| Stadtbrauerei Spalt | |
| Location City: | Spalt |
| Location State: | Bavaria |
| Location Country: | (Germany) |
| Coordinates: | 49.1744°N 10.925°W |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 6 |
| Opened: | 1879 |
| Key People: | Bürgermeister Udo Weingart |
| Num Employees: | 50[1] |
The Stadtbrauerei Spalt (Spalt City Brewery in German) is a brewery in the Middle Franconian town of Spalt which was created in the year 1879 through the merger of numerous smaller breweries.[2]
Since 2006, it is the last municipally owned brewery in Germany. For brewing, the local hop variety "Spalter Aromahopfen" is used,[3] [4] which is the town's most important trade good. The history of beer brewing in Spalt can be traced back as far as 1376. The Stadtbrauerei brews in a traditional way without preservatives. The beers are not pasteurised and are kept in cold storage after being filled into bottles.[5] There are 18 different flavours available, brewed after the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516.[6] The ripening takes five to ten weeks.