Bitburger Braugruppe GmbH - Bad Köstritz
- With more than 460 years of brewing tradition – one of the eldest breweries in Germany
- Taken over by the Bitburger Brauerei Th. Simon GmbH in 1991
Köstritzer – “Köstritzer gibt Momenten Seele"
- The centuries-old black beer – highly regarded even in the days of Goethe and Bismarck
- Well known beer specialty with a unique taste and slightly sparkling character
- Relaunch of Original Köstritzer Schwarzbier in 1993 – the forerunner in the booming German black beer market
- By far the market leader in the German black beer sector
- Production has increased from 7.000 hl at the end of the 80s to 383.000 hl in 2008
- Exported to more than 30 countries