Brewery in Koblenz-Stolzenfels that produced Pils, Bräu and Radler in accordance with the German Purity Law (operations discontinued in 2024)
Koblenzer Brauerei GmbH
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About Koblenzer Brauerei
The Koblenzer Brauerei GmbH in Koblenz-Stolzenfels emerged from a brewing tradition established in 1689 in the Old Brewhouse of Koblenz's old town and was formerly known as Königsbacher Brauerei. In 1885, Josef Thillmann relocated the production site to the Königsbach, where it flows into the Rhine. The company brewed and bottled beer brands such as Pils, Bräu and Radler and operated a 72-meter-high tank tower with 15 floors and a storage volume of 15 million liters on the factory premises. The infrastructure included its own railway operating point on the Left Rhine line with a loading track as well as its own wastewater treatment plant. From 1992, the brewery belonged to the Karlsberg group; in 2012 it was re-established as Koblenzer Brauerei GmbH. Insolvency was filed in November 2023; due to a lack of investors, operations were discontinued on 31 January 2024 and the brewery was liquidated.
- Site
- Koblenz
- Processes
- Brewery and bottling, own rail connection with loading track on the Left Rhine line
- Materials
- Beer brands Koblenzer and Nette Edel Pils
- Founded
- 1689
- Employees
- approx. 50
- Industries
- Brewing/beverage industry
- 01
Brewing (brewhouse)
- 02
Fermentation and maturation (tank tower)
- 03
Bottling (kegs, bottles)
- 04
Distribution
- 05
Loading via own rail connection
Beer brands and product range
Beer brands Koblenzer and Nette Edel Pils
From November 2023, the product range comprised Pils, Pils Non-Alcoholic, Radler, Bräu, KellerBräu and Bräu NaturRadler (with and without alcohol).
Site
Koblenz (Stolzenfels)
DEBrewery and bottling on the Königsbach, own railway operating point on the Left Rhine line
- Materials
- Pils, Pils Non-Alcoholic, Radler, Bräu, KellerBräu, Bräu NaturRadler
- 72 m tank tower with 15 million liter storage volume
- fully automated filling line for stainless steel kegs (1974, first in Germany)
- own wastewater treatment plant
- rail connection with loading track
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1608
Beer privilege granted by Elector Lothar von Metternich to the city of Koblenz
- 1689
Start of beer brewing in the Old Brewhouse in Koblenz's old town
- 1814
Johann Stahl took over the brewhouse after the French occupation period
- 1885
Josef Thillmann founded the Josef Thillmann brewery and relocated the production site to the Königsbach
- 1900
Renamed Königsbacher Brauerei AG; acquisition of the Prümm brewery in Niedermendig
- 1913
Purchase of the Nassauer Union brewery in Nassau (Lahn)
- 1938
Acquisition of the J. Bubser Brauerei zur Nette in Weißenthurm
- 1965
Purchase of Gebr. Fuchs – Kirchberger Brauhaus in Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
- 1968–1970
Construction of the 72 m high tank tower (15 floors, 15 million liters)
- 1971
Acquisition of the majority stake in Hirschbrauerei AG in Düsseldorf
- 1974
Commissioning of the first fully automated filling line for stainless steel kegs in Germany as well as an own wastewater treatment plant
- 1992
Königsbacher Brauerei became part of the Karlsberg group
- 1997
Nette Edel Pils is brewed at the Königsbacher Brauerei
- 2010
Bitburger Holding acquired the national distribution and brand rights to Königsbacher and Nette Edel Pils
- 2012
Sale of the brewery site to Egon Heckmann (Rhenser Mineralbrunnen) and Isabell Schulte-Wissermann; founding of Koblenzer Brauerei GmbH, Koblenzer brand
- 2018
Bavarian investor purchased the brewery premises, plans for residential development
- 2023
Insolvency petition filed in November; approx. 50 employees informed
- 2024
31 January: closure of operations and liquidation; Koblenzer brand rights pass to Rhenser Mineralbrunnen, production to continue at Brauerei Königshof in Krefeld