Breweries in the former DDR
their history - their beers - statistics


Introduction

Index
DDR Brewery Statistics
German Brewery Statistics
Brandenburg Breweries
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Breweries
Thüringen Breweries
Sachsen Breweries
Sachsen-Anhalt Breweries
Berlin Breweries
This is a list of the breweries currently operating in the six states of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland which formerly comprised the DDR.

In 1989, the last year before the fall of the old DDR regime, total beer production was 24 million hl. Unification and, more particularly currencey union with West Germany, caused a dramatic fall to just 7.5 million hl in 1991.

Unsurprisingly, many breweries were unable to survive such drastic developments and there were many closures in the early 90's. With the rekindling of interest in local products in the East, the situation has considerably improved since. At a time when in Germany as a whole beer ouput is declining, the only states to have shown any growth are in the East. In the year 2000, production was back up to around 20 million hl.

For those historically-minded, here's a ist of all DDR breweries that ever existed.


Breweries in the former DDR
Statistics



Beer Production by state (in 1000 hl)
State 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Berlin/Brandenburg 4,349 4,383 4,221 3,933 3,724 3,800 3,782 3,609 3,801
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1,829 1,973 2,131 1,517 1,959 2,500 2,099 2,746 3,096
Sachsen 7,118 7,681 7,807 8,325 8,439 8,400 8,460 8,646 8,740
Sachsen-Anhalt 1,831 2,154 2,267 2,302 2,382 2,100 2,592 2,990 2,965
Thüringen 2,394 2,600 2,670 3,084 3,127 4,100 4,000 3,548 3,579
DDR 17,532 18,791 19,096 19,221 19,631 20,900 20,933 21,539 22,181
All Germany 114,200 114,800 111,700 112,800 110,400 108,500 108,400 105,568 105,804
Source:
1996-2002: Deutscher Brauer-Bund
2003-2004: Brauwelt Brevier 2005, p.62


Numer of breweries by state
state
 1976 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Berlin/Brand. - 23@ 26@ 26@ 20@ 22* 27* 32 33 31 35 34 34 36 38
Sachsen - 40@ 34@ 33@ 32@ 32* 34* 38 45 50 51 56 56 54 55
Mecklenburg/Vorp.   9@ 7@ 7@ 6@ 9* 9* 11 11 12 14 17 18 19 18
Sachsen-Anhalt - 20@ 16@ 15@ 13@ 13* 13* 12 13 16 15 15 18 18 18
Thuringen - 51@ 45@ 41@ 45@ 46* 48* 52 43 43 41 40 42 43 43
DDR - 133 128 122 116 122 131 145 145 152 156 162 168 170 172
All Germany - 1356@ 1365@ 1319@ 1278@ 1243* 1234* 1273 1285 1281 1279 1298 1287 1275 1274
Sources:
Deutscher Brauer-Bund, Bonn.
* Brauwelt Brevier 1998
@ Die Deutsche Brauwirtschaft in Zahlen, 1994


Largest Schwarzbier producers (hl)
Beer/brewery 2001 2003 2004
Köstritzer Schwarzbier 431,000# 450,200 445,497
König Ludwig Dunkel   113,000 100,000
Radeberger Gruppe (total)
Krusovice 		  90,000*
45,000*		 100,000*
55,000*
Münchbräu Eibau Schwarzbier   70,000 70,000
Kulmbacher Brauereien   26,000 31,000
Inbev   30,000* 30,000*
Oettinger Schwarzbier   24,000 26,430
Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle   24,000 25,000
Schwarzer Steiger (Holsten Gruppe)   30,000* 25,000*
Jever Dark   39,000 21,000
Source:
Brauwelt 16-17, 2005, p.501
* estimated
# Köstritzer website



Breweries in the former DDR
Brandenburg


Brauhaus und Pension Babben
Brauhausgasse 2,
03222 Lübbenau.
Tel.: 03542 - 2126
Fax: 03542 - 872 627
Email: mail@babben-bier.de
http://www.babben-bier.de

Founded: 1670 (1996)
Annual production: 400 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pils     Pils.  
Spezialbier     Dark lager.  
Weizen     Wheat beer. Seasonal.  
Märzen     Amber lager - Märzen. Seasonal.  
Bockbier     Bock. Seasonal.  
Festbier     Seasonal - Christmas.  

Microbrewery.

The brewery was bought by brewer Erich Babben in 1928 and named "Erich Babben Stadtbrauerei Lübbenau". In 1962 the state took a stake in the brewery and it was renamed "Erich Babben KG Stadtbrauerei Lübbenau". In 1972 the brewery was nationalised as "VEB Stadtbrauerei Lübbenau". Brewing stopped after the mashtun broke in 1974, though soft drinks were still produced. In 1996 a 50 hl brewery was installed. This was such a success that it was replaced with a 5 hl installation in 1998.


Braumanufaktur Forsthaus Templin
Templiner Straße 102,
14473 Potsdam.
Telefon: 033209 - 217979
Fax: 033209 - 217980
http://www.braumanufaktur.de/

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Braumanufaktur Pils     Pils. Unfiltered.  
Braumanufaktur Lager     Unfiltered.  
Braumanufaktur Potsdamer Stange     A pre-war beer style, named after the tall glasses in which it was served. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Sun-Thur 11:00 - 23:00,
Fri-Sat 11:00 - 01:00


Hofbrauhaus Krongut Bornstedt
Ribbeckstr. 6-7,
14469 Potsdam.
Tel.: 0331 - 550 65 0
Fax: 0331 - 550 65 15
http://www.krongut-bornstedt.de/

Founded: 2002
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Bornstedter Büffel     Braunbier. Top-fermented.  

Brewpub.


KavalierHäuser Schloss Königs Wusterhausen Hofbrauerei
Schlossplatz 1,
15711 Königs Wusterhausen.
Tel: 03375 - 212 090
Fax: 03375 - 212 0950
Email: info@schloss-koenigs-wusterhausen.de
www.schloss-koenigs-wusterhausen.de

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Wusterhausener Zwölfende     Amber, top-fermenting beer.  

Brewpub in a castle.


