We are the most uncomplicated brewery, with the best beer, the best team and the most satisfied customers!
We work on this every day. We try to become better and better in everything we do.
What moves us?
Since 1861, we have been brewing not just beer in our family brewery - we have been brewing Hachenburgers. Our secret to success? A strict quality philosophy: We brew with 100% aroma hops and give our beer 6 weeks to mature in peace. And very importantly: The Westerwald is not just our home, it is a matter close to our hearts.
We are still an owner-managed family brewery. Jens Geimer is the 5th generation managing partner. Together with a good 90 employees and 13 trainees, we have been producing beer in our modern brewery using traditional brewing methods for more than 160 years.
Hachenburger beers are sold in the Westerwald and the surrounding regions, for example in restaurants or in well-stocked specialist and grocery stores.
brewery boss and owner
Jens Geimer
Awarded as Future Company 2023 of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
The Rhineland-Palatinate Future Initiative has named the Westerwald Brewery the state's "Future Company 2023". The jury was impressed by the combination of sustainability and digitalization in a future-proof working environment for the benefit of our customers.
In order for us to survive as a private family brewery in a highly intensive industry, our 100-strong team has to give their best every day. We brew by hand with 100% aromatic hops, let our beer mature for 6 weeks at minus 1 degree Celsius and have halved our carbon footprint in recent years. In order for us to be able to afford this luxury, all processes have to run like clockwork. Digitalization is a very important lever here. This award confirms our commitment and encourages us to work together towards our goal in the future: We want to be the most uncomplicated brewery with the best beer, the best team and the most satisfied customers.
Sustainable & regional
Since our first public welfare certification in 2019, we have been thinking very differently in many directions. Our efforts to save energy and operate sustainably permeate the entire brewery. This starts with the regional purchasing of our products and services and does not stop with the brewing of our beers. Topics such as climate neutrality, CO2 recovery, recycling of valuable materials, photovoltaics are just a few key points.
Our goal: Climate neutral by 2030 through our own efforts!
After great efforts and investments in technology, vehicle fleet and production, we have already been able to reduce our carbon footprint by half in recent years. Through compensation, we are now completely climate neutral. This applies to the entire company and to all our products and services.
CO2 recovery:
500 tons less CO2 in the atmosphere
CO2 is produced during the fermentation of Hachenburger beers. From now on, we will be capturing the environmentally harmful gas in a huge zeppelin in the Hachenburger ripening house. This is part of a CO2 recovery system that then cleans the gas and processes it into highly pure carbonic acid. We can then use this fermentation carbonic acid to fill non-alcoholic beverages. And it's good for the environment too!
With the help of the recovery plant, we can capture 500 tons of CO2 per year that previously simply evaporated into the atmosphere. This allows us to further reduce the carbon footprint of our Hachenburger beers and bring us a decisive step closer to our goal of being climate-neutral by 2030.
e-mobility
The brewery's entire fleet is already fully electric; only three trucks are still in use in the logistics fleet, all of which are expected to be fully electric by 2030.
For a few weeks now, we have had a second Hachenburg e-truck in our logistics fleet. This means that the number of electric vehicles has doubled in one fell swoop.
Eine kurze Reise durch die Brauerei-Geschichte
Historie
Reift das flüssige Gold heute in hochmodernen Tanks, so lagerte es damals im Felsenkeller am Distelberg. Gleichmäßig gekühlt erreicht der wertvolle Gerstensaft nunmehr seit 150 Jahren sein spezielles Aroma. Denn früher wie heute gilt: Die lange, kalte Reifezeit ist eine der Grundvoraussetzungen für ein echtes Hachenburger. Wie natürlich auch die Verwendung hochwertiger Rohstoffe.
Als Heinrich Schneider 1861 zufällig bei einem Spaziergang durch das Rothbachtal eine Quelle entdeckte, war das sein Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Das reine und weiche Wasser ist bis heute die perfekte Basis für ein Bier nach Pilsener Brauart. 1902 konnte Heinrich Schneider so schließlich stolz verkünden, dass er seiner Kundschaft ab jetzt ein hochfeines Pils liefere.
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Einführung von Hachenburger Schwarze als eine der ersten westdeutschen Brauereien
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Sorten-Diversifikation – 12 Sorten sind es heute insgesamt
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Innovatives Marketing über die Grenzen des Vertriebsgebietes hinaus
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Geburt der gläsernen Hachenburger „Erlebnis-Brauerei“
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Qualitätssteigerung der Biere durch 100% Aromahopfen
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Revolutionierung der „Bottoms Up“-Zapftechnik mit unserem Hopfomaten
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Weltweit erste Brauerei-Besichtigung mit dem Auto
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