BOFFERDING BEER
The rich history of Bofferding beer spans 9 generations of family owned brewing and tells the story of the largest craft beer and drinks distributor in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It begins with the founding of Brasserie Bofferding in 1842 in Bascharage (where the Brewery of Brasserie Nationale is still located today) by Jean-Baptiste Bofferding. In 1975 the Brasserie Nationale was founded through the fusion of two breweries, the Brasserie Bofferding from Bascharage, and the Brasserie Funck-Bricher, located at the Grund district in Luxembourg City.
After the fusion of the two breweries was completed, the newly founded Brasserie Nationale closed the old brewery at in Grund in Luxembourg-City and relocated its production completely to the Bofferding brewery in Bascharage. They also decided that all beer brewed from then on would be sold under the Bofferding name. Currently, Bofferding carries a wide variety of offerings, including Bofferding Pils, Bofferding Hausbéier (lager), Bofferding Christmas (dark, seasonal beer), Bofferding Fréijoersbéier (unfiltered, spring lager), Bofferding Extra, Bofferding Triple Ale, Bofferding Hop and Bofferding fruitée (featuring fruit additives)
Brasserie Nationale, with its beers Bofferding and Battin, has emerged in 2018 as the clear market leader in Luxembourg, with a share of 56 percent (Bofferding 44 percent and Battin 12 percent) of the sale of local brews – the equivalent of more than 32 million pints. In addition to Luxembourg, around 20 percent of all beer brewed by Brasserie Nationale is exported to foreign countries such as France, Belgium, China (since 2007) and the United States of America (since 2014).
