Brasserie Nationale
Bascharage, Luxembourg, Luxembourg · Est. 1764
Also known as Bofferding, Battin, Funck-Bricher
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Luxembourg had more than a dozen breweries in the early 1950s and has three today, and this is what the consolidation produced. The lineage runs deeper than the company name suggests: Funck-Bricher was brewing in the Grund district of Luxembourg City from 1764, and Jean-Baptiste Bofferding founded his brewery at Bascharage in 1842. The two merged in 1975 to form Brasserie Nationale — owned jointly by the Bofferding and Lentz families, with all production pulled onto the Bascharage site — and the acquisition of Battin in 2004 finished the shape. It is now the country's market leader, and it stayed in family hands while its main rival went to AB InBev. The archive dates the record from 1764 because that is when the oldest constituent started brewing, not from the 1975 merger that named it.
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Timeline
- 1764Funck-Bricher begins brewing
In the Grund district of Luxembourg City.
- 1842Bofferding founded at Bascharage
By Jean-Baptiste Bofferding.
- 1975The two merge
Brasserie Nationale is formed, jointly owned by the Bofferding and Lentz families; production consolidates at Bascharage.
- 2004Battin acquired
Completing the company as it stands.
The People
Behind the beer
Founded the Bofferding brewery at Bascharage in 1842. His name is the one that survived the 1975 merger onto the flagship beer.
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Beers
Bofferding
Year-RoundPale Lager
The flagship, carrying the name of the 1842 brewery.
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Year-RoundPale Lager
The 1764 name, kept in production as an organic brand.
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- Guided brewery tour
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How it changed hands
2 recorded moves- 1764Founded
- 1975The two merge
Brasserie Nationale is formed, jointly owned by the Bofferding and Lentz families; production consolidates at Bascharage.
- 2004Battin acquired
Completing the company as it stands.
No current parent in the archive's records — the moves above are history, not present ownership.
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Sources
- recordConfirmed
Founded as a 1975 merger of Bofferding (1842, Bascharage, by Jean-Baptiste Bofferding) and Funck-Bricher (1764, brewing in the Grund district of Luxembourg City), jointly owned by the Bofferding and Lentz families, with Battin acquired in 2004. The record is dated from 1764, the oldest constituent's start, rather than from the merger.
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Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Brasserie Nationale
- Who owns Brasserie Nationale?
- Brasserie Nationale is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Bascharage, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
- Is Brasserie Nationale independent?
- Yes. Brasserie Nationale is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Brasserie Nationale founded?
- Brasserie Nationale was founded in 1764 in Bascharage, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
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