Kircher Brauhaus GmbH
Brauhausstr.43,
03116 Drebkau.
Tel.: 035602 - 701
Fax.: 035602 - 22388
Email: kircher@t-online.de
Homepage: http://www.brauerei-kircher.de/

Founded: 1760 (1998)
Annual production: 3,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Kirchers Pils     Pils.  
Kirchers Dunkle     Dark lager.  

Brepub.

The brewery became the Schloßbrauerei Drebkau in 1870 and was owned by the Reeka family until 1949, when it was bought by Hildegard Kircher. Her father, Anton Kircher, had been a brewer since 1898 and ran the Bayrische Brauerei in Cottbus. In 1972 the brewery in Drebkau was nationalised, but it was repurchased by Hildegard Kircher's sons in 1992. Production recomenced in 1998.


Landskron Brauhaus Cottbus
Bahnhofstraße 14/ 15,
03046 Cottbus.
Tel.: 03 55 - 494 56 91
Fax: 03 55 - 494 56 92
http://www.landskron.de/brauhaus/index.html

Founded: 1869
Annual production: 200,000 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Landskron Pupen-Schultzes Schwarzes 3.9% 9.5º Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Landskron Hell 4.7% 11.3º Pale lager - Helles.  
Landskron Premium Pilsner 4.8% 11.6º Pils.  
Landskron Lausitzer Kindl 4.8% 11.6º Pils.  
Landskron Hefeweizen 5.2% 12.8º Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Landskron Ein Schlesier 5.2% 13º Pale lager - Export.  
Landskron Winterhopfen 5.5% 13.5º Amber lager. Seasonal - Winter.  
Landskron Maibock/Goldbock 6.2% 16.3º Pale Bock. Seasonal - March-June, September-January.  

Independent brewery. Repurchased by the Scheller family in 1992.


Brauhaus “Zur Linde”
Lindenstraße 1,
03197 Jänschwalde.
Tel: (03 56 07) 5 02
Fax: (03 56 07) 5 09

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Brewpub.


UBG-Uckermärker Brauerei GmbH
Dorfstr. 43,
16230 Golzow.
Tel.: 03334 - 420557
Fax.: 03334 - 429202
Email:
http://www.choriner.de/

Founded:
Annual production: 1,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Choriner Classic 5%   Lightly hopped Pils.  
Choriner Herb 5%   Heavily hopped Pils.  
Choriner Dunkel 5%   Dark lager.  
Choriner Schwarzbier 5%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Choriner Weizenbier 5%   Wheat beer. Seasonal - Summer.  
Choriner Maibock 6.4%   Pale Bock. Seasonal - Spring.  
Choriner Oktoberbock 6.4%   Bock. Seasonal - October  
Choriner Weihnachtsbier     Seasonal - Christmas.  

Brewpub. The beers are also available in Öko- (organic) versions and unfiltered versions.


Meierei - Brauhaus
Im Neuen Garten 10,
14469 Potsdam.
Tel 0331 - 704 32 11
Fax 0331 -704 32 13

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Meierei Hell     Unfiltered pale lager.  
Meierei Spezial     Unfiltered dark lager.  
Schwarzbier     Dark lager - Schwarzbier. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  
Märzen     Amber lager - Märzen. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  
Maibock     Pale Bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal - Spring.  
Herbstbock     Dark Bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal - Autumn.  
Weihnachtsfestbier     Seasonal - Christmas.  

Brewpub.


Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle GmbH
Brauhausplatz 1,
15898 Neuzelle.
Tel.: 033652 - 8100
Fax: 033652 - 81070
http://www.neuzeller-bier.de/

Founded: 1589
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Schwarzer Abt 3.9% 12° Dark lager - Schwarzbier. The cause of a long dispute between the brewery and the government. Finally it was ruled that it can be called "Bier", despite being bottom-fermented and using sugar. Hopefully another nail in the coffin of the Reinheitsgebot.  
Mönchspils 4.8% 11° Pils.  
Bibulibus 4.8% 11° Unfiltered pale lager.  
Winzerbier 4.9% 11° Pale lager.  
Schlaubetaler Landbier 4.1%   Pale lager.  
Klostermalz 1.8% 11° Malzbier.  
Bock 6.2% 16° Pale Bock.  
Original Badebier     Dark lager. Unfiltered. Designed to be either drunk or bathed in (I'm not kidding).  
Kirschbier     Bock with cherry juice.  
Anti Aging Bier     Sounds like wishful thinking to me.  
Closter Zell 6.3% 16° Pale Bock.  
Schwarzbier Extra Stark 7% 18º Schwarzbier Bock.  
Marathon Beer 4.8%   Pils. Enriched with L-Carnitin.  
Schwarzbier Extra Stark 7% 18º Schwarzbier Bock.  

Independent brewery. A brewery with some interesting, some dubious and some plain weird products.


Frankfurter Brauhaus
Lebuser Chaussee 3,
15234 Frankfurt (Oder).
Tel: 0335 661 - 967
Fax: 0335 661 - 914
Email: kontakt@frankfurter-brauhaus.de
http://frankfurter-brauhaus.de/

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Frankfurter Pilsener 5.2%   Pils.  
Frankfurter Export 5.2%   Pale lager - Export  
Pilsator Pilsener 5%   Pils. Pilsator - now there's a name that evokes some memories.  

The former Oderland Brauerei which was closed in 2003 and reopened a year later after a management buyout. The largest brewery in Brandenburg. Produces "own-label" supermarket brands in addition to the beers listed.


Frankfurts Brauhaus "Der Oderspeicher"
Hanewald 9,
15230 Frankfurt a.d. Oder.
Tel.: 0335 - 535885
Fax: 0335 - 535887
http://www.der-oderspeicher.de/

Founded: 1992 *** CLOSED 2003 ***
Annual production: 500 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Speicher Pils     Pils.  
Speicher Dunkel     Dark lager. Brewed with hemp flowers.  
Speicher Hefeweizen     Wheat beer. Unfiltered.  
Speicher Maibock     Pale bock.  

Brewpub.


