Holsten Brewery is a German brewing company founded in 1879 in the Altona-Nord quarter of Hamburg. Its Holsten Pils was first imported into the United Kingdom in 1952, a launch credited with creating the UK's premium packaged lager market, and the company grew to operate seven breweries across Germany before its acquisition by the Carlsberg Group in 2004 for 735 million pounds.
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A brewery or alcoholic beverage producer; classified in the atlas alcoholic-beverage-industry.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, located there.
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1. Holsten Brewery - Wikipedia
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Holsten Brewery (Holsten-Brauerei AG) is a brewing company founded in 1879 in what is now Hamburg's Altona-Nord quarter.
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Brewing company
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Hamburg, Germany
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Who owns Holsten Brewery now?
Holsten has been owned by the Carlsberg Group since 2004.
Holsten Brewery was acquired by the Carlsberg Group in 2004 for 735 million pounds. The brewing company was founded in 1879 in Hamburg's Altona-Nord quarter and had grown to operate seven breweries across Germany before the sale.
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