Our roots go back to the village of Krombach, which was first mentioned in documents around 1300. An old document proves that beer was already brewed in Krombach in 1618 and was served to resting carters. The Krombach brewery itself was first mentioned in documents in 1803.

The family house brewery benefitted from the location of the village on a thoroughfare between Siegen and the Sauerland. It quickly gained a significance that extended beyond the small town of Krombach. In 1829 there were already contractual relations with the organisers of the riflemen’s festival “Olper Schützenfest”, which today is still supplied with Krombacher beer.

In the following years, the development of the railway network was of enormous importance for the distribution and export of beer. In 1835 the first German railway line ran in Germany on the Nuremberg-Fürth line. The first freight was beer barrels.