Oderland - Brauerei GmbH
Lebuser Chausee 3,
15234 Frankfurt a.d. Oder.
Tel.: 0335 - 6610
Fax: 0335 - 661914
http://come.to/oderland-brauerei

Founded: 1969 *** CLOSED 2003 ***
Annual production: 310,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Spitzkrug Märkisches Pils 4.9%   Pils.  

Since 1991owned by the Berliner Schultheiss-Brauerei.

The brewery closed December 31st 2003. Restarted in 2004 as Frankfurter Brauhaus.


Privatbrauerei Preussen Pils GmbH
Meyenburger Tor 3 - 5,
16928 Pritzwalk.
Tel.: 03395 - 30540
Fax: 03395 - 305490 / 92
http://www.preussenpils.de/

Founded: 1795
Annual Production: 30,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pritzwalker Schraube Pilsener 4.8% 11.2° Pils.  
Bärenquell Pilsener Spezial 4.8% 11.3° Pils.  
Brandenburger Pilsener Landbier 4.8% 11.5° Pils.  
Preussen Pils Premium 4.9% 11.5° Pils.  
Brandenburger Dunkles Bauernbier 4.9% 11.5° Dark lager.  
Preussen Schwarzbier Premium 5.2% 12.5° Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Brandenburger Export 5.4% 12° Pale lager - Export.  
Brandenburger Dunkler Bock 6.9% 16.5° Dark bock.  

Independent brewery. 1945-89 part of VEB Getränkekombinat Potsdam. Its beer had a very good reputation during the DDR period.


Kneipe Pur
Lewaldstr. 23,
14774 Plaue.
Tel: 03381 -403466
http://www.kneipepur.de/

Founded: 1999
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Wirtshausbrauerei Radigk
Sonnewalderstr. 13,
03238 Finsterwalde.
Tel.: 03531 - 2286
Fax: 03531 - 709938
EMail: info@radigks.de
www.radigks.de

Founded:
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Radigk's Pilsener 5.1% 12.5° Pils. Unfiltered.  
Radigk's Spezial     Dark lager. Unfiltered.  
Radigk's "111" 7% 16° Dark lager. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  
Radigk's Radikator 6.8% 16.2° Bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Tue-Sat 18:00 - ,
Sun 12:00 - ,
Monday closed.


Privatbrauerei Rheinsberg "Zum Alten Brauhaus"
Rhinhöher Weg 1,
16831 Rheinsberg.
Tel.: 033931 - 72088
Fax: 033931 - 72081
http://www.brauerei-rheinsberg.de

Founded 1906
Annual production: 2,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Rheinsberger Kronprinzen-Pils     Pils. Unfiltered.  
Rheinsberger Kronprinzen-Pils     Pils. Filtered.  
Rheinsberger Kronprinzen-Pils Dunkel     Dark lager. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub. From 1961 to 1990 VEB Brauhaus Rheinsberg. A former dairy where it was first brewed in 1906. In 1994 the old brewhouse was converted into a brewpub. The smallest brewery in Brandenburg.

Open daily from 11:00.


Gasthaus Sieben Brunnen
Brunnen Str. 2
03238 Finsterwalde
Tel.: 03531 8526
http://www.kegelhalle.de/

Founded: 2002
Annual production:

Brewpub in a skittle alley.


Spreewälder Privatbrauerei
Dorfstr.53,
15910 Schleßzig.
Tel.: 035472 - 6620
Fax.: 035472 - 473
Email: spreewaldbrauerei@t-online.de
http://www.spreewaldbrauerei.de/

Founded: 1998
Annual production: 1,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Spreewälder Weissbier 5% 12.5º Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
"Spreelator" Spreewälder Doppelbock 7.4% 17.5º Dark Doppelbock.  

Brewpub. Also a distillery.


Schloßbrauerei Dessow GmbH
Neuruppinerstr. 2,
16845 Dessow.
Tel.: 033974 - 650
Fax: 033974 - 65145

Founded: 1867
Annual Production: 261.000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Märkisches Pils 4.9% 11.5º Pils. Bitterness 30 EBU.  
Kyritzer Mord und Totschlag 5.3%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Märkisches Export 5.4% 12.3º Pale lager - Export.  
Märkisches Urbräu 5.6% 12º Pale lager - Spezial. Bitterness 24 EBU.  
Märkischer Bock 6.8% 16.3º Bock. Bitterness 18 EBU.  

Owned by Oettinger Brauerei.


Schloßbrauerei GmbH Fürstlich Drehna
Lindenplatz 10,
03246 Fürstlich Drehna.
Tel.: 035324 - 431
Fax: 035324 - 605
http://www.bartzsch.de/brauerei/

Founded: 1745 *** CLOSED 2000 ***
Annual production: 15,000 hl (2000)

Independent brewery.


Schloßbrauerei Wiesenburg GmbH
Neuenhüttenerstr 1,
14827 Wiesenburg.
Tel.: 033849 7900

Founded:
Annual production:

Nationalised in 1952 as VEB Schloßbrauerei. In 1972 it became VEB GK Potsdam Werk Wiesenburg. Privatised in 1990 as Schloßbrauerei Wiesenburg


Turm Gasthaus - Brauerei GmbH
Heinersdorfer Damm 1 - 11,
16303 Schwedt / Oder.
Tel.: 03332 4430
Fax: 03332 443111
info@turmhotel-schwedt.de
http://www.turmhotel-schwedt.de/

Founded: 1995
Annual production: 1,500 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Schwedter Turmbräu        

Pub, hotel and brewery housed in an old water tower and its adjacent buildings.


Luckenwalder Spezialitäten Brauerei
Haag 11,
14943 Luckenwalde.
Tel.: 03371 - 632012
Fax: 03371 - 632923

Founded: 1865
Annual production: 4,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Luckenwalder Pils     Pils.  
Luckenwalder Goldsiegl     Pale lager.  
Luckenwalder Bock     Bock.  

Independent brewery.


Worrich's Pub - 1. Forster Brauhaus
Albertstraße 20,
03149 Forst.
Tel.: 03562 - 98 41 22

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Schwarze Jule     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Tue-Sun 18:00 - ,
Monday closed.




