Paulaner

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Paulaner Braeuerei GmbH & Co. KG
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Location Munich, Germany
Owner(s) Brau Holding International AG
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 Minim friars of the Neudeck ob der Au cloister. The mendicant order and the brewery are named after Francis of Paola, the founder of the order.

[edit] History

Paulaner brewery in Munich
Paulaner brewery in Munich

The name of the Paulaner brewery refers to the order of friars that resided in Neuhauser Straße in Munich who were part of the order of Saint Francis of Paola. 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%).

[edit] Products

A bottle of Paulaner Hell
A bottle of Paulaner Hell

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