Their trademark is a portrait of the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf, who supposedly in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War stopped by the village Krostitz on his way to Leipzig.

Their brewing privilege was granted in 1534 by Duke Georg von Sachsen to Hans Wahl on the Crostitz manor.

The sales figures of beer increased steadily and amounted to 1899 90,352 hectolitres (76,995 US bbl); at that time a staff of 200 was employed in the brewery.

In Leipzig 84 restaurants and 110 beer stores sourced "Crostitzer Lagerbier", "Dunkel", "Bohemian style" and according to season "Bock" or "Märzenbier".

In celebration of the 470 year anniversary, the Ur-Krostitzer Jahresring is given as an award to amateur historians, who concern themselves with the history of the regions Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, since 2004.