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Guided Tour of the Brasserie Nationale

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THE BEGINNING

1764

It all began in 1764 with the birth of the Funck brewery, later to become the Funck-Bricher brewery, in the Grund in Luxembourg City. Mathias and Isabelle Lentz, the current directors of Brasserie Nationale and Munhowen, came from this brewing family.

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THE BIRTH OF A NEW BREWERY

1844

Far from the breweries of the capital, Jean-Baptiste Bofferding created the Bofferding brewery in Bascharage in the south of Luxembourg, on the same site where Brasserie Nationale still stands today.

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FOUNDATION OF THE BATTIN BREWERY

1937

Charles Battin, a spirits merchant, founded his own brewery, Brasserie Battin, in Esch/Alzette in 1937.

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BIRTH OF THE BRASSERIE NATIONALE

1975

Brasserie Nationale was born in 1975 from the merger of Brasserie Funck-Bricher and Brasserie Bofferding. The new company, owned equally by the Bofferding and Lentz families, decided to bring all its production facilities together at the Bascharage site and to produce under a single brand name: Bofferding.

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INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNISATION

1986

In 1986, Brasserie Nationale launched a series of modernisation projects to enable production on a larger scale.

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ACQUISITION OF MUNHOWEN DISTRIBUTION

1999

In a bid to reorganise the distribution of its products, in 1999 Brasserie Nationale acquired Munhowen Distribution, which became the sole retailer of the brewery's products.

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ACQUISITION OF THE BATTIN BRAND

2004

The Battin brewery, with which Brasserie Nationale has enjoyed a cordial and commercial relationship for decades, was acquired in 2004. Its production moved to the Bascharage site, while continuing to be produced under the Battin name.

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REBIRTH OF THE FUNCK-BRICHER BRAND

2018

More than 30 years after its disappearance, the Funck-Bricher brand makes a comeback in 2018 with a new low-gluten, organic and vegan beer.

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CREATION OF LODYSS

2020

In 2020, Brasserie Nationale announces the launch of its natural mineral water Lodyss. A water of exceptional quality and purity, it has long been used to brew the brewery's beers.