Hasseröder is a
brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of be ...
in
Wernigerode
Wernigerode () is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until 2007, it was the capital of the district of Wernigerode. Its population was 35,041 in 2012.
Wernigerode is located southwest of Halberstadt, and is picturesquely s ...
,
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...
,
Germany
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.
History
![HasseroederBrauerei](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/HasseroederBrauerei.jpg)
The company started in 1872, founded by Robert Hoppe under the name ''zum Auerhahn'' ("the
Capercaillie
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Taxonomy
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"), in the Wernigerode district of
Hasserode
Hasserode has been a quarter in the town of Wernigerode in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt since 1907.
Location
Hasserode lies at the foot of the Harz Mountains in the valley of the River Holtemme, whose upper reaches include the water cas ...
. In 1882 Ernst Schreyer assumed control of the brewery. In 1896 the brewery became a stock company (''
Aktiengesellschaft
(; abbreviated AG, ) is a German word for a corporation limited by Share (finance), share ownership (i.e. one which is owned by its shareholders) whose shares may be traded on a stock market. The term is used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (wh ...
'', AG), and in the same year put out 25,000 hectoliters of beer. It was renamed ''Hasseröder Brauerei'' in 1920. The brand remained in existence, when Wernigerode became part of
East Germany
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after World War II, marketed predominantly in the
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river.
Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...
district.
Since
reunification
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, Hasseröder has become the most consumed beer in the
new states of Germany
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The new st ...
. Hasseröder ranks number 6 among
Germany's best selling breweries.
Table
Statista
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, 2013.
Products
* ''Premium Pilsener'': Pilsner
Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (german: Pilsen), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewe ...
style beer 4.9 abv
* ''Premium Export'': Strong Export beer 5.5 abv
* ''Premium Radler'': Mixed drink with Export and Lemonade
Lemonade is a sweetened lemon-flavored beverage.
There are varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. In North America and South Asia, cloudy still lemonade is the most common variety. There it is traditionally a homemade drink using le ...
2.7 abv
* ''Premium Diesel'': Mixed drink with Export and Cola
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2.7 abv
See also
* List of brewing companies in Germany
This is a list of brewing companies in Germany. Beer is a major part of German culture. For many years German beer was brewed in adherence to the ''Reinheitsgebot'' order or law which only permitted water, hops, yeast and malt as beer ingredient ...
References
External links
Official Homepage of the Brewery
Food and drink companies established in 1872
Breweries in Germany
Beer brands of Germany
Buildings and structures in Saxony-Anhalt
Companies based in Saxony-Anhalt
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