With Dortmunder, better, bigger beer is as easy as eins, zwei, stein

Dortmunder Union Pils is a crisp, pale lager that complements grilled or barbequed meats, fried potatoes and a host of traditional biergarten food, from sausages to sauerkraut.

We know that the right service, event or promotion can be crucial to getting customers into your venue, and that’s why our Brand Managers are here to help. By working with you and your team, we can help you to run training sessions, coordinate competitions and even put on the odd gig.

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Dortmunder is a range of premium German beer with a long and rich history. It began life at the Struck Brewery in the industrial city of Dortmund, which was turned into a stockholder company named “Dortmunder Union-Brauerei Actiengesellschaft” in 1873. The head brewer at this time was Fritz Brikhoff—an accomplished young brewer mainly creating a deep golden beer now known as Dortmunder Export.

In 1887, something happened that changed the future of the brewery forever. Instead of the usual combination of malted and unmalted barley, someone in the brew house mashed in a brew of nothing but malt. The mistake wasn’t noticed through the rest of the brewing process, and the resulting beer was shipped accidentally to a pub who served it to their customers.

The ‘mistake’ beer was a sensation and the pale, Pils style Dortmunder Union beer was born. By the turn of the century, Dortmunder Union Brewery was brewing more of its accidental Pilsner than its export lager, although both beers had become immensely popular with the workers of the industrial movement.