Düsseldorfer Privatbrauerei Frankenheim GmbH & Co. KG

About Frankenheim

The Düsseldorf private brewery Frankenheim was founded in 1873 by Heinrich Frankenheim and remains known to this day as a traditional Altbier brand from Düsseldorf. The beer is brewed according to the German purity law with carefully selected ingredients: two-row summer barley, hand-graded Hallertau hops, a specially selected top-fermenting yeast and particularly purified brewing water. The dark red-brown colour of Frankenheim Alt comes from special malts of the Munich type as well as a roasted malt from the classic roasting drum. In 2005, the Frankenheim family sold the majority of its shares to the Warsteiner brewery Haus Cramer KG; since the closure of the brewery in Neuss-Holzheim in 2009, Frankenheim has been operated only as a beer brand, with production taking place in Warstein. The headquarters on Wielandstraße in Düsseldorf houses the administration and a brewery tap room.

Site

Düsseldorf

Processes

Gastronomy/Brewery tap room, Shop

Founded

1873

Industries

Brewing/Beverages

1. 01

   Brewing water treatment

2. 02

   Malt and hop selection

3. 03

   Mashing and lautering

4. 04

   Wort boiling

5. 05

   Fermentation with top-fermenting yeast

6. 06

   Storage and maturation

7. 07

   Filling (bottle/keg)

Locations

Düsseldorf

DE

Headquarters: administration and brewery tap room

Products

Inside the production

History

1. 1873

   Founding of the brewery by Heinrich Frankenheim in Düsseldorf

2. 1991

   Relocation of the brewery to Neuss-Holzheim

3. 2005

   Sale of the majority of shares to the Warsteiner brewery Haus Cramer KG

4. 2009

   Closure of the brewery in Neuss-Holzheim; Frankenheim is operated only as a beer brand, with production in Warstein