Brauerei Paderborner is a brewery in the

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city of

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

. The traditional Westphalian brewery was purchased by the German brewery-major

Warsteiner Warsteiner () beer is brewed in the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park outside of Warstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Warsteiner has been owned by the Cramer family since 1753. Warsteiner is Germany's largest privately owned brewery; its b ...

in 1990.

The Paderborner beer range

The Paderborner brewery was founded in 1852. Since 1990 it has been part of the Warsteiner brewery group. There are two different sorts of Paderborner. The first is simply called "Paderborner Pilsener" and has a rather herbal taste with an unusual sweetness which is actually hops. Paderborner Pilsener Export has a reputation for being of lower quality but also a compromise between price and amount of alcohol (since it has a barely larger amount of alcohol). The second type is called Paderborner

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and has a much fresher taste. It is a more recent variety than the original Paderborner Pilsener which has been brewed in this area for over 100 years. It was developed when the big

company bought the small local brewery of Paderborn. Paderborner Gold is the favoured beer for all official festivities in the area. The Paderborner brewery also offers mixed beers, namely with Cola and Lemon. An attempt to copy the famous "Alt" beer (famous from Düsseldorf) was also made in 2008, named "Paderborner Alt" The city of Paderborn is home to a great many festivals, including the

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("shooting club festival") and the

Libori Liborius of Le Mans (c. 348–397) was the second Bishop of Le Mans. He is the patron saint of the cathedral and archdiocese of Paderborn in Germany. The year of his birth is unknown; he died in 397, reputedly on 23 July. Le Mans and Paderborn A ...

festival. File:Paderborner Export.jpg, Paderborner Export File:Paderborner Pilsener.jpg, Paderborner Pilsener

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