Beck's Brewery, also known as Brauerei Beck & Co., is a brewery in the northern German city of Bremen. In 2001, Interbrew bought Brauerei Beck for 1.8 billion euros; at that time it was the fourth-largest brewer in Germany.[2] US manufacture of Beck's has been based in St. Louis, Missouri, since early 2012.[3]
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 Beck's Brewery | |
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| Location | Bremen, Germany |
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| Opened | 1873 |
| Key people | Lüder Rutenberg |
| Annual production volume | 2.56 million hectolitres (2,180,000 US bbl) in 2015[1] |
| Website | becks |
Since 2008, it has been owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV subsidiary Interbrew.[4][5]
Beck's key logo is based upon the city of Bremen's coat of arms, which contains a key attributed to the patron saint of the city, Saint Peter.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Biermarken in Deutschland". aktiongutesbier.de. n.d. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ Dan Bilefsky for the Wall Street Journal. Interbrew to Buy Beck's Brewer In Bid to Dominate Beer Market
- ^ Leonard, Devin (26 October 2012). "The Plot to Destroy America's Beer". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Company Overview of Interbrew International B.V." Bloomberg L.P. 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Leonard, Christopher (14 July 2008). "Anheuser-Busch agrees to sale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ Week, Marketing (19 August 2004). "Jaguar F1 seeks to replace Beck's". Marketing Week. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
External links
edit- Official international site
- Heinrich Brugsch 1876 trip to the city of Philadelphia: Beck's Bier wins top prize
- Vintage Beck's Beer Advertisement from 1921
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