Economic Significance
The brewery experienced a doubling of its output in the 1990s under the direction of the new chairman of the board, Norbert Nothelfer, who had previously been employed in a position comparable to governor of a sub-division of a state. This, while noteworthy in itself, is more remarkable in light of the shrinking beer consumption by Germans. The capacity was increased to one million hectoliters of beer. In the business year 2008, the brewery put out 941 000 hectoliters of beer, grossing roughly €89.2 million. 2011 the output was 838 000 hectolitres.
The company is an important employer in the otherwise economically weak area of the south-central Black Forest. In 2008, the brewery employed 230 people and paid €17 million as dividends to it owner, the state of Baden-Württemberg. It also paid €16.7 million's worth of taxes.
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