Oettinger Brewery


Oettinger Brauerei is a brewery group in Germany. Oettinger has been Germany's best selling beer brand between 2004 and 2013 with an annual output of in 2011.
Oettinger's headquarters are in Oettingen in Bayern but there are also breweries in Gotha, Mönchengladbach and Braunschweig.

Cheap beer

Oettinger bought the brewery producing "5,0 Original" beer in Braunschweig, a competitor in the same market segment. Oettinger is rarely found on tap in pubs and bars – most of it is sold bottled in supermarkets.
It is also exported – in Australia Oettinger Pils is directly imported by the large Woolworths Liquor Group chain of liquor outlets where it is sold in 330 mL bottles, as well as 500 mL cans.
Oettinger uses several ways to keep beer prices low:
The low price has made this beer brand the most successful one in Germany with an output of in 2011.
In Italy "Oettinger super forte" is sold; a beer providing 8.9% alcohol by volume.

History

The "Fürstliche Brauhaus zu Oettingen" was bought in 1956 by the Kollmar family and renamed "Oettinger Brauerei GmbH".
Oettinger Group claims that its beer is brewed in accordance with the Reinheitsgebot.

Sponsorship

From 2006 until 2018, Oettinger was the official sponsor of Rockets, a professional basketball club based in Gotha. The Rockets played as "Oettinger Rockets" in Germany's first division, the Basketball Bundesliga.