Kulmbacher Brewery

50.10630277777811.442563888889Koordinaten: 50 ° 6 ' 23 " N, 11 ° 26' 33" E

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• Markus Stodden, CEO
• Thomas Polanyi, Chairman

The Kulmbach brewery joint-stock company with registered office in Kulmbach is a German brewery company, which was founded in 1846 as Reichelbräu by Johann W. Reichel, Johann K. scheiding and Johann M. Hübner. The conversion into a joint stock company was already 1895.

History

Since 1980 made ​​business expansion, there were recorded in 1980 and 1984 with the companies Sandlerbräu and Mönchshof -Bräu more beers with the assortment.

1986 were taken over by the Schörghuber group 49.9 % of the share capital. 1987 began production of Capuchin White beer. In 1990s made ​​the acquisitions of Sternquell Brewery Plauen, Brau brewery Pride Chemnitz, EKU and a majority stake in the bathroom Brambacher mineral springs. Since 1996 EKU, Reichel, Sandler and Mönchshof are united in the Kulmbach Brewery AG. 2002 rose by commissioning a new clasp system and filter system of the beverage emissions for the first time three million hectoliters.

2002 Coburg breweries were taken storm and Scheid coat. They were together for Coburg brewery, but the beers of storm and Scheid coat were then sold under its own name for several years.

Since 2003 ( 90.7 %) of the Würzburg Hofbräuhaus AG were again two companies integrated in the Kulmbach group with the private brewery Scherdel in court and the acquisition of a majority shareholding.

The Kulmbach brewery AG leads in their logos on the city arms. This was approved for the Reichelbräu 1926 by the City Council Kulmbach. Six years later, the first Reichelbräu Edelherb appeared on the German market.

Since the season 2006/2007 Kulmbach is the official beer of the 1st FC Nuremberg and must be served in the Grundig Stadium. The brewery thus gained thus the advertising rights and may only advertise the club. The brewery is the host of Kulmbach Beer Week ( also Kulmbach Beer Festival ), come to the annual 100,000 visitors. Is being organized by the city of Kulmbach Beer Week and the Kulmbach brewery. The first Kulmbach Beer Week took place in 1939. It was organized first by Kulmbach Transport Association, who wanted to advertise this action for the city and its achievements in the field of food industry such as beer and sausages.

With effect from 12 January 2010, the listing of its shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has been set. With effect from 30 November 2010, the setting was followed by the regulated market of the Munich Stock Exchange. Since then, the company's shares in the m segment are: access of the Munich Stock Exchange.

In December 2012, the Kulmbach Brewery Ltd. announced that the Board re-formed: Markus Stodden, Director of Sales / Marketing, since 1 January 2013, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Otto Zejmon. Since 1, 2013 Jörg Lehmann completed the Executive Board of the Kulmbach Brewery AG as Chief Technology Officer.

Company data

Group structure

The Kulmbach brewery AG in 2010 following 16 subsidiaries in its consolidated balance sheet in the scope of consolidation ( in brackets are the percentages of participation by the Kulmbach Brewery AG):

• Bad Brambacher mineral springs GmbH & Co. KG operation, Bad Bramstedt (sales 24.8 million, 85%)
• Braustolz GmbH, Chemnitz ( 7.7 million sales, 100%)
• Refreshing drinks Union GmbH, Kulmbach (100 %)
• Princely Brauerei Schloss Waechtersbach Vertriebs GmbH, Waechtersbach (100 %)
• Kulmbach drinks Beteiligungs -GmbH & Co. KG, Kulmbach (100 %)
• Boar Beer GmbH, Lohr am Main (100 %)
• Marquis - beverage distribution GmbH, Kulmbach ( 62.6 million revenue, 100%)
• NG Nordbayerische drinks Beteiligungs -GmbH & Co. KG, Kulmbach (100 %)
• Scherdel Beer GmbH & Co. KG, courtyard ( sales 7.0 million, 100%)
• Sternquell - Brauerei GmbH, Plauen (conversion 24.4 million, 100%)
• Vogtländische beverage GmbH, Bad Bramstedt (85%)
• Würzburg Hofbräuhaus GmbH, Würzburg ( 21.7 million revenue, 100%)
• For Mönchshof Brauhaus GmbH brewery restaurant, Kulmbach (100 %)
• Beverage Logistics SQ GmbH, Plauen (100 %)
• Kulmbach Mönchshof -Bräu GmbH, Kulmbach (100 %)
• Marquis Home Service GmbH, Kulmbach (100 %)

Additionally, the following two minority shareholdings were "at equity" in the balance sheet:

• Bavaria Beverage Logistics GmbH & Co. KG, Weiden ( 33.33 %)
• Bürgerliches Brauhaus GmbH in Saalfeld, Saalfeld (23%)

Ten other companies were not consolidated because of their minor importance.

Others

At the annual meeting of the fiscal year 2007 there was a scandal with present representatives of the majority shareholder Brau Holding International. In a board meeting scheduled shortly after the separation of the two directors Jürgen Brinkmann (Chief Executive Officer ) and Stephan Gimpel -Henning was decided ( Director of Engineering ) with effect from June 4, 2008 by Peter Pöschl and Hans P. van Zon. First, under the new three-member managing committee (Mark Stodden remained Board ), no new CEO determined.

Varieties

In addition to light and non-alcoholic beers following varieties are produced, mostly in the 0.5-liter bottle:

• Kulmbach Edelherb
• Kulmbach Gold (0.33 l)
• Kulmbach Eisbock ( 0,33)
• Kulmbach stock
• Kulmbach Beer Festival
• Kulmbach export
• Kulmbach fine Mild
• Kulmbach cyclists with lime
• Mönchshof Kellerbier
• Mönchshof Kulmquell
• Mönchshof stock
• Mönchshof Landbier
• Mönchshof original
• Mönchshof black beer
• Mönchshof Bock Beer
• Mönchshof Maibock
• Mönchshof Christmas beer
• Mönchshof Museum Beer
• Mönchshof festival beer
• Mönchshof Bavarian Hell
• Mönchshof NaturRadler
• EKU Pils
• EKU Hell
• EKU export
• EKU beer festival
• EKU 28 ( strong beer; 0,33)
• EKU cyclists
• Capuchin Weissbier
• Capuchin basement wheat
• Capuchin Weissbier crystal
• Capuchin Weissbier Dark
• Capuchin Winter wheat beer
• Capuchin White Light Beer
• Capuchin White Beer Alcohol free
• Capuchin wheat beer Radler

Kulmbach beer is a protected by the EU geographical indication.