Brewing beer and non-alcoholic beverages in Rostock since 1878 – the coastal beer of the Hanseatic city.
Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock GmbH
RostockNew on Amplifa
Our Brewery
The Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock GmbH was founded on 28 March 1878 by the engineers Georg Mahn and Friedrich Ohlerich as Brauerei Mahn & Ohlerich (M&O) and produces beer at its site on Doberaner Straße in the heart of Rostock. The brewery produces beer in accordance with the Reinheitsgebot (German Beer Purity Law) from water, malt, yeast and hops, as well as non-alcoholic beverages; the product range includes, among others, Pils and Bock beer, and since 2011 the historic mildly hopped M&O Pils has been brewed again. The raw materials hops and malt are carefully selected; from 1880 the company operated its own malthouse. The brewery belongs to the Radeberger Group within the Oetker Group and distributes its products, among other channels, through its own online shop. The company is closely connected to its home city and is engaged, among other things, as a premium partner of the Warnemünder Woche and as main sponsor of the Hanse Sail.
- Site
- Rostock
- Processes
- Production and distribution of beer and non-alcoholic beverages, Online shop
- Materials
- Water, Malt, Hops, Yeast
- Founded
- 1878
- Industries
- Brewing / beverage industry
- 01
Selection of malt and hops
- 02
Brewing (brewhouse)
- 03
Fermentation
- 04
Maturation
- 05
Filtration
- 06
Filling
- 07
Distribution
Raw Materials & Brewing Process
Water
Basic ingredient of beer production in accordance with the Reinheitsgebot.
Malt
From 1880, the brewery operated its own malthouse.
Hops
The M&O Pils, brewed again since 2011, is brewed with 100 percent aroma hops.
Yeast
Yeast as a further ingredient according to the Reinheitsgebot.
Site
Rostock, Doberaner Straße
DEBrewery with production, filling and distribution functions
- Materials
- Water, malt, hops, yeast
Our Beers
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Our History
- 1833
Constantin Steinbeck operates a private brewery at Hopfenmarkt 22 (prehistory).
- 1869
Founding of the Julius Meyer Brewery at Wendländer Schilde 6.
- 1878
Friedrich Ohlerich and Georg Mahn acquire the Julius Meyer Brewery on 19 March and found Brauerei Mahn & Ohlerich OHG (M&O) on 28 March.
- 1880
Own malthouse goes into operation.
- 1884
Takeover of the insolvent Aktien Bierbrauerei vorm. Steinbeck including the tavern Steinbecks Keller.
- 1888
Approximately 125 employees; pension fund established.
- 1889
After Ohlerich's death, the OHG is converted into a stock corporation (26 November 1889).
- um 1900
Beer output of 100,000 hl reached.
- 1920
Start of production of non-alcoholic beverages; expansion through acquisitions (including Schweriner Brauerei Paulshöhe, Voss'sche Brauerei, Klosterbrauerei, Brauerei Gebr. Jancke).
- 1928
Around 200 employees, beer output of more than 160,000 hl.
- 1945/1947
Production resumes on Doberaner Straße; the brewery becomes a publicly owned enterprise, "VEB Rostocker Brauerei".
- 1989/1990
In the course of reunification, conversion into "Rostocker Brauerei GmbH".
- 2011
Relaunch of the beer M&O.
- Heute
Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock GmbH belongs to the Radeberger Group within the Oetker Group; the Rostocker brand is a premium partner of the Warnemünder Woche and main sponsor of the Hanse Sail.