Géronimus Hatt opened a brewery called Brasserie du Canon in Strasbourg in 1664. Flooding pushed the family up onto higher ground in the 1850s, into a district called Cronenbourg — and in 1947, the eighth generation of Hatts renamed the whole company after it, swapping the C for a K purely because German spelling sounded more prestigious to beer drinkers of the era.
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Kronenbourg 1664 is brewed by Brasseries Kronenbourg, which reports up to Carlsberg Group.
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Brewery record last verified 2026-08-05 · Ownership: Carlsberg Group annual report 2025 — controlled by the Carlsberg Foundation (2026-02)