The German brewery Kulmbacher Brauerei AG is to take over the private German brewer Privatbrauerei Scherdel, the German press reported today.


Scherdel is situated in Hof, southeastern Germany, and is among the five largest private breweries in Bavaria in terms of beer sales and number of employees. It sells around 100,000 hectolitres of beer a year.

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