Innstadt-Brauerei GmbH

About Innstadt-Bräu

The Innstadt-Brauerei was first documented in 1318 in the books of the St. Johannes Hospital in Passau as 'Brewery at the Graben on the Inn' and is considered Passau's oldest brewery. It was the first brewery in Passau to bottle its beer, brewed wheat beer, and produced lemonade starting in 1914. After the destruction of the old 'Preyhaus' in 1809, a new brewery was built on the same site in 1812. In 2000, Ottakringer Brewery took over the majority shares; since 2012, the brand has belonged to Hacklberg Brewery in Passau, where the Hacklberg brewing site serves as the home of the beer. It is brewed according to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516 with selected malt and Hallertau hops; the assortment includes Helles, Pils, Wheat Beer, Dark Beer, Premium Beer, as well as Chabeso lemonades, Radler, and table water.

Site

Passau

Processes

Lemonade production (historically since 1914), Bottle bottling (first Passau brewery)

Materials

Brewing Water, Barley and Wheat Malt, Hallertau Hop

Certificates

Bavarian Purity Law 1516

Founded

1318

Industries

Beverage Industry / Brewing

1. 01

   Brewing the beers at Hacklberg Brewing Site

2. 02

   Bottling (first Passau brewery with bottle bottling)

3. 03

   Distribution as Innstadt-Bräu brand

Raw Materials & Brewing Process

Brewing Sites

Passau-Hacklberg

DE

Brewing Site (Production)

Materials

Wasser, Malz, Hopfen

Passau-Innstadt

DE

Former Brewing Site (Brand Maintained; building largely demolished)

Assortment

Inside the production

Quality

Brewed according to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516. In the Hacklberg brewing site, resources are managed sustainably and environmentally consciously.

History

1. 1318

   First documentary mention as 'Brewery at the Graben on the Inn' in the books of the St. Johannes Hospital Passau

2. 1809

   Destruction of the old 'Preyhaus' by fire in civil unrest

3. 1812

   Construction of a new brewery on the same site

4. 1874

   Conversion into a stock corporation, beer output approx. 10,000 hl

5. 1914

   Start of lemonade production, 67,000 hl of beer produced

6. 2000

   Ottakringer Brewery acquires majority shares

7. 2012

   Acquisition by Hacklberg Brewery (Passau); exists only as a brand