Holsten-Brauerei
Hamburg-Hausbruch, Hamburg, Germany · Est. 1879
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Why this matters
Germany Pass 27. Founder: Holsten Aktiengesellschaft founders. Status as recorded: ACTIVE / INDUSTRIAL BREWERY. Historic Hamburg industrial brewery founded in 1879. Holsten became part of Carlsberg in 2004 and moved production from Altona to a new brewery in Hamburg-Hausbruch in 2019, where current Holsten production continues.
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Beers
Holsten Pilsener
CURRENT / COREPilsener
Germany Pass 27. Current Holsten flagship Pilsener, brewed by the Hamburg Holsten brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Holsten Edel
CURRENTPale Lager
Germany Pass 27. Current Holsten beer; first introduced in 1913 according to Holsten's brewery history.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Holsten Export
CURRENTExport Lager
Germany Pass 27. Current Holsten Export.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Holsten 0,0%
CURRENT / NANon-Alcoholic Pils-style Beer
Germany Pass 27. Current first-party 0.0% alcohol-free beer with Pils character.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Astra Urtyp
Year-RoundPilsner
Current Astra flagship. Carlsberg confirms current Astra product and a 2019 contemporaneous Hausbruch opening report states Astra is brewed at the new Hamburg-Hausbruch production site. [recovered from germany_pass75: producer named as "Holsten-Brauerei Hamburg-Hausbruch"]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Astra Rotlicht
Year-RoundMärzen
Current Astra strong beer; production assigned to Hausbruch from contemporaneous 2019 brewery-opening evidence naming Astra among beers brewed there. [recovered from germany_pass75: producer named as "Holsten-Brauerei Hamburg-Hausbruch"]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Astra Kleine Freiheit
Year-RoundPale Lager / Specialty
Current Astra beer; production assigned to Hausbruch at brand/site level using current Carlsberg brand evidence plus contemporaneous Hausbruch production evidence. [recovered from germany_pass75: producer named as "Holsten-Brauerei Hamburg-Hausbruch"]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's Germany master, Pass 27 — Hamburg and production taxonomy (research workbook), which cited https://www.holsten-pilsener.de/hamburger-wurzeln/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Germany master, Pass 27 — Hamburg and production taxonomy (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
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.
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