Traditional brewery with over 40 beer specialties, fruit and gourmet beers as well as non-alcoholic beverages

Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle GmbH

NeuzelleNew on Amplifa

1589Founded (commercial brewing license)

35Employees (2025)

40.000 hl/JahrProduction volume

ca. 5 %Export share

GmbHLegal form

About Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle

The Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle GmbH is a brewery in Neuzelle (Brandenburg) whose roots go back to the brewery of Neuzelle Monastery founded in 1589; hop growing and beer brewing have been documented there since 1416. Production focuses primarily on bottom-fermented specialties such as the dark brew “Schwarzer Abt”, porter, monastery beers, various fruit beers as well as gourmet beers such as Closter Zell, Enki Bier and gluten-free varieties, in filling sizes up to two liters. In addition to beers, the brewery also produces non-alcoholic beverages, including BOA (beer without alcohol), Himmelskräuter, Himmelspforte and Klosterbrunnen. With 35 employees (2025), around 40,000 hectoliters of beer are produced annually, of which about five percent are exported. Distribution takes place via the hospitality industry, retail and an own online shop with free shipping within Germany. The managing directors are Stefan Fritsche and Patrick Fabian.

Site: Neuzelle
Processes: Online beer shipping, Bath beer/wellness, Special bottlings, Monastery market events
Materials: Schwarzbräu (Schwarzer Abt), Porter / Imperial Porter, Monastery beers (Pilsner, Bock, Hell, red beer, malt), Fruit beers, Non-alcoholic beverages
Founded: 1589
Employees: 35
Industries: Brewing, Beverage industry, Hospitality/Retail

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Brewing
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Bottling
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Online beer shipping

Beer Varieties & Beverages

Schwarzbier

Schwarzbräu (Schwarzer Abt)

The brewery's best-known product, made with invert sugar syrup, which was recognized as beer by a court ruling in 2005.

Porter

Porter / Imperial Porter

Dark, powerful beer specialty in the portfolio.

Klosterbier

Monastery beers (Pilsner, Bock, Hell, red beer, malt)

Traditional bottom-fermented beers of the core range.

Fruchtbier

Fruit beers

Fruity beers such as cherry, raspberry, ErdBeer, ginger, potato and asparagus beer.

Alkoholfrei

Non-alcoholic beverages

BOA, Himmelskräuter, Himmelspforte, cucumber soda and Klosterbrunnen for abstinence and wellness.

Locations

Neuzelle

Brewery

Materials: Beer, non-alcoholic beverages

Inside the production

Logo Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle

Industries

BrewingBeverage industryHospitality/Retail

Additional services

Online beer shippingBath beer/wellnessSpecial bottlingsMonastery market events

History

1416
First evidence of hop growing and beer brewing in Neuzelle (hop levy paid by farmers to the monastery).
1589
Emperor Rudolf II grants the monks permission to brew beer commercially and sell it to the surrounding region.
1817
Secularization of the monastery and the brewery.
1892
The brewhouse burns down.
1902
Reconstruction of the brewhouse.
1948
Expropriation of the monastery brewery, transfer into public ownership.
1968
Renamed Brauerei Neuzelle.
1992
Privatization as Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle GmbH by Helmut Fritsche.
1996
Development of the “Original Badebier” as a wellness beer.
2003
Start of the “Brandenburg Beer War” over Schwarzer Abt (sugar syrup).
2004
Marketing of the “anti-aging beer” with spirulina and flavonoids.
2005
Ruling in favor of the brewery: Schwarzer Abt may be called beer.
2016
End of the Bibulibus day, introduction of the monastery market on May 5.
2023
Presentation of “Dryest Beer”, a non-alcoholic powdered drink, as a world first.