Overview
- Operations will continue in Hof until the end of 2026 before the site is closed, the company announced.
- Thirty-five employees are affected, with offers of roles at other Kulmbacher locations and support for job placement; apprentices can complete training elsewhere in the group.
- Scherdel-branded beers will remain on the market and be produced to the original recipes at Kulmbacher’s Neuensalz facility in Saxony.
- The fate of the traditional Schlappenbier associated with Hofer Schlappentag remains undecided.
- Kulmbacher attributes the decision to a sales volume that has halved over two decades and sharply higher input costs, reflecting wider pressures on Germany’s beer industry.