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Bolten-Brauerei is a brewery in
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
,
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It was founded in 1266 when the Lord of Myllendonk authorised the brewing of beer at the current site in
Korschenbroich Korschenbroich ( li, Korsjebrooch) is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Niers, approx. 13 km west of Neuss and 5 km east of Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach (, li, Jla ...
and claims to be the oldest ''
altbier Altbier (German: ''old beer'') is a style of beer brewed in the Rhineland, especially around the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. It is a copper coloured beer whose name comes from it being top-fermented, an older method than the bottom fermenta ...
'' brewery in the world. In 2011 it produced about 50,000 hectoliters of beer.


Products

As of 2019 the brewery produces two sorts of altbier named ''Alt'' and ''Ur-Alt'' (an unfiltered variant), a wheat beer ''Ur-Weizen'', two bottom-fermentation, less hopped light beers ''Helles'' and ''Landbier'' (unfiltered), a heavily hopped pilsener named ''Natur Pilsener'' and a seasonal special dark beer ''Nikolaus Spezial'' during Advent, as well as ''Malz'', a sweet, non-alcoholic
malt beer Malt is germinated cereal grain that has been dried in a process known as " malting". The grain is made to germinate by soaking in water and is then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air. Malted grain is used to make beer, ...
.


See also

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List of oldest companies This list of the oldest companies in the world includes brands and companies, excluding associations and educational, government, or religious organizations. To be listed, a brand or company name must remain operating, either in whole or in part, ...


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