Family brewery in Bielstein and Mudersbach brewing beer brands such as Zunft Kölsch, Erzquell Pils and Bergischer Sportsfreund.
Erzquell Brauerei Bielstein Haas GmbH & Co. KG
Wiehl-Bielstein · MudersbachNew on Amplifa
About Erzquell Brauerei
The Erzquell Brauerei comprises two legally independent but interconnected family breweries: the Erzquell Brauerei Bielstein Haas GmbH & Co. KG in Wiehl-Bielstein (North Rhine-Westphalia) and the Erzquell Brauerei Siegtal Haas GmbH & Co. KG in Mudersbach-Niederschelderhütte (Rhineland-Palatinate). Beers brewed include the brands Zunft Kölsch, Erzquell Pils, Bergischer Sportsfreund, Bergisches Landbier, Radler variants, Fassbrause and malt drink; for export, the black beer Erzquell Dark is additionally produced in the Siegtal. The Bielstein brewery was founded in 1900 as Adler Brauerei GmbH, and the Siegtal brewery in 1885 as Siegtal Brauerei Burgmann & Wildenberg; since 1930 there has been a majority holding of the Bielstein brewery in the Siegtal brewery. Each site employs around 50 people. The brewing water comes from the company's own springs: in Bielstein via a water pipeline with soft spring water, and in Mudersbach from a spring in the Giebelwald, which is fed into the brewing process untreated via a four-kilometre-long pipeline. The current brewhouse in Bielstein was commissioned in 1987. In addition, the company offers brewery tours and an online shop with shipping within Germany.
- Site
- Wiehl-Bielstein
- Processes
- Brewery tours, Online fan shop, Shipping/logistics (delivery within 10 working days, UPS partnership)
- Materials
- Spring water, Malt
- Founded
- 1900 (Biel
- Employees
- approx. 100 (per
- Industries
- Brewing industry / beverage industry
- 01
Water extraction from the company's own springs
- 02
Use of malt and brewing process
- 03
Fermentation and maturation
- 04
Filling (keg and bottle)
- 05
Distribution and shipping
Raw Materials & Brewing Process
Spring water
Soft, untreated spring water from the company's own springs in Bielstein and in the Giebelwald is used directly in the brewing process.
Malt
Malt is a central ingredient of the beers and historically also the subject of malt deliveries between the breweries.
Locations
Wiehl-Bielstein
DEBrewery/head office with administration, sales and shipping
- Materials
- Spring water, malt
- Brewhouse with copper kettles (since 1987)
- Keg and bottle filling facility
Mudersbach (Niederschelderhütte)
DESiegtal brewery
- Materials
- Spring water from the Giebelwald, malt
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1885
Foundation of the Siegtal Brauerei Burgmann & Wildenberg in Mudersbach by Hermann Burgmann and Heinrich Wildenberg
- 1900
Foundation of the Adler Brauerei GmbH in Bielstein by Ernst Kind; first brew on 5 September 1900, output of 15,000 hl
- 1910
Conversion of the Siegtal Brauerei into a stock corporation
- 1920
Carl Haas takes over the management of the Bielstein brewery
- 1930
Carl Haas provides financial support to the Siegtal Brauerei; the Adler-Brauerei acquires a majority holding
- 1936
Conversion into a limited partnership and renaming as Bielsteiner Brauerei
- 1948
Resumption of beer production under Werner Haas
- 1950
Modernisation of the brewhouse of the Siegtal brewery
- 1963
Production of the Siegtal brewery exceeds 100,000 hl; expansion of the brewing site
- 1976
Renaming as Erzquell-Brauerei respectively Erzquell-Brauerei Siegtal
- 1979
Axel Haas becomes managing director of the Siegtal brewery; Zunft Kölsch is also sold in Berlin
- 1983
Axel Haas takes over the management in Bielstein
- 1987
Commissioning of the current brewhouse with copper kettles in Bielstein
- 2002
Zunft Kölsch wins gold at the World Beer Cup (German-Style Kölsch)
- 2012
Annual output of the Zunft Kölsch brand: 150,000 hl