Breweries in the former DDR
Mecklenburg - Vorpommern


Braugasthaus " Zum Alten Fritz "
Markt 13,
17489 Greifswald.
Tel.: 03834 - 578320
http://www.stralsunder.de/gastron.html

Founded:
Annual production:

Brewpub. Owned by the Stralsunder Brauerei. Visitors have expressed doubt as to whether brewing really takes place in the Alten Fritz pubs.


Braugasthaus " Zum Alten Fritz "
Warnaufer 65,
18057 Rostock.
Tel.: 0381 - 208780
http://www.stralsunder.de/gastron.html

Founded:
Annual production:

Brewpub. Owned by the Stralsunder Brauerei. Visitors have expressed doubt as to whether brewing really takes place in the Alten Fritz pubs.


Braugasthaus " Zum Alten Fritz "
Greifswalder Chaussee 84-85,
18435 Stralsund.
Tel.: 03831- 255500
Fax: 03831 - 255513
http://www.stralsunder.de/gastron.html

Founded:
Annual production:

Brewpub. Owned by the Stralsunder Brauerei. Visitors have expressed doubt as to whether brewing really takes place in the Alten Fritz pubs.


Braugasthaus " Zum Alten Fritz "
im Hotel meerSinn
Schillerstraße 8,
18609 Binz.
Tel: 03 83 93 / 663 -333
Fax: 03 83 93 / 663 -344
info@alter-fritz.de
http://www.meersinn.de/

Founded:
Annual production:

Brewpub. Owned by the Stralsunder Brauerei. Visitors have expressed doubt as to whether brewing really takes place in the Alten Fritz pubs.


Brauhaus am alten Schlachthof
Rostocker Straße 33,
17033 Neubrandenburg.
Tel: 0395 - 563 0789
http://www.schlemmer-card-paket.de/html/brauhaus_am_alten_schlacht.html

Founded: 2002
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Alten Schlachthof Hell     Unfiltered pale lager - Helles.  
Alten Schlachthof Dunkel     Unfiltered dark lager.  
Alten Schlachthof Weizen     Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Sun 17:00 -


Brauscheune Rumpelstilz
Dorfstr. 19,
18442 Krummenhagen.
Tel: 03827 - 61334
Fax: 03827 - 61346
http://www.rumpelstilz-brauscheune.de/

Founded: 2002
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Burgwall Bräu
Lindenalle 54,
17291 Warnitz.

Founded: 1998
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Darguner GmbH
Brauereistr. 3,
17159 Dargun.
Tel.: 039959 - 3010
Fax: 039959 - 30161
Email: Info@dargun.de
Homepage: http://www.brauerei-dargun.de/

Founded:
Annual production: 450,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Darguner Schwarzbier 4.8%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Darguner Pilsener 5%   Pils.  
Darguner Klosterbräu Dunkel 5.2%   Dark lager.  
Darguner Klosterbräu Premium 5.2%   Pale lager.  
Darguner Klosterbräu Weihnachtsbier 5.2%   Seasonal - Christmas.  

Owned by the Danish brewery Harboe.


Kellerbräu (in Hotel Seestern)
Seestr. 14,
17419 Seebad Ahlbeck.
Tel.: 038378 - 670
Fax: 038378 - 67 100
E-Mail: Hotel-Seestern-Ahlbeck@t-online.de
Homepage: http://www.seestern-ahlbeck.kaiserbaeder.de/

Founded: 1997
Annual production:

Brewpub in a seafront hotel on the island of Usedom.


Gasthaus "Kliesow' s Reuse" Erste Rügener Gasthausbrauerei
Alt Reddevitz 23a,
18586 Middelhagen.
Tel.: 038308 - 2171
Fax.: 038308 - 25527
E-Mail: Gasthof-Kliesows-Reuse@ruegenferien.de
http://gasthof-kliesows-reuse.de

Founded: 1998
Annual production: ca. 300 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Reusenbräu Dunkel     Dark lager. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub on the island of Rügen.


Landgasthof Zur Linde
Dorfstraße 20,
18586 Middelhagen.
Tel: 038 308 - 5540
Fax: 038 303 - 55490
E-Mail: ferien@zur-linde-ruegen.de
http://www.zur-linde-ruegen.de/

Founded: 2000
Annual production:

Brewpub on the island of Rügen.


Brauhaus am Lohberg GmbH
Kleine Hohe Straße 15,
23966 Wismar.
Tel.: 03841 - 250238
Fax: 03841 - 250238
eMail: info@brauhaus-wismar.de
Homepage: http://www.brauhaus-wismar.de

Founded: 1996
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Wismarer Pilsener 4.8% 11.8° Pils.  
Roter Eric 4.8% 11.8° Amber lager.  
Wismarer Mumme 4.8% 11.8° Dark lager.  
Herbstfestbier 5.8% 13.8 ° Seasonal - Autumn.  
Weihnachtsbier 5.8% 13.8 ° Seasonal - Christmas.  
Maibock 6.9% 16.5 ° Pale bock. Seasonal - Spring.  

Brewpub.


Mecklenburgische Brauerei Lübz GmbH
Parchimerstr. 31,
19386 Lübz.
Tel.: 038731 - 360
Fax: 038731 - 36293
http://www.luebzer.de/

Founded: 1877
Annual production: 740,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Lübzer Pils 4.9%   Pils.
Hop, pepper, spicy and citrus aroma; bitterish taste with pepper and butter aromas; bitterish finish with grass and butter aromas.
Not a bad hop aroma, but too thin the mouth. At least it has no off flavours.		 41
Lübzer Export 5.4%   Pale lager - Export.  
Lübzer Bock 7%   Dark Bock.  

Since 1991 owned by Holsten-Brauerei AG.


