Brasseries Kronenbourg
Obernai, France · Est. 1664
Tally's Take
Why this matters
The year on the label is the founding date, not marketing. France's dominant brewer, now flying the Carlsberg flag.
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Timeline
- 1664Founded
Brasseries Kronenbourg begins brewing in Obernai.
- 2008Milestone
Owned by Carlsberg since 2008.
- 2008To Carlsberg in the Scottish & Newcastle carve-up
Carlsberg and Heineken jointly buy Scottish & Newcastle for £7.8 billion in 2008 and split it between them. Kronenbourg — brewing in Alsace since 1664 and the dominant beer in France — goes to Carlsberg.
The Beer Library
Beers
Kronenbourg 1664
Year-RoundPale Lager
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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How it changed hands
1 recorded move- 1664Founded
- 2008To Carlsberg in the Scottish & Newcastle carve-up
Carlsberg and Heineken jointly buy Scottish & Newcastle for £7.8 billion in 2008 and split it between them. Kronenbourg — brewing in Alsace since 1664 and the dominant beer in France — goes to Carlsberg.
Today the chain tops out at Carlsberg Group.
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Sources
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Brasseries Kronenbourg is controlled by Foundation / nonprofit.
Carlsberg Group Annual Report 2025 · Carlsberg Group · 2026-02
PrimaryHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-05Reviewed 2026-08-05
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 Brasseries Kronenbourg
- Who owns Brasseries Kronenbourg?
- Brasseries Kronenbourg is owned by Carlsberg Group. Brasseries Kronenbourg is based in Obernai, France.
- Is Brasseries Kronenbourg still independent?
- No. Brasseries Kronenbourg is owned by Carlsberg Group and is no longer independent.
- When was Brasseries Kronenbourg acquired?
- 2008. Carlsberg and Heineken jointly buy Scottish & Newcastle for £7.8 billion in 2008 and split it between them. Kronenbourg — brewing in Alsace since 1664 and the dominant beer in France — goes to Carlsberg.
- When was Brasseries Kronenbourg founded?
- Brasseries Kronenbourg was founded in 1664 in Obernai, France.
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