de Bassus Schloßbrauerei zu Sandersdorf Schambachtal GmbH

Name: de Bassus Schloßbrauerei zu Sandersdorf Schambachtal GmbH
Address: Nürnberger Str. 13, Altmannstein, Bayern, 93336, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)9446 902930

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Place Category: BreweriesPlace Tags: Beer

As the name suggests, before the brewery there was a palace or rather a castle in Sandersdorf, whose roots go back to the Middle Ages, built by the Lords of Sandersdorf. The brewery was founded in 1550, when the fortress was owned by the Muggenthal family. Back then, brewing took place directly in the castle. In 1650, the castle and brewery came into the possession of Johann Jakob Lossius, who bequeathed both to Dominikus de Bassus in 1675 – the era of the noble family of Barons de Bassus in Sandersdorf began. To this day, the name “de Bassus” is inextricably linked to the castle and the brewery.
Under the leadership of the barons, the brewery was moved to the shady northern slope at the foot of the rock in 1946 for reasons of space. The storage cellars for the beer were dug deep into the rock. This not only cools the beers naturally, but also gives Sandersdorf beers their special taste to this day.
The beer output of the de Bassus Schlossbrauerei Sandersdorf rose to around 20,000 hectoliters in the best times and the beers were exported internationally. Until 1995 the brewery was owned by the Barons de Bassus. In the following years it was continued to be operated by various private owners. Since January 1, 2019, the castle brewery has been in the hands of master brewers Leonhard Salleck and Jacob Horsch, who are ushering in a new era in Sandersdorf, but without forgetting the history: only organic beer is now brewed here – under the old name and that old signet of the “de Bassus Schlossbrauerei Sandersdorf”.