy businesses in Upper Swabia and the Allgäu as well as beverage retailers are supplied. The keg beer share is 28 percent. The company employs 35 staff and two apprentices and is led by Gottfried Härle and Esther Straub. In addition, the brewery offers festival services and rentals, brewery tours and a home delivery service.
- Site
- Leutkirch im Allgäu
- Processes
- Festival service and rentals (festival equipment such as refrigerated trailers, beverage dispensing, Brewery tours, Home delivery service, Delivery to gastronomy and beverage retailers
- Materials
- Brewing barley, Hops from Tettnang, Organic wheat, Water from the Adelegg
- Certificates
- CO2-neutral energy concept (Germany's first climate-neutral brewery), CO2-neutral energy concept (since 2009), Founding member of the Federal Association of the Green Economy (1992), ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1897
- Employees
- 35 (plus 2 apprentic
- Industries
- Brewing industry, Gastronomy, Beverage retail, Events/festivals
- 01
Water treatment
- 02
Malt and hop sourcing (regional)
- 03
Brewing and mashing process
- 04
Fermentation and maturation
- 05
Filling (bottle/keg)
- 06
Distribution to gastronomy, beverage retailers and end customers (home delivery
- 07
Festival service and rentals
Raw Materials and Brewing Process
Brewing barley
Comes from Upper Swabian farmers and forms the basis of the beers.
Hops from Tettnang
Organic hops from the Bentele organic farm in Tettnang.
Organic wheat
For organic wheat, Bavarian organic farms are also used.
Water from the Adelegg
Spring water from the vicinity of the Adelegg, among other things for Seezüngle.
Site
Leutkirch im Allgäu
DEBrewery, administration, warehouse
- Materials
- Brewing barley, hops, water
- Brewery building from 1897 (three-storey brick building)
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Environment and Sustainability
According to its own statements, the brewery has been operating with a CO2-neutral energy concept since 2009, including its vehicle fleet, and is a founding member of the Federal Association of the Green Economy.
| Evidence | Leutkirch im Allgäu |
|---|---|
| CO2-neutral energy concept (since 2009) | |
| Founding member of the Federal Association of the Green Economy (1992) | |
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1895
Clemens Härle acquires the Mohren Brauerei in Leutkirch
- 1897
First brew on 16 February in the newly built brewery building
- 1992
Founding member of the Federal Association of the Green Economy
- 2008
Introduction of the organic soft drink "Seezüngle"
- 2009
CO2-neutral energy concept including vehicle fleet
- 2015
Ravensburg Regional Court prohibits the advertising claim "bekömmlich" (easy to digest)
- 2018
Approx. 36,000 hl output; co-founding of the initiative "Bleiberecht für Flüchtlinge" (Right to Stay for Refugees)