Paulaner
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| Paulaner Braeuerei GmbH & Co. KG | |
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| Location | Munich, Germany |
| Owner | (independent) |
| Year opened | 1634 |
| Active Beers | |
| Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrüb | Weissbier |
| Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel | Dunkles Weissbier |
| Weissbier Kristallklar | Kristall Weissbier |
| Hefe-Weissbier Leicht | Light Weissbier |
| Hefe-Weissbier Alkoholfrei | Non-alcoholic |
| Original Münchner Hell | Helles Lager |
| Original Münchner Dunkel | Dunkles Lager |
| Original Münchner Urtyp | Lager |
| Original Münchner Märzen | Märzen |
| Münchner Hell Leicht | Light beer |
| Münchner Hell Alkoholfrei | Non-Alcoholic |
| Münchner Diät Bier | Light beer |
| Premium Pils | Pilsener |
| Weisses Gold | Weissbier |
| Helles Gold | Helles Lager |
| Salvator | Doppelbock |
| Seasonal Beers | |
| Oktoberfest Bier | Oktoberfest Beer |
Paulaner is a German brewery, established in the early 1600s in Munich by the monks of the Neudeck ob der Au monastery. The monastic order and the brewery are named after Saint Paul.
[edit] History
The name of the Paulaner brewery refers back order of monks of San Francesco di Paola, who resided in Neuhauser Straße in Munich. The monks had brewed beer for their own use since 1634. The beer that was permitted to be sold on holidays was a Bock style which gained local fame. After the abolition of the Neudeck Cloister in 1799, the building was converted into a penitentiary. Franz Xaver Zacherl, the brewer, purchased the former cloister brewery and continued the "Starkbier" tradition with the product Salvator, which is latin for "Saviour". In 1861 the "Salvatorkeller" (Salvator cellar) was opened upon Nockherberg. In 1928 the brewery merged with the Gebrüder Thomas brewery creating Paulaner Salvator Thomas Bräu. 1994 saw the acquisition into the Kulmbacher brewery group with the affiliated producers Plauen and Chemnitz. A daughter company is the Auer Bräu AG Rosenheim. Paulaner belongs to the BHI (Brau Holding International AG), a joint venture between Schörghuber Ventures (50.1%) and with Holland's Heineken N.V. (49.9%).
Starting in the late 1990's Paulaner began being served in many bars in both New York City and Long Island. Many higher end beer distributers carry one or two styles of if it in the area as well. The two types tend to be The Hefe-Weiss and the Oktoberfest.
