Archive record · Brewery
Holsten-Brauerei
Hamburg-Hausbruch, Hamburg, Germany
- Founded
- 1879
- Archive ID
- TB-FPNPJ9S5
- Last checked
- 2026-09-13
Who owns this brewery?
The direct owner is recorded. No company is held above it.
- Holsten-BrauereiThis brewery
- Carlsberg GroupConglomerate
From the record
Summary
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.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Acquired by Carlsberg Breweries A/S2004
What the sources say
Researched 2026-09-13 (tray SUB-00011); no held claim preceded it. Public tender offer for all shares announced 20 January 2004, cleared by the European Commission in March 2004 (enterprise value EUR 437m); Holsten's König and Licher breweries were sold on to Bitburger. The AG continues as a Carlsberg Deutschland company; production moved from Altona to Hausbruch in November 2019.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The Beer Library
Beers
Holsten Pilsener
CURRENT / COREPilsener
Current Holsten flagship Pilsener, brewed by the Hamburg Holsten brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Holsten Edel
CURRENTPale Lager
Current Holsten beer; first introduced in 1913 according to Holsten's brewery history.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Holsten 0,0%
CURRENT / NANon-Alcoholic Pils-style Beer
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.
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.
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.
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 reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Holsten-Brauerei
- Who owns Holsten-Brauerei?
- Holsten-Brauerei is owned by Carlsberg Group. Holsten-Brauerei is based in Hamburg-Hausbruch, Hamburg, Germany.
- Is Holsten-Brauerei still independent?
- No. Holsten-Brauerei is owned by Carlsberg Group and is no longer independent.
- When was Holsten-Brauerei founded?
- Holsten-Brauerei was founded in 1879 in Hamburg-Hausbruch, Hamburg, Germany.
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