Recent developments
In 2000, Josef Schrädler took over the management of the brewery.[15] Under his leadership, several expansions and modernisations were carried out in the following years. In 2003, the fermentation cellar for top-fermented beers was extended,[16] and in December 2011, the brewery commissioned a new storage cellar equipped with 15 fermentation and maturation tanks.[17]
In 2017, construction began on a new logistics centre in Clemensänger (Freising), covering a roofed area of 10,700 square metres.[18][19] The relocation of logistics was prompted by a lack of space on the Weihenstephan Hill. Before the new centre was built, this space shortage was temporarily managed by a service provider in Unterschleißheim, from where the products were assembled, packaged and shipped. The construction of the Clemensänger logistics centre was completed at the end of May 2019, after a two-year building phase. It is the largest construction project in the brewery’s history, with an investment of approximately €16 million.[20]
In 2021, a larger dealcoholisation unit was acquired for the production of alcohol-free beers.[21] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the brewery temporarily produced disinfectant for dentists in Bavaria using the ethanol generated during the dealcoholisation process.[22]
From March 2023 to July 2024 a combined cellar housing 24 tanks and a yeast collection tank was constructed. The tanks, which can be used for fermentation, storage, and as pressure vessels, are each between 12 and 13 metres tall and hold between 680 and 1,040 hectolitres.[19]