Ostsee- Brauhaus AG
Strandstr. 41,
18225 Kühlungsborn.
Tel.: 038293 - 4060
Fax.: 038293 - 40630
http://www.ostsee-brauhaus.de/

Founded: 1999
Annual production: 1,300 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Kühlungsbräu Helles 4.9% 11.7º Pale lager - Helles.  
Trotzenburger Weizenbier 5.1% 12.3º Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Kühlungsbräu Osterbier 4.9% 11.7º Pils. Seasonal - Easter.  
Kühlungsbräu Maibock 6.8% 16.3º Pale Bock. Seasonal - Spring.  
Kühlungsbräu Festbier 5.1% 12.3º Dark lager. Seasonal - October.  
Kühlungsbräu Weihnachts- & Winterbier 5.1% 12.3º Dark lager - Schwarzbier. Seasonal - Winter.  

Brewpub.


Rostocker Brauerei GmbH
Doberanerstr. 27,
18057 Rostock.
Tel.: 0381 - 456450
Fax: 0381 - 4564611
Email: info@rostocker.de
http://www.rostocker-brauerei.de/

Founded: 1878
Annual production: 389,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Rostocker Pils 4.9% 11.2° Pils.
Very pale yellow colour with an uneven, large-bubbled head; metal, tobacco and grass aroma; bitter taste with grass, resin and pepper aromas; bitter finish with tobacco, resin and pepper aromas.
Pleasantly hoppy and bitter. Not bad for an industrial Pils.
Tasted 20/06/2006.		 48
Rostocker Dunkel 4.9% 11.6º Dark lager. Draught only.  
Rostocker Export 5.5% 12.3° Pale lager - Export.  
Rostocker Helles Bockbier 6.9% 16.2° Pale bock.  
Rostocker Dunkles Bockbier 6.9% 16.2° Dark bock.  
Rostocker Freibeuter 9% 19.7° Doppelbock  

The brewery was owned for a time by Beck's of Bremen. After Beck's were taken over by Inbev of Belgium, the Rostock plant was sold on to Brau & Brunnen in late 2002.


Zweite Schweriner Schloßbrauerei GmbH
Schwerinerstr. 61,
19061 Schwerin.
Tel.: 0385 - 68680
Fax: 0385 - 6868149

Founded:
Annual production: 418,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Schweriner Pilsener 4.9%   Pils.  
Mecklenburger Landbier 5.1%   Pale lager.  
Schweriner Export 5.5%   Pale lager - Export.  
Petermännchen 5.6%   Pale lager.  
Schweriner Bock 7.1%   Amber Bock.  

Owned by Oettinger.


Zum Stadtkrug - Altstadtbrauhaus
Wismarsche Straße 126,
19053 Schwerin.
Tel.: 0385 / 5936693
Fax: 0385 / 5936694
Email: info@altstadtbrauhaus.de
www.altstadtbrauhaus.de

Founded: 2001
Annual production: 500 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Altstadtbräu Hell     Pale lager.  
Altstadtbräu Dunkel     Dark lager.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon-Sun 11:30 -

Here's a report from Steve Peck:
Description: City centre brick building, next to the main cinema. Built as a brewpub in 1936. Large U-shaped bar with wooden floors, numerous levels, raised seating areas with partitions. In the centre, a large servery with carved wooden counter, rough-plastered vaulting above and copper brewing vessels. At the rear, a small patio. Food is a combination of modern and traditional German; the menu is in German, English and Swedish. Kegs of beer from 5-20 litres can be served at the table for parties. The home-brewed beer can be served with fruit or cherry juice. Also sells a wide range of schnapps.


Stralsunder Brauerei GmbH
Greifswalder Chausee 84 - 85,
18439 Stralsund.
Tel.: 03831 - 2550
Fax: 03831 - 255513
Email info@stralsunder.de
Homepage: http://www.stralsunder.de/

Founded:
Annual production: 45,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Stralsunder Lager 4.7% 11.5º Pale lager - Helles.  
Stralsunder Pils 4.9% 11.9º Pils.  
Stralsunder Traditionsbock 6.5% 17º Dark Bock.  
Stralsunder Frühlingsbock 6.5% 17º Pale bock. Seasonal - Mach to June.  
Störtebeker Pilsener 4.9% 11.6º Pils.  
Störtebeker Schwarzbier 5% 12.6º Dark lager - Schwarzbier.
Dark brown colour with a dense pale tan head; roast, smoke and nut aromas; sweetish taste with burnt, caramel and toffee aromas; bitter finish with roast, burnt and liquorice aromas.
Slightly pale for a Schwarzbier, but packed with roast flavours. A bit like sucking on a used match. but in a nice wa.
Tasted 20/06/2006.		 56
Störtebeker Bernstein Weizen 5.3% 12.9º Amber wheat beer.  

Independent brewery. Bought by the Nordmann family in the 1990's.


Ostsee Brauhaus AG "Trotzenburg"
Strandstr. 41,
18225 Kühlungsborn.
Tel.: 038293 - 4060
Fax.: 038293 - 40630
http://brauhaus-trotzenburg.de/

Founded: 1999
Annual production: 1,300 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Kühlungsbräu Trotzenburger Spezial 4.9% 11.7º Pale lager - Helles.  
Trotzenburger Weizenbier 5.1% 12.3º Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Kühlungsbräu Osterbier 4.9% 11.7º Pils. Seasonal - Easter.  
Kühlungsbräu Maibock 6.8% 16.3º Pale Bock. Seasonal - Spring.  
Kühlungsbräu Festbier 5.1% 12.3º Dark lager. Seasonal - October.  
Kühlungsbräu Weihnachts- & Winterbier 5.1% 12.3º Dark lager - Schwarzbier. Seasonal - Winter.  

Brewpub.


Usedomer Brauhaus
Platz des Friedens,
17424 Seebad Heringsdorf.
Tel.: 038378 / 61 420
E-Mail: info@usedomer-brauhaus.de
http://www.usedomer-brauhaus.de

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Brewpub on the island of Usedom.


Vielanker Brauhaus
Lindenplatz 1,
19303 Vielank.
Tel: 038759 - 33588
Fax: 038759 - 335890
Email: info@vielanker-brauhaus.de
http://www.vielanker-brauhaus.de/

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Vielanker Pils     Pils.  
Vielanker Dunkel     Dark lager.  

Brewpub. The beers are available in oak barrels of 5 to 30 litres.


