The Radeberger Group is the largest single beer company in the diverse and decentralized German market, with a 15% share by volume. The namesake Radeberger Brewery is one of 14 breweries owned by the company. They brew dozens of classic German beers, some of them national brands and many of them regional specialties. Among them are Jever Pilsner, DAB (Dortmunder Actien Brewery), Dortmunder Union, Henninger, Schultheiss, Berliner Kindl Weisse, Binding, Sion Kolsch, Altenmeunster, and the non-alcoholic brew Clausthaler. On its own, the Radeberger Brewery ranks ninth among all German breweries. The Radeberger Group also imports Corona Beer, Guinness, and Kilkenny. The Radeberger Brewery was founded as Zum Bergkeller in Radeberg, a suburb of Dresden, in 1872. The area has a history of hop growing and is not far from the Czech region of Bohemia. Radeberger pilsner was favored by the King of Saxony, and the first German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, declared Radeberger the “Kanzler-Brau” (the Chancellor’s Brew) in 1887. In 1946, the Communist East German government took control of the brewery. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the brewery underwent extensive renovation. It was purchased by the Oetker Gruppe of Bielefeld, Germany, in 2004. The Oetker Gruppe is an $8 billion Euro private company that has interests in food, beer, wine, spirits, non-alcoholic beverages, shipping, banking, publishing, chemicals, hotels, and retail and wholesale outlets. The beers of the Radeberger Group are brewed according to the specifications of the German Beer Purity Law.

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