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Paulaner Brauerei GmbH & Co. KG
Location	Munich, Germany
Owner(s)	Brau Holding International AG
Year opened	1634
Active beers
Name Type Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrüb Weissbier Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel Dunkles Weissbier Weissbier Kristallklar Kristall Weissbier Hefe-Weissbier Leicht Light Weissbier Hefe-Weissbier Alkoholfrei Non-alcoholic Original Münchner Hell Helles Lager Original Münchner Dunkel Dunkles Lager Original Münchner Urtyp Lager Original Münchner Märzen Märzen Münchner Hell Leicht Light beer Münchner Hell Alkoholfrei Non-Alcoholic Münchner Diät Bier Light beer Premium Pils Pilsener Weisses Gold Weissbier Helles Gold Helles Lager Salvator Doppelbock
Seasonal beers
Name Type Oktoberfest Bier Oktoberfest Beer

Paulaner is a German brewery, established in the early 17th century in Munich by the Minim friars of the Neudeck ob der Au cloister. The mendicant order and the brewery are named after Francis of Paola, the founder of the order.

Paulaner ranks number 8 among Germany's best selling breweries.

History

Paulaner brewery in Munich

The name of the Paulaner brewery refers to the order of friars that resided in Neuhauser Straße

 in Munich who were part of the order of Saint Francis of Paola. The monks had brewed beer for

their own use since 1634. The beer that was permitted to be sold on holidays was a Bock style

which gained local fame. After the abolition of the Neudeck Cloister in 1799, the building was

converted into a penitentiary. Franz Xaver Zacherl, the brewer, purchased the former cloister

brewery and continued the "Starkbier" tradition with the product Salvator, which is Latin for "Saviour".

In 1861 the "Salvatorkeller" (Salvator cellar) was opened upon Nockherberg. In 1928 the brewery

merged with the Gebrüder Thomas brewery creating Paulaner Salvator Thomas Bräu. 1994 saw the

acquisition into the Kulmbacher brewery group with the affiliated producers Plauen and Chemnitz.

A daughter company is the Auer Bräu AG Rosenheim. Paulaner belongs to the BHI (Brau Holding

International AG), a joint venture between Schörghuber Ventures (50.1%) and with the

Netherlands' Heineken N.V. (49.9%)

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