The brand name of Schöfferhofer comes from the Mainzer Hofbierbrauerei brewery ‘Zum Schöfferhof’, which merged with the Binding and Frankfurter Bürgerbräu breweries after World War I. Schöfferhofer was first brewed in 1978 – the first wheat beer to be produced outside Bavaria. The brewhouse was the Binding-Brauerei in Kassel, later Binding Brauerei Frankfurt.