CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #8604 | | | Name | VEB Brauerei Sternburg |
| | | | | | | | | Extra info | The history of Sternburg goes back to 1278 in the brewery of a Rittergut, which lies between Elster and Mühlteich. The domain was purchased by Wilhelm von Mechfritz in 1405, and then in 1822 it fell under the ownership of Maximillian Speck, who bought the property as grazing grounds for his sheep. When Speck entered the gentry he asked to add the name of "Sternburg" to his title. However, he was not allowed to sell the beer at its current location in Leipzig and so he moved production to the cellar of a castle in Leipzig, and in April 1823 he received a permit from the Leipzig city council. From that point onward he sold an average of 300,000 liters of beer per year.
In 1948 the ownership of the brewery was made public as was common under the government of the newly formed state of East Germany (GDR), and in 1968 it was absorbed into the state-run Volkseigener Betrieb drink management organization in Leipzig. After re-unification in 1990, it once again became an independent venture, "Sternburg Brauerei GmbH," in cooperation with Stuttgarter Hofbräu. Demand for exportation fell to 600,000 liters per year, and so Sachsenbräu AG bought the business and closed the brewery at Lützschena, continuing production instead at the Reudnitzer Brewery.
In 1992 the brands "Sternburg Export" and "Sternburg Pilsner" became discount brands. In 1997 "Sternburg Schwarzbier" and "Sternburg Export" received the seal of approval from the quality-management bureau "CMA-Gütesiegel," and one year later "Sternburg Pilsner" also received this designation, followed by "Sternburg Schwarzbier" in 1999. In 2002 Sternburg Export was 48% of Germany's beer exports and the variety "Sternburg Radler" was introduced. "Sternburg Diesel" followed in 2003 and "Sternburg Doppelkaramel" in 2004. The last addition was in 2005 with the introduction of "Sternburg Hefeweizen."
1883: Alexander Freiherr Speck von Sternburg'sche Dampfbrauerei
1912: Freiherrlich von Sternburg'sche Brauerei
1948: Brauerei Sternburg GmbH
1949: VVB Venag, VEB Brauerei Sternburg
1952: VVB d. Brau- und Malzindustrie, VEB Brauerei Sternburg
1958: VEB Brauerei Sternburg Lützschena
1964: VEB (K) Brau- und Malzkombinat Sternburg Lützschena, Werk I
1969: VEB Brau- und Malzkombinat Sternburg Lützschena, Werk I
1990: VEB Exportbierbrauerei Sternburg im VEB Getränkekombinat Leipzig
1991: Sternburg Brauerei Lützschena GmbH |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | Name 1 | VEB Brauerei Sternburg Lützschena |
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