The Gessner private brewery looks back on almost 400 years of tradition and has been brewing the best beers in Sonneberg since 1622. The family business is now run by the 14th generation (currently Manuela and Bernd Schäfer), an experience that you can taste: The traditional expertise, together with crystal clear water from its own well, guarantees the best raw materials from the region and the highest Thuringian brewing art real quality beers. In 1997 a completely new brewery was built in Sonneberg, which is one of the most modern breweries in the industry. With a beverage output of 145,000 hl, we are today the largest private brewery in Thuringia.