name hacker pschorr br u gmbh type limited liability company gesellschaft mit beschr nkter haftung industry brewery founded 1417 headquarters munich germany key people ceo stefan schmale andreas steinfatt owner paulaner group brau holding international number of employees ca. 800 website www.paulanerhpusa.com altes hackerhaus the house restaurant of hacker hacker pschorr is a brewery in munich formed in 1972 out of the merger of two breweries hacker and pschorr . hacker was founded in 1417 99 years before the enactment of the reinheitsgebot purity law of 1516 . as one of six breweries located within munich s city limits its beers are among those served at oktoberfest . contents 1 history 2 beers 2.1 sold in germany 2.2 sold in united states 3 references 4 external links history edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . october 2013 in the late 18th century joseph pschorr bought the hacker brewery from his father in law ; he subsequently founded a separate brewery under his own name . 1 his two sons divided his estate by each taking control of one of the two separate breweries . in 1972 hacker and pschorr merged to form hacker pschorr but the beers were sold as separate brands well after 1975 . when crown prince ludwig i of bavaria was to celebrate his wedding in munich in 1810 he decided it was an occasion for all of bavaria to celebrate . he commissioned josef pschorr then the brewmaster of the hacker pschorr brewery among other munich brewers to develop special brews to commemorate the occasion . a young woman serves litre sized glass mugs ma kr ge of hacker pschorr beer during the 2011 oktoberfest . subsequent annual celebrations evolved into the city of munich s oktoberfest which is attended by over six million people each year who in 2011 consumed over six million litres of beer . 2 by munich law only the six breweries within the city limits of munich are invited to serve their beer at oktoberfest . hacker pschorr is one of the six as is its sister brand paulaner . today s event is held on land donated by josef pschorr . 3 prior to 2009 hacker pschorr was imported to the u.s. via star brand imports based in white plains new york and part of heineken international . 4 in 2009 paulaner hp usa formerly distinguished brands of littleton colorado took over the import business of hacker pschorr and paulaner in the united states . 5 beers edit hacker pschorr produces 15 different products some of them are only seasonally available . hacker pschorr weisse is the most popular of the company s beers . 5 sold in germany edit m nchner hell m nchener gold braumeister pils m nchner dunkel m nchner radler bock bock munchner hubertus bock oktoberfest m rzen anno 1417 animator superior hefe weisse 6 dunkle weisse leichte weisse sternweisse naturtr bes kellerbier sold in united states edit munich gold m nchener gold weisse hefe weisse weisse dark dunkel weisse hubertus bock original oktoberfest oktoberfest m rzen munich dark m nchner dunkel pinis bier dark references edit brewery history . perob.com . archived from the original on 2000 10 31 . retrieved 2013 10 25 . oktoberfest . oktoberfest.de . 2008 09 18 . retrieved 2013 10 15 . http www.bigbeverage.net pdfs paulanerppt.pdf star brand imports archived january 1 1970 at the wayback machine . a b paulanerhpusa home page . paulanerhpusa.com . retrieved 2013 10 15 . age verification required hacker pschorr hefe weisse naturtr b hacker pschorr br u gmbh m nchen germany . beeradvocate . retrieved 2013 10 15 . external links edit hacker pschorr german official u.s. hacker pschorr website official u.s.hacker pschorr blog authority control gnd 2012904 x retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hacker pschorr brewery & oldid 743657993 categories 1417 establishmentsbeer and breweries in bavariabeer brewing companies in germanybeer brands of germanymanufacturing companies based in munichhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles to be expanded from october 2013all articles to be expandedarticles using small message boxesarticles with german language external linkswikipedia articles with gnd identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisitaliano magyarnederlands svenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 16 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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