The Distelhäuser Brewery (

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: ''Distelhäuser Brauerei'') is a medium-sized brewery in

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, a district of

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in the Tauber valley, in

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History

The brewery was founded in 1811 as ''Brewery Womann'' and acquired in 1876 by Ernst Bauer. The annual production is about 185,000 hectolitres (as at: May 2015). The raw materials used are traditionally mainly from the region of

. Distelhäuser Beer is brewed in accordance with the German purity law (''

Reinheitsgebot The (; ) is a series of regulations limiting the ingredients in beer in Germany and the states of the former Holy Roman Empire. The best known version of the law was adopted in Bavaria in 1516 (by William IV), but similar regulations predate the ...

'') of 1516, and the brewery is a founding member of the ''Die Freien Brauer'' (Independent Brewers) initiative, an association of medium-sized private breweries in Germany and Austria. As early as 1956 the brewery involved its staff in various forms in the profits. On the brewery grounds in Distelhausen is the restaurant of ''Distelhäuser Brauhaus'', the butcher's shop ''Farmer's snack'' (''Bauers Brotzeit'') and the convention centre ''Old bottling hall'' (''Alte Füllerei''). Since 2001 the Distelhäuser Brewery has operated in a service centre in Erlenbach in the district of

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in southern Germany to improve its logistics. The Distelhäuser brewery is a sponsor of Slow Food Germany. Between the years 2004 and 2012 in the grounds of the brewery in cooperation with ''Slow Food'' the ''Distelhäuser gourmet market'' (''Distelhäuser Genießermarkt'') took place.

Honours

The Distelhäuser Brewery is one of the most successful breweries in Germany measured by the number of awards for its products. The following awards have been earned by the brewery and the products (point of time: May 2015):Distelhäuser Brauerei
''Unsere Spezialitäten''
auf distelhaeuser.de (retrieved 23 October 2014)

Brewery awards

* In 2009, the Distelhäuser Brewery won the "Brewery of the Year" prize awarded by the

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(DLG).DLG
Die Auszeichnung zur ''Brauerei des Jahres / Brewery of the Year''
dlg.org. 23 May 2015. * In 2014, the Distelhäuser Brewery won the DLG "Brewery of the Year" prize again.

Beer awards

;Distelhäuser Pils (German-Style Pilsener) *

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: 2002 Gold * European Beer Star: 2006 Silver, 2008 Silver * Internat. DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2006 Silver, 2007 Gold, 2009 Gold, 2010 Gold, 2011 Gold, 2012 Gold, 2013 Silver, 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Alkoholfreies (Alcohol-free German-Style Pilsener). * Internat. DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2014 Gold, 2015 Silver ;Leichtes (German-Style Leichtbier/Lightweightbeer) * World Beer Cup: 2010 Silver * European Beer Star: 2006 Gold * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2007 Bronze, 2008 Silver, 2012 Bronze, 2013 Silver ;Hefe-Weizen (South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier/Naturally cloudy yeast wheat) * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2006 Gold, 2007 Gold, 2008 Gold, 2009 Gold, 2010 Gold, 2011 Gold, 2012 Gold, 2013 Gold, 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Hefe-Weizen alkoholfrei (Alcohol-free South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier/Isotonic yeast wheat) * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2011 Gold, 2013 Silver, 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Kristall-Weizen (Clear crystal wheat) * World Beer Cup: 2008 Gold, 2010 Bronze * European Beer Star: 2008 Gold, 2009 Silver * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2009 Gold, 2010 Silver, 2011 Gold, 2012 Silver, 2013 Silver ;Dunkles Hefe-Weizen (South German-Style Dunkel Weizen/Dunkel Weissbier/Spicy dark yeast wheat) * World Beer Cup: 2002 Silver, 2004 Silver, 2006 Gold, 2010 Bronze * European Beer Star: 2005 Gold, 2006 Silver * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2006 Gold, 2007 Gold, 2008 Gold, 2009 Gold, 2010 Gold, 2011 Gold, 2012 Gold, 2013 Gold, 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Dinkel * European Beer Star: 2007 Silver, 2008 Silver, 2009 Silver, 2011 Gold, 2012 Bronze, 2014 Gold * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2009 Gold, 2010 Gold, 2011 Gold, 2012 Gold, 2013 Gold, 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Kellerbier (Cellar Beer) * Internat. DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Landbier (European-Style Dark) * World Beer Cup: 2006 Silver * European Beer Star: 2013 Bronze * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2006 Gold, 2007 Gold, 2008 Gold, 2009 Gold, 2010 Gold, 2011 Gold, 2012 Silver, 2013 Silver, 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Märzen (German-Style Märzen) * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2006 Gold, 2007 Gold, 2008 Silver, 2009 Gold, 2010 Silver, 2011 Gold, 2012 Gold, 2013 Gold, 2014 Gold, 2015 Silver ;Export (European-Style Export) * World Beer Cup: 2004 Bronze * European Beer Star: 2004 Silver * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2006 Gold, 2007 Gold, 2008 Silver, 2009 Gold, 2010 Gold, 2011 Gold, 2012 Silver, 2013 Gold, 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Malz (Non-Alcoholic Malt Tonic) * World Beer Cup: 2006 Gold * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2006 Gold, 2007 Gold, 2008 Gold, 2009 Gold, 2010 Gold, 2011 Gold, 2012 Gold, 2013 Gold, 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Frühlingsbock (German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock/Bright Spring-Bock) * World Beer Cup: 2010 Gold ;Distel Spezial * Internationaler DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2012 Gold, 2013 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Distel Blond * European Beer Star: 2013 Silver * Internat. DLG-Qualitätswettbewerb: 2014 Gold, 2015 Gold ;Black Pearl Classic Porter * Meiningers international CraftBeer Award: 2014 Silver, 2015 Gold ;Loch Ness Classic Stout * Meiningers international CraftBeer Award: 2014 Gold, 2015 Silver ;Lucky Hop IPADistelhäuser Brauerei
''Lucky Hop IPA''
Online auf www.distelhaeuser.de. Retrieved 18 May 2015. * Silver Meiningers international CraftBeer Award 2014

External links

www.distelhaeuser.com (Website in English)

www.distelhaeuser.de (Website in German)

References

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