Bürgerbräu Wolnzach, a brewery located in the town of Wolnzach, Hallertau

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Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. has acquired a brewery in Germany, the company announced Friday.

The St. Louis brewery, one of the largest in the region, has purchased Bürgerbräu Wolnzach brewery in Wolnzach, Hallertau, which happens to lie in the region where Urban Chestnut cofounder Florian Kuplent is from.

“Since my apprenticeship as a teenager at Erharting Brauerei (a brewery in Erharting, Germany), I’ve always dreamed of owning my own brewery in Bavaria,” said Kuplent. “I’m thinking we might be a little crazy opening our third brewery in 5 years, which is much sooner than we planned, but the Wolnzach opportunity was too good to pass up.”

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Company officials said they plan to open the Wolnzach brewery later in 2015. Urban Chestnut will use the brewery, which will be the smallest the company operates, to distribute beer in Europe as well to make German-brewed beers for export to the U.S. It will also act as the central point of operations for importing and exporting raw materials, beer, and other goods to and from the U.S.

“Actually owning and operating a brewery in Bavaria will provide us with a solid platform for growth via direct interaction with local beer drinkers and with beer drinkers visiting the Hallertau region during their beer pilgrimages,” said Urban Chestnut co-founder David Wolfe.

Urban Chestnut has been exporting small quantities of beer to Germany since 2013, according to the company. The company currently operates a brewery in The Grove neighborhood, which opened in early 2014, and one in midtown. Urban Chestnut expanded its distribution last year to Columbia, Jefferson City and Kansas City.

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