The Dortmunder Thierbrauerei was founded in 1854 by Dortmund merchants Wilhelm Hövel, Gustav Thier and Heinrich Sonnenschein as the Hövel, Thier and Co Brewery. After the death of Gustav Thier in 1883 the bewery was taken over by his son Gustav Jnr and renamed as the Thier Brewery. In 1992 the brewery was taken over the DAB Brewery.