Family brewery in Lauterbach that brews and delivers beers, beer specialties, organic beers and non-alcoholic beverages

Vogelsberger Landbrauereien GmbH

Lauterbach (Cent 8, 36341)New on Amplifa

1527Founding of the Lauterbacher Burgbrauerei

HRB 5548, Amtsgericht GießenCommercial register

GmbHLegal form

About the brewery

Vogelsberger Landbrauereien GmbH in Lauterbach (Hesse) operates the Lauterbacher Burgbrauerei, whose origins go back to a Riedesel house brewery of 1527, as well as the Auerhahn-Bräu from Schlitz. The company produces beers, beer specialties, organic beers and non-alcoholic beverages including a returnable and deposit bottle system. Since 2008, a vacuum evaporator has been used in the brewhouse for gentler wort boiling with around 70 % energy savings. In 2015, two combined heat and power units were installed and the refrigeration system was energetically modernized. Since the acquisition of Alsfelder Bierspezialitäten in 2015, the brewing traditions of Lauterbacher, Auerhahn and Alsfelder have been united. Customers are restaurants, beverage businesses and retail outlets; delivery is carried out with its own routes Monday to Friday, complemented by the loan of dispensing, cooling and tapping equipment.

Site: Lauterbach
Processes: Loan of dispensing, cooling and tapping equipment, taproom furniture and operating supplies, Delivery and distribution with own routes (Mon–Fri), Customer portal
Materials: Brewhouse with vacuum evaporator (SchoKo), Combined heat and power units, Refrigeration system with chilled water tanks
Founded: 1527
Industries: Brewing / beverage industry, Restaurants and beverage businesses, Retail / sales outlets

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Brewery (brewhouse, wort boiling)
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Fermentation/Storage
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Filling
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Returnable/deposit system
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Delivery with own routes (Mon–Fri)

Processes & Technology

SUD

Brewhouse with vacuum evaporator (SchoKo)

Since 2008, gentler wort boiling with improved wort quality and approx. 70 % energy savings.

BHKW

Combined heat and power units

Two CHP units installed in 2015 to increase the sustainability of production.

KAE

Refrigeration system with chilled water tanks

Since 2015, cooling of two chilled water tanks via glycol heat exchangers; one complete refrigeration system was saved.

Locations

Lauterbach

Brewery / headquarters

Brewhouse with vacuum evaporator (SchoKo)
Two combined heat and power units (CHP)
Refrigeration system with chilled water tanks and glycol heat exchanger

Product Range

**Lauterbacher beers and beer specialties**Brewery · beverage industry

**Auerhahn-Bräu beers**Brewery · beverage industry

**Vogelsberger Schöppchen**Brewery · gastronomy

Inside the production

Lauterbacher beers: wheat beer, pilsner, non-alcoholic and wheat

Industries

Brewing / beverage industryRestaurants and beverage businessesRetail / sales outlets

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
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Additional services

Loan of dispensing, cooling and tapping equipment, taproom furniture and operating suppliesDelivery and distribution with own routes (Mon–Fri)Customer portal

History

1498
First document on a Riedesel house brewery in the castle of Lauterbach
1527
Completion of the brewhouse; start of the year counting of the Freiherrlich Riedeselsche Lauterbacher Burgbrauerei
1721
Construction of the new large brewery at the Schachtenburg in Schlitz (Auerhahn-Bräu)
1842
Construction of the 'Sammtbrauerei' in the castle courtyard to unite the brewhouses of the Riedesel family
2002
475th anniversary with open day
2008
Modernization of the brewhouse with a vacuum evaporator, approx. 70 % energy savings
2012
New crate generation with in-mould labels for Lauterbacher
2015
Investment in two CHP units and energetic modernization of the refrigeration system; acquisition of Alsfelder Bierspezialitäten, renamed Vogelsberger Landbrauereien GmbH