Breweries in the former DDR
Thüringen


Altenburger Brauerei GmbH
Brauereistr. 20,
04600 Altenburg.
Tel.: 03447 - 312914
Fax: 03447 - 312919
http://www.brauerei-altenburg.de/

Founded: 1871
Annual production: 165,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Altenburger Lager 4.8% 11.9° Pale lager - Helles.  
Altenburger Premium 4.9% 11.5° Pils.
Grass and cream aroma, bitterish taste with smoke hop and grass aromas, smoky bitter finish. A reasonable beer of the style, though with slightly odd hop flavours.		  
Altenburger Schwarze 4.9% 11.5° Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Altenburger Privileg 5.2% 12.5° Pale lager.
Lemon and nut aroma, bitterish/sweetish taste with hop citrus and vanilla aromas, very bitter spicy, herbal finish. Beautiful flavour of aroma hops. Rather good.		  
Festbier 5.5% 13.5º Amber lager - Märzen.  

Owned by the Leikeim brewery in the north Bavarian town of Altenkunstadt.


Ankerbräu Greiner - Wohlleben
Dr. - Max - Volk - Str. 7,
96523 Steinach.
Tel.: 036762 - 31251
Fax: 036762 - 31252

Founded: 1736
Annual production: 2,500 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pils     Pils.  
Dunkel     Dark lager.  
Bock     Bock.  

Independent brewery.


Vereinsbrauerei Apolda GmbH
Topfmarkt 14,
99510 Apolda.
Tel.: 03644 - 84840
Fax: 03644 - 848488
http://www.vereinsbrauerei-apolda.de/

Founded: 1887
Annual production: 115,000 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Apoldaer Glocken Hell 4.5%   Pale lager - Helles.
Smoke, cardboard, celery and dust aroma; bitterish taste with smoke aroma; bitterish finish with smoke, celery and hop aromas.
Terrible hop aromas. It screams cheap raw materials.		 23
Apoldaer Glocken Pils 4.8%   Pils.
Pepper, vegetable, smoke and citrus aroma; bitter taste with smoke and citrus aromas; bitterish finish with grass aroma.
Horrible hop-extract aroma, thin in the mouth, almost no finish at all. Crap.		 19
Apoldaer Premium Pils 4.8%   Pils.  
Apoldaer Gambrinus Pilsner 4.9%   Pils.  
Apoldaer Diät Bier 4.9%   Pale lager.  
Apoldaer Spezial Pils 5%   Pils.
Hop, grass, cabbage and cardboard aroma; bitter taste with smoke aroma; bitter smoky finish.
Positively unpleasant hop-extract taste. Just about undrinkable.		 19
Apoldaer Urtyp 5%   Amber lager.  
Apoldaer Export 5.1%   Pale lager - Export.  
Apoldaer Festbock 6.5%   Amber bock.
Cardboard aroma; neutral taste with smoke and cardboard aromas; bitterish finish with smoke and dust aromas.
Crap. Horrible stale hop taste and otherwise bland.		 22

Independent brewery.


Stadtbrauerei Arnstadt
Brauhausstr. 3,
99310 Arnstadt.
Tel.: 03628 - 607400
Fax: 03628 - 607777
http://www.arnstadt-stadtbrauerei.de

Founded: 1823 Closed 1992, reopened as a brewpub in 1997.
Annual production 1,200 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Arnstädter UrStoff 5.1% 12.5° Pale lager.  
Arnstädter UrTyp 5.1% 12.5° Dark lager.  
Arnstädter UrWeizen 5.1% 12.5° Wheat beer. Unfiltered.  
Arnstädter UrBock 7.1% 16.5° Bock.  

Brewpub.


Braugold Brauerei Riebeck GmbH & Co. KG
Schillerstr. 7,
99096 Erfurt.
Tel.: 0361 - 39900
Fax: 0361 - 3990212
http://www.braugold.de/

Founded: 1865
Annual production: 250,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Braugold Hell 4.8% 11.5° Pale lager - Helles.  
Braugold Pilsner Spezial 4.9% 11.7° Pils.
Pepper, spice and basil aroma; bitter taste with pepper, malt and hop aromas; very bitter finish with pepper and spice.
A beautiful spicy pils that has always been a favourite of mine. It shows what a difference good quality hops make.		 74
Riebeck Premium Pilsener 5.1%   Pils.  
Erfurter Angerbräu Premium Pils 5.2% 12.5° Pils.  
Braugold Bock 6.5% 16.7° Pale bock. Seasonal - October-March.  

Owned by Riebeck Brauerei AG, Leipzig. It's pils was one of the best in the DDR period and has maintained its high quality up to the present.


Bürgerliches Brauhaus Saalfeld GmbH
Pößneckerstr. 55,
07318 Saalfeld.
Tel.: 03671 - 67360
Fax: 03671 - 673640
Homepage: http://www.brauhaus-saalfeld.de/

Founded: 1892
Annual production: 25,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Saalfelder Grotten-Pils 4.8% 11.4º Pils.  
Saalfelder Dunkel 4.8% 11.5º Dark lager.  
Saalfelder Pilsner 4.8% 11.6º Pils.  
Saalfelder Premium Pilsner 4.8% 11.7º Pils.
Hop and vegetable aroma; bitter taste with cabbage and grass aromas; bitter finish with hop, resin and grass aromas.
Has a horrible cabbage aroma but improves in the mouth. Still not great, though. 		30
Saalfelder Gaudi-Weizen 5.4% 12.5º Pale unfiltered wheat beer.  
Saalfelder Jubiläums-Bier 5.6% 13.5º Pale lager - Export.  
Ur-Saalfelder 1100 Jahre Saalfeld 5.6% 13.5º Amber lager - Märzen.
Grass, malt and vegetable aroma; sweetish taste with malt and caramel aromas; bitterish finish with caramel , hop, cardboard and dust aromas.
A blandish stronger beer. A bit of a dodgy aroma and some stale hop flavours.		 39
Saalfelder Bockbier 6.5% 16.5º Pale Bock.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised 1948, privatised 1991.


