The private brewery Heinrich Reissdorf GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1894 by Heinrich Reissdorf in Cologne. It produces a top fermented beer called Reissdorf Kölsch.
Type | GmbH & Co. KG |
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Location | Cologne, Germany |
Coordinates | 50°52′34″N 6°59′39″E / 50.87611°N 6.99417°E |
Opened | 1894 |
Annual production volume | 635,000 hectolitres (541,000 US bbl) in 2011[1] |
Website | reissdorf |
Since 1968, the brewery in Cologne has been advertising on Aachener Straße with a moving neon sign in which a male lifts a glass of Kölsch to his mouth at a 90-degree angle.[2] As the glass is emptied, the man's body fills with Kölsch, represented by neon lights lighting up from bottom to top. The advertisement alternately depicts a male and a female person. As a landmark of Cologne, this is now a listed building.[3]