Company Profile

The Pfungsta Dter Brewery Is One Of The Few Medium Sized Breweries In Germany That Is Still 100Family Ownedfor Generationspfungsta Dter Has Stood For Sustainability And Innovation As Well As Regional Solidarity In South Hessepfungsta Dter Is Now The Largest Family Owned Brewery In The Statein 1831 When The Brewmaster Justus Hildebrand Moved Back To His Home Town Of Hahn Near Pfungstadthe Opened A Brew Pub To Start Brewing His Own Beershortly Afterit Became Well Known In The Area That The Best Beer Was Brewed At Thehirschen Zu Hahn Justus Soon Realized That Hahn Was Not Perfectly Located To Brew His Preferred Bottom Fermented Beerhe Needed Deep Basement Cellars With Cool Temperaturessince The Groundwater Level Was Too High In Hahn To Build Deeper Into The Groundin 1846 He Decided To Move The Brewery To The Town Of Pfungstadtin 1868 The Brewery Built Its Own Malthouse Directly At The Brewery Compound Due To The High Demand Of Maltjust A Few Years Later In 1872 Justus Bought The Second Industrial Ice Machine That Was Ever Builttoday The Ice Machine As Well As The Heavy Steam Engine That Powered It Can Still Be Visited At Our Historical Machine Housein 1872 It Was One Of The Most Significant Innovations In The Beer Industryit Did Not Take Long Before The Beer Was Known All Over Germanythe Brewery Had Subsidiaries In Berlinhannoverkassel And Moremany International Awards For Bestpilsener Stylebeer Followed Soon After A Lot Of Things Have Changed Over The Last 180 Years Of Pfungsta Dter Historynumerous New And Delicious Beer Styles Were Introduced And Inspired Local And International Beer Enthusiastshoweverone Thing Never Changedthe Traditionalurrecipe Of Our Refreshingly Hoppy Pfungsta Dter Edel Pilssince Justus Hildebrand Himself Started Brewing The Pilsover Generations The Recipe Has Been Passed On From Brewmaster To Brewmaster