Radeberger started in 1872 when the brewery was founded as Zum Bergkeller, in Radeberg, a town in the vicinity of Dresden. Radeberger ranks No. 9 among Germany's best selling beers.
History
In 1872 the Aktienbrauerei zum Bergkeller (Joint-stock Brewery at the Berg Cellar) was founded by Gustav Adolf Eduard Philipp together with August Max Rumpelt, Julius Schöne, Carl Hermann Rasche, and Heinrich Eduard Minckwitz.[2] This beer was also brewed for a period for the King of Saxony.[3] It was the first brewery in Germany to brew beer exclusively in the Pilsner style that still exists today.[4] Radeberger elected to change its name to the present name of Radeberger Exportbierbrauerei. This change came in 1885 when they began shipping across borders. By the late 1880s, the brewer's numbers had risen to 300,000 cases per year.[5] The first German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck elevated Radeberger Pilsner to "Kanzler-Bräu" (chancellor brew) in 1887.