Astra has become a veritable "Kultbier" and is firmly attached to St.Pauli and the whole scene.
The roots go back to 1647, when a Dutchman named Peter Voss started brewing in Altona. His brewery eventually became the Brauerei Bavaria in 1897, which merged with the Actien-Brauerei St.Pauli in 1922. The brewery was slated to be closed in the late 1990s, but Holsten Brewery stepped in and saved the Hamburg institution.
| Full Name | Bavaria-St.Pauli Brauerei GmBH |
| Address |
Hopfenstr. 15, 20359 Hamburg Phone: (0171) 4903858 |
| Website | www.hamburger-marktplatz.de/kunden/bavaria |
| Slogan | "Astra - Was dagegen ?" ("Astra - Got something against it?") |
| Production | Over 1,000,000 hl |
| Beers | Astra Pils, Astra Urtyp, Ratsherrn Pilsener,Dübelsbrücker Dunkel, Grenzquell Pilsener, Astra Alsterwasser (w/ lemonade) |
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| Soccer Clubs | FC St.Pauli, Altona Hamburg |
| Tasting Notes | ratebeer generally gives below average ratings. Beertest hates the Pils ("Scheißbier"), but gives the Urtyp OK marks. |
(c) Abseits Guide to Germany : www.abseits-soccer.com