Eisenacher Brauerei GmbH
Wartburgallee 25 a,
99817 Eisenach.
Tel.: 03691 - 23800
Fax: 03691 - 784825
Email: zentrale@eisenacherbrauerei.de
http://www.eisenacherbrauerei.de/

Founded: 1828
Annual production: 40,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Wartburg Pils 4.9% 11.3° Pils.
Hop, spice and grass aromas; bitter taste with pepper, spice and butter aromas; bitter finish with butter and grass aromas. A reasonable, spicy pils that continues to improve.		 54
Rennsteig Spezial 4.9% 12.5° Pale lager.
Grass, cardboard, celery and dust aroma; bitter taste with dust and cardboard aromas; bitter finish with grass and hop aromas.
Another hop-extract victim. Has a horrible stale hop aroma.		 27
Schwarzer Drachen 5 % 12.0° Dark lager - Schwarzbier.
Caramel, cream and malt aroma; bitterish taste with cream and liquorice aromas; bitter finish with coffee and chicory aromas.
A reasonable beer that is just about dry enough to be in the schwarzbier style. Looking at my old tasting notes, it seems to have been much sweeter when first introduced. It has definitely been a change for the better. On my last tasting my description was "Like mild darkened with too much caramel".		 55
Wartburg Export 5.2% 12.5° Pale lager - Export.
Hop, citrus, malt and grain aroma; bitter taste with malt, grass and fruit aromas; bitter finish with grass aroma.
A reasonable beer with a balance of malt and hop flavours.		 48
Wartburg Märzen 5.5% 13.5° Amber lager - Märzen.  
Eisenacher Bock 6.5% 16.5° Amber Bock.
Fruit, malt and cardboard aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with margarine and dust aromas; bitter finish with dust and hop aromas.
A bittersweet bock spoilt by a hop extract taste.		 40
Winterpils Classic 4.9% 11.3° Pils. Seasonal - Winter.  

Independent brewery.

Since a renovation of the brewhouse, full brewing does seem to be taking place here again. For a time in the 1990's the wort was shipped in from elsewhere. The beer, which it was never wise to leave lying around very long in the DDR days, has definitely improved in quality.


Erfurter Brauhaus
Anger 21,
99084 Erfurt.
Tel.: 0361 - 5625827
Fax.: 0361 - 5669834

Founded: 1997
Annual output: 2,500 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pils     Pils.  
Schwarzes     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Weizen     Wheat beer.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Sat 11:00-01:00,
Sun 11:00-22:00


Gasthausbrauerei "Felsenkeller"
Humboldstr. 37,
99425 Weimar.
Tel.: 03643 - 850366 / 67
Fax: 03643 - 850368
http://www.thueringen-direkt.de/Gasthausbrauerei_Felsenkeller/

Founded: 1990
Annual production: 1,500 hl

Brewpub.

Open daily 11:00 - 24:00.


Gasthaus & Pension "Zum goldenen Lamm"
Kleine Gasse 1,
99100 Gierstädt.
Tel : 036206 - 23248
Fax: 036206 - 18590

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Zum Goldenen Schwann
Michaelisstraße 9,
99084 Erfurt.
Tel: 0361 - 262 3742
Fax: 0361 - 262 3744
Email: post@zum-goldenen-schwan.de
http://www.zum-goldenen-schwan.de/

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Brauhaus bei der Göltzsch
Feldschlößchenstr. 4,
07973 Greiz.
Tel.: 03661 - 689958
Fax.: 03661 - 689960
Email: webmaster@brauhaus-bei-der goeltzsch.de
http://www.brauhaus-bei-der-goeltzsch.de/

Founded:
Annual production: 8,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Göltzschtal Premium Pils     Pils.  
Göltzschtal Premium Dunkel 5.2%   Dark lager.  

Independent brewery.


Brauerei Gotha GmbH
Leinastr. 50,
99867 Gotha.
Tel.: 03621 - 4670
Fax: 03621 - 467212
Email: brauereigotha@gotha.oettinger-bier.de
Homepage: http://www.oettinger-bier.de

Annual production: 1,285,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Description score (100)
Das schwarze Vamp Bier 5.2%    
Oettinger Pils 4.7% Pils.  
Oettinger Alt 4.9% Alt.  
Oettinger Original Hefe-Weizen 4.9% Pale unfiltered wheat beer.  
Oettinger Dunkle Hefe-Weizen 4.9% Dark unfiltered wheat beer.
Banana, cloves, basil and aniseed aroma; nutral taste with banana, cloves and lemon aromas; spicy finish with banana and cloves aromas.
Not a bad try at the style. The best Gotha beer I've had by a long way.		 61
Oettinger Kristall-Weizen 4.9% Pale filtered wheat beer.  
Oettinger Schwarzbier 4.9% Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Oettinger Export 5.4% Pale lager - Export.  
Oettinger Urtyp 5.6% Amber lager - Märzen.
Biscuit, grass and fruit aroma; sweetish taste with cream, fruit and honey aromas; bitterish finish with biscuit and butter aromas.
A bit bland, but not unpleasant. The style is a bit vague - it's a rather weak for a Märzen and too dark for a Spezial.		 48
Oettinger Winterbier 5.6% Pale lager. Seasonal - Winter.  
St.-Gothardus Spezial 5.6% Pale lager - Spezial.
Cardboard and dust aroma; bitterish taste with dust aroma; bitterish dusty finish.
In a tasting set with some pretty bad beers, this shone out in its sheer awfulness. Total rubbish.
17
St.-Gothardus Bock 6.5% Amber bock.
Caramel, pear, peardrops and raisin aromas; very sweet taste with caramel, fruit and pepper aromas; bitterish finish with apple aroma.
Much better than I expected. Pleasantly fruity, but too sweet without any balancing bitterness to be really good.
44
St.-Gothardus Maibock 6.5% Pale bock. Seasonal - Spring.  

Part of the Oettinger group. Their beer was always dodgy in the DDR days. Nothing much seems to have altered since the change in ownership.

There are two product ranges: the corporate Oettinger brands and the more obviously Thuringian St. Gothardus beers. Both sets are of a uniformly dreadful quality.


