Mönchguter Hofbrennerei "Zur Strandburg"

Mönchguter Hofbrennerei “Zur Strandburg” was a family-run distillery in Alt Reddevitz on the island of Rügen, established by Thomas Kliesow. The distillery occupied the historic Strandburg property, whose history goes back to a hotel opened in 1904 by Captain Karl Kliesow. Johan Kliesow took over the property in 1910; it was later sold, expropriated in 1953 and used for decades as a holiday facility before eventually returning to private ownership. Conversion of the site for a brewery or distillery began in May 2005, and the company records handmade spirit production there from 2006 onward.

The business developed as an actual production distillery rather than simply a spirits retailer. A 2017 account describes Thomas Kliesow operating two stills and a customs-controlled Verschlussbrennerei, with six members of the family involved in crushing, mashing, distilling, maturation, bottling and labelling. At that time the range comprised around twenty products, including fruit brandies, fruit spirits, liqueurs, whisky and aquavit.

In January 2020, the operation began trading as Störtebeker Brennerei. Thomas Kliesow remained closely involved with the distillery and continued as master distiller after the former family business became part of the Störtebeker operation.