Störtebecker Aquavit
Hamburg, Germany
- ABV
- 40%
- Base spirit
- Unknown
- Color
- Clear
- Style
- Unaged Aquavit
Störtebecker Aquavit was a German aquavit associated with Lobuschkellerei GmbH in Hamburg and bottled at 40% ABV in a 700 ml green glass bottle. The label describes it as a Kümmel-Klarer made with fine herbal distillates and characterizes it as würzig und mild — spicy and mild. It also explains the word aquavit through the Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”) and recommends serving the spirit well chilled.
The product was made according to a Scandinavian-style recipe. Archived Aldi Süd advertising from 2006 and 2007 describes Störtebecker as a mildly spiced caraway spirit with fine herbal distillates, made according to traditional methods.
Störtebecker Aquavit was repeatedly offered by Aldi Süd during the mid-2000s. It appears in an Aldi Süd offer from September 2004 and is again documented in advertisements from 2005, 2006 and 2007, generally at €5.99 for a 700 ml bottle.
The maritime presentation consists of a sailing ship, rope-style borders and the Störtebecker name. The spelling refers to a documented historical variant of the name associated with the North German pirate Klaus Störtebeker, a figure particularly connected in later tradition with Hamburg and the North and Baltic Seas.
About the producer
Lobuschkellerei GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
Lobuschkellerei had roots in Hamburg-Altona well before the later GmbH was entered in the commercial register. A 1962 advertisement presents Lobusch Kellerei as a specialist retailer for wines, liqueurs and spirits, with branches at Lobuschstraße 19 in Altona and two addresses in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel.
The later Lobuschkellerei GmbH was registered in Hamburg on 15 March 1983; Bernhard Matthiesen Lobuschkellerei GmbH is recorded as an earlier company name. Its registered activities included the manufacture and trade of spirits as well as wine importing and trading. The commercial-register history also records a control and profit-transfer agreement with BORCO-MARKEN-IMPORT Matthiesen dated 11 December 1981, linking Lobuschkellerei closely with the Hamburg-based BORCO spirits group.
In later years the company operated from Winsbergring in Hamburg and handled a broad range of spirits and private-label products; trade listings document numerous brands and products supplied to retailers including Aldi Süd. BORCO was sold by the Matthiesen family to Stock Spirits in 2023, and Lobuschkellerei GmbH was ultimately deleted from the Hamburg commercial register on 19 September 2025.