Vereinsbrauerei Greiz
Lindenstr. 60,
07973 Greiz.
Tel.: 03661 - 6100
Fax: 03661 - 610226
http://www.greizer.de/

Founded: 1872
Annual production: 125,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Greizer Diät Pils     Low-carbohydrate pils.  
Greizer Schloß Pils 5%   Pils.  
Greizer Urbräu     Pale lager.  
Greizer Bock 6.7%   Pale Bock.  

Independent brewery.

Bought by Tucher Bräu AG Nürnberg in 1991. When the parent company itself was taken over by Gebrüder März AG in 1994, the Greiz brewery passed into the hands of Erste Kulmbacher Aktienbrauerei AG. In 1997 there was a management buyout and the brewery became independent once more.

It has a brewery tap:

Greizer Brauerei Gasthof,
Grüne Linde,
07973 Greiz.
Tel: 03661 - 431790
http://www.greizer.de/gasthof.html
Open daily 11:00 - 22:00
It sells an unfiltered Greizer Kellerbier.



Hausbrauerei Hopfengrund
Hopfengrund 1,
Arnstadt.

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Brauhaus König-Sahl
Erste Gasthausbrauerei Gotha,
Brühl 5- 7.
99867 Gotha
Tel.: 03621 - 852506
Fax.: 03621 - 852506
Email: info@brauhaus-gotha.de
http://www.brauhaus-gotha.de

Founded: 1997
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pilsner     Pils.  
Schwarzbier     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Weizen     Unfiltered wheat beer.  
Märzen     Amber lager - Märzen.  
Bock     Bock.  

Brewpub in the oldest building in Gotha.

Opening times:
Mon - Thur 11:00 - 14:30 & 18:00 - 23:00,
Fri - Sat 11:00 - 14:30 & 18.00 - 01.00,
Sun 11:00 - 14:30


Privatbrauerei Königsee
Langer Graben 3,
07426 Königsee.
Tel.: 036738 - 43600
Fax: 036738 - 436012

Founded: 1872
Annual production: 30,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Königsee Pilsener 5.1%   Pils.  
Königsee Festbier 6%   Pale lager.  

Independent brewery.


Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei GmbH & Co.
Heinrich - Schütz - Str. 16,
07586 Bad Köstritz.
Tel.: 036605 - 830
Fax: 036605 - 2222
http://www.koestritzer.de/

Founded: 1873
Annual production: 807,000 hl (including 431,000 hl Schwarzbier) (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Köstritzer Schwarzbier 4.8% 11.4º Black lager.
Fruit, toast, nuts, toffee and cream aroma, sweetish/bitterish taste with fruit, cream, toast, coffee and fruit aromas, bitterish finish with liquorice, malt and espresso.
Excellent toasty malt aroma, pretty good in the mouth and a long espresso finish. Noticeably sweeter than its imitators. These notes are for for the bottled version. I scored the draught version a good bit lower (53/100), though that was 5 years ago so the difference could be an improvement in the beer.		 70
Köstritzer Edel Pils 4.8% 11.4º Pils.  
Köstritzer Diät Pils 5% 11.2º Low-carbohydrate pils.  

A brewery that, unusually for Germany, is famous for a dark beer. The popularity of its Schwarzbier has caused a revival in the style and many breweries in Thüringen and Sachsen have introduced versions.

Owned by Bitburger.

output over time
year output (hl)
1991 145,000
2001 807,000
2004 908.000
Source:
Köstritzer website



Erste Oberländische Dampfbierbrauerei Lobenstein
Hirschbergerstr. 1,
07356 Lobenstein.
Tel.: 036651 - 2141
Fax: 036651 - 2142
http://www.lobenstein-info.de/Gerhard-Froeb.htm

Founded: 1889
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Lobensteiner Turm-Pils     Pils.  
Lobensteiner Bockbier     Bock.  

Are they still really brewing here? Brauerei Adressbuch 2002 says there is currently no beer production.


Brauhaus zum Löwen
Kornmarkt 3,
99974 Mühlhausen.
Tel.:03601 - 4710
Fax. 03601 - 471222
info@brauhaus-zum-loewen.de
Homepage: http://www.brauhaus-zum-loewen.de/

Founded: 1992
Annual production: 1,600 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Mühlhäuser Pils     Pils.  
Apotheker Dunkel     Dark lager.  

Brewpub serving unfiltered beers. It is also a hotel and offers packages including rooms and tours of the brewery and local sights.

Mühlhausen, with its virtually intact city wall and ancient houses, is one of the prettiest towns in Thüringen and well worth a visit. The house where my sister-in-law used to live, with a stone-flagged and galeried inner courtyard was right out of the Middle Ages. No doubt the house has either had the character renovated out of it or been demolished. Just a shame only one of the three DDR-period breweries remains.


Privatbrauerei Metzler
An der Klinge 1,
98646 Dingsleben.
Tel.: 036873 - 2840
Fax: 036873 - 28484
http://www.dingslebenerbrauerei.de/

Founded: 1895
Annual Production: 40,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Dingslebener Edel - Pils 4.9% 11-12° Pils.  
Dingslebener Edel - Pils Premium 4.9% 11.5° Pils.  
Dingslebener Diätpils 4.9% 11-12° Low-carbohydrate pils.  
Dingslebener Landbier 4.9% 11-12° Pale lager - Helles.  
Dingslebener Hefe-Weizen 5.4% 11-12° Pale wheat beer. Unfiltered.  
Dingslebener Lava 6% 13.5° Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Dingslebener Bock 6.4% 16° Pale bock.  

Independent brewery. Notable for having been prvately owned throughout the DDR period.


Erster Jenaer Brau - Gasthof "Mühlenbräu "
Erfurterstr. 102,
07743 Jena.
Tel.: 03641 - 459898
Fax: 03641 - 459845
http://www.jenaer-bier.de/

Founded: 1996
Annual Production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Jenaer Burschenpils 4.5% 11.2° Pils.  
Jenaer Deutsche Pilsener 4.5% 11.8° Pils.  
Jenaer Premium Dunkel 5.2