Berliner Pilsner is a beer produced in Berlin, Germany, by
Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei, a division of the
Radeberger Group.
History
Berliner Pilsner was created in 1902 by Gabriel and Richter as a small brewery with an adjacent beer garden. In 1969, Berliner Pilsner was nationalised and incorporated in the East German "VEB Berliner Getränkekombinat", a
Volkseigener Betrieb
The Publicly Owned Enterprise (; abbreviated VEB) was the main legal form of industrial enterprise in East Germany. These state-owned enterprise were all publicly owned and were formed after mass nationalisation between 1945 and the early 1960s, ...
(publicly owned corporation). For many years during communist rule, Berliner Pilsner was the leading beer brand in East Berlin. The beer was also exported to Bulgaria, USA, and the United Kingdom.
After
German reunification
German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...
in 1990, the brewery was divested and independently run. As part of a product relaunch in 1992, the shorter, older Euro-bottle was replaced with the more fashionable NRW-bottle, combined with a redesign, with the intention of creating a new image and regaining market share.
The brewery also invested in new technology to modernize the brewing process. Further changes to the design continued, including the adoption of the Longneck-bottle, with the inclusion of a bear (a symbol of the city of Berlin, also found on its coat of arms) in front of the
Reichstag dome.
In 2003, it was acquired by
Radeberger Group and merged with several other Berlin-area brewery holdings to form
Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei.
References
External links
Official WebsiteTaste For You
Breweries in Germany
Beer brands of Germany
Products introduced in 1902
Dr. Oetker
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