Independent craft brewery in Steinach: handcrafted beer, brewing museum, brewhouse beer bath and holiday apartments
Brauerei Gasthof Ankerbräu Holger Greiner
Steinach · Brewery, brewing museum, brewhouse, beer bath, holiday apartmentsNew on Amplifa
About the Ankerla – Brauerei Gasthof Ankerbräu
The Brauerei Gasthof Ankerbräu in Steinach in the Thuringian Forest is family-owned and can look back on a brewing tradition spanning 11 generations. In 1736, Johann Nicol Greiner was granted the certified right by Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe-Coburg and Meiningen to brew beer in Steinach. The historic brewery ceased operations in 2014 and is now used as a brewing museum; on 23 April 2016 – 500 years after the Reinheitsgebot (German Beer Purity Law) – the new craft beer brewery opened with its own brewhouse. The beers are brewed and bottled by hand and sold in the inn as well as online. The offering includes guided tours of both breweries, a brewing museum, a beer bath in the brewhouse and, since January 2019, four holiday apartments. The location is Steinbächlein 6a in 96523 Steinach.
- Site
- Steinach
- Processes
- Guided brewery tours, Beer bath/wellness, Holiday apartments, Beer sales (webshop planned)
- Founded
- 1736
- Industries
- Brewing, Hospitality/tourism
- 01
Brewing by hand
- 02
Bottling
- 03
Beer sales in the inn
- 04
Webshop (planned)
Locations
Steinach
DEBrewery, brewing museum, brewhouse, beer bath, holiday apartments
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1736
Johann Nicol Greiner receives the right from Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe, Coburg and Meiningen to brew beer in Steinach
- 2014
The historic brewery ceases operations and is subsequently used as a brewing museum
- 2016
Opening of the new craft beer brewery on 23 April, 500 years after the Reinheitsgebot (German Beer Purity Law)
- 2019
Opening of four holiday apartments in January