Guild House, I: Re-roofed with the support of VLB Alumni Association

Since 2008, the guild house on the grounds at Seestrasse 13 in Berlin-Wedding has served as a meeting place for students, friends and alumni of VLB Berlin, and also as a venue for the Berlin Brewers' Guild. After about 15 years, the wooden roof had become heavily weathered and leaking. With financial support of ehem. VLBer (VLB Alumni Association), the roof was professionally renewed last fall.

(BF) The general meeting of the VLB Alumni Association decided on July 8, 2022 in Berlin to financially support the urgently needed renovation work on the guild house’s roof. In the meantime, the work was carried out by a roofing company. Among other things, they included the disposal of the old roof covering, the repair of the wooden substructure, various roof plumbing works and the covering of the entire area with new bitumen rectangular shingles. Additional supports for the rear roof overhang were also installed. The work was completed at the beginning of November 2022. The costs of around € 15 000 were covered by ehem. VLBer. “We are pleased that the ’Zunfthaus’ can thus continue to be maintained as a popu - lar meeting place for students and alumni,” says Klaus Niemsch, first chairman of VLB Alumni Association.

Burghard Meyer, head of the Berlin Brewers’ Guild, expressed his thanks for the help: “The renovation was urgently needed and we thank the Association for their support. We would like to bring their members and the Berlin Brewers Guild closer together in the near future. The guild house is an important part of our joint association work in this regard.”

The building was erected in 1913 for the study of sour feed production at the site of Seestrasse 13 and was known as the “Sauerhaus”. It survived the destruction of World War 2 and was used as a warehouse for a long time. In 2008 it was renovated by a group of students with their own efforts. Since then, the guild house has served as a popular meeting place on the campus of the VLB and TU Berlin.

Guild House, II: Radeberger hands over new counter

Official handover of the new bar at the guild house in Berlin: Wolfhard Buß, BerlinerKindl-SchultheissBrauerei (l.), Wolfgang Janssen and Franck Bleckmann (m.), both Radeberger, with a delegation from VLB Berlin and Preussische Spirituosen Manufaktur

Following the roof renovation last fall, the “Zunfthaus” at VLB Berlin also got a new bar. The facility was provided by the Radeberger Group and officially handed over in January.

(BF) In test operation already since December, it was officially handed over on January 24, 2023 – the modern and fully equipped new taproom in the Guild House on the VLB premises at Seestrasse

13 in Berlin-Wedding. Also present were Wolfgang Janssen, Head of the Technology Department of the Radeberger Group, Frank Bleckmann, Sales Director Catering National of the Radeberger Group, and Wolfhard Buß, Managing Director of the Berliner-KindlSchultheiss Brewery. After a brief temperature check, the go-ahead was given for the tap system. Equipped with a cooling system for kegs, drawers, glass rinsing devices and a modern stainless steel dispensing column with two taps, the system replaces an old counter that could no longer be repaired sensibly. The new bar is embedded in a rustic oak counter that found its way to Berlin from Rostock several years ago.

Burghard Meyer, head of the Berlin Brewers’ Guild, and VLB Managing Director Dr. Josef Fontaine are delighted with the permanent loan: “We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Radeberger Group for its support. This means that our guild house once again has up-to-date dispensing technology that will benefit our guests and students.” The guild house has served as a meeting place for students, friends and alumni of VLB Berlin and as a venue for the Berlin Brewers’ Guild since 2008.