Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei Heller
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Founded
- 1991
- Closed
- 2024
- Archive ID
- TB-RN1ZWBNP
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Closed 2024. Founder: Anna Heller / Heller family. Status as recorded: Closed production / brauhaus + Brand continue. Cologne organic brewery whose own production ended in 2024 after 33 years. The Hellers Brauhaus and Hellers Kölsch brand continue; current regional sources report the beer is contract-brewed after the brewery closure.
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Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://koelschverbindet.de/brauhauser/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Germany master, Pass 25 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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- Is Brauerei Heller still open?
- No. Brauerei Heller has closed (2024). Closed 2024. Founder: Anna Heller / Heller family. Status as recorded: Closed production / brauhaus + Brand continue. Cologne organic brewery whose own production ended in 2024 after 33 years. The Hellers Brauhaus and Hellers Kölsch brand continue; current regional sources report the beer is contract-brewed after the brewery closure.
- When was Brauerei Heller founded?
- Brauerei Heller was founded in 1991 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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