Distelhäuser Brewery


The Distelhäuser Brewery is a medium-sized brewery in Distelhausen, a district of Tauberbischofsheim in the Tauber valley, in Tauber Franconia, Germany.

History

The brewery was founded in 1811 as Brewery Womann and acquired in 1876 by Ernst Bauer. The annual production is about 185,000 hectolitres. The raw materials used are traditionally mainly from the region of Tauber Franconia. Distelhäuser Beer is brewed in accordance with the German purity law of 1516, and the brewery is a founding member of the Die Freien Brauer initiative, an association of medium-sized private breweries in Germany and Austria. As early as 1956 the brewery involved its staff in various forms in the profits.
On the brewery grounds in Distelhausen is the restaurant of Distelhäuser Brauhaus, the butcher's shop Farmer's snack and the convention centre Old bottling hall.
Since 2001 the Distelhäuser Brewery has operated in a service centre in Erlenbach in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany to improve its logistics.
The Distelhäuser brewery is a sponsor of Slow Food Germany. Between the years 2004 and 2012 in the grounds of the brewery in cooperation with Slow Food the Distelhäuser gourmet market took place.

Honours

The Distelhäuser Brewery is one of the most successful breweries in Germany measured by the number of awards for its products. The following awards have been earned by the brewery and the products :

Brewery awards

;Distelhäuser Pils
;Alkoholfreies.
;Leichtes
;Hefe-Weizen
;Hefe-Weizen alkoholfrei
;Kristall-Weizen
;Dunkles Hefe-Weizen
;Dinkel
;Kellerbier
;Landbier
;Märzen
;Export
;Malz
;Frühlingsbock
;Distel Spezial
;Distel Blond
;Black Pearl Classic Porter
;Loch Ness Classic Stout
;Lucky Hop IPA