beschr nkter haftung location oettingen in bayern germany opened 1333 annual production volume 5.39 million hectolitres 4 590 000 us bbl in 2015 1 owner s dirk kollmar kurt meyer michael mayer employees 1100 oettinger brauerei is a brewery group in germany . oettinger has been germany s best selling beer brand since 2004 when it superseded krombacher with an annual output of 6.21 million hectolitres 5 290 000 us bbl in 2011 . 2 oettinger s headquarters are in oettingen in bayern but there are also breweries in gotha m nchengladbach and braunschweig . contents 1 cheap beer 2 history 3 see also 4 references cheap beer edit oettinger sells large amounts of beer for the lowest possible price . oettinger bought the brewery producing 5 0 original beer in braunschweig a competitor in the same market segment . oettinger is rarely found on tap in pubs and bars most of it is sold bottled in supermarkets . it is also exported in australia it is directly imported by the large woolworths liquor group chain of liquor outlets where it is sold in 330 ml bottles as well as 500 ml cans . 3 oettinger uses several ways to keep beer prices low oettinger does not advertise . 4 oettinger does not involve any intermediaries ; brewery owned trucks deliver directly to stores . the brewing process is highly automated and uses few employees to brew vast amounts of beer . the low price has made this beer brand the most successful one in germany with an output of 6.21 million hectolitres 5 290 000 us bbl in 2011 . in italy oettinger super forte is sold ; a beer providing 8.9 % alcohol by volume . history edit the f rstliche brauhaus zu oettingen prince s brewhouse at oettingen was bought in 1956 by the kollmar family ingrid kollmar 64.5 % g nther kollmar 11.1 % and dirk kollmar 24.4 % and renamed oettinger brauerei gmbh . g nther kollmar still manages the company . all oettinger group beer is brewed in accordance to the reinheitsgebot the german purity law of 1516 one of the oldest and strictest food standards in the world maintained up to the present day . see also edit beer portal companies portal germany portal german breweries top ten list of brewing companies in germany references edit wikimedia commons has media related to oettinger beer . biermarken in deutschland . aktiongutesbier.de . n.d. retrieved 2016 10 12 . die beliebtesten deutschen biermarken handelsblatt online 23 july 2012 dan murphy s. international beer . bier vom billigheimer oettinger marktf hrer ohne werbung . der spiegel . 7 august 2009 . retrieved 5 february 2010 . quote the term cheap beer is actually almost a disqualification . but it s only an attempt . everything that is marketed well and market adjusted in germany is suddenly called cheap . aldi is cheap ikea is cheap the bild newspaper is cheap oettinger beer is cheap . nobody wants it it s dishwater but everybody drinks it . our success proves us right . and he adds with an allusion to advertisements from his competitors beck s and licher every time when your tv program has become interesting to a degree you see the ship or the commercial or some kingfisher . we have a low opinion of that . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oettinger brauerei & oldid 743998862 categories 1333 establishmentsbeer brewing companies in germanybeer brands of germanyhidden categories commons category with local link different than on wikidata 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 ais italianonederlandspolskiportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 13 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view