In Hof, the owner is closing the traditional Scherdel brewery at the end of next year. The Kulmbach Group announced that it was no longer possible to operate the brewery profitably. "Together with the Hof employees, we have fought intensively for years to preserve the brewery in Hof," said CEO Jörg Lehmann.
In recent years, however, the situation at the site has come to a head. The Hof brewery has had to accept a sharp drop in sales: The sales volume of Scherdel beers has halved over the past two decades. Kulmbacher had taken over Scherdel in 2003 following the insolvency of Scherdel Privatbrauerei.
