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The ownership of the once tiny brewery changed hands many times until 1807 when the Royal Hofbräu brewmaster, Gabriel Sedlmayr, took over the then Munich's smallest brewery, by then known as SpatenSpatenbräu. The still today used logo depicting with a spade symbolising a malt shovel bears his initials. His Sedlmayr's sons continue to run the business and in 1867 Spaten becomes the largest brewery in Munich, as was then measured by malt consumptionuse.

In 1872, Spaten made history by introducing a light-coloured Vienna-style beer at Munich's 1872 Oktoberfest. The Märzenbier beer, known was introduced in the Schottenhamel Festzelt and became an instant success as other beer supplies ran out. The Märzenbier, was originally allowed to be brewed only between September and April and had to be stored in ice cellars until the Oktoberfest. The Märzenbier beer was introduced in the Schottenhamel Festzelt and became an instant success , also known as other beer supplies ran out. The Märzenbier Oktoberbier, is a slightly stronger than usual Helles (lager). It is now more commonly known as Oktoberbier.  In 1922 Spaten and Franziskaner and Löwenbräu unified into one company. In 1972 the group issued public stock for the first time. Through mergers and acquisitions that followed the the Germany German brewery eventually became part of the Belgian-Brazilian Interbrew (Inbew) conglomerate.