Binding-Brauerei is a brewery in
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
. The brewery was founded by
Conrad Binding in 1870 and since 1953 is included in
Dr. Oetker
Dr. Oetker () is a German multinational company that produces baking powder, cake mixes, Pizza#Preparation, frozen pizza, pudding, cake decoration, cornflakes, birthday candles, beer, and various other products.
The company is a wholly owned b ...
group. Until 2002, the Oetker Group's beverage division was called Binding-Gruppe, but is now called
Radeberger Group
Radeberger Group is the largest brewery group in Germany. It is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main and produces beer (as well as near beer and other non-alcoholic beverages) at 16 different locations. With an approximate annual production volume ...
. Binding includes labels such as Binding Adler-Pils,
Clausthaler (a
near beer
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),
Henninger, and
Schöfferhofer. The United States branch of the brewery is located in
Norwalk, Connecticut
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.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Binding expanded considerably through the purchase of smaller breweries in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and northern Baden. As a rule, these breweries were dropped but two of them remain as the Clausthaler and Schöfferhofer brands.
The traditional Frankfurt brewery site of Binding in Sachsenhausen will end its production by October 2023 and outsource to other locations.
Binding brewery closes site in Frankfurt
retrieved 2 October 2022
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Breweries in Germany
Manufacturing companies based in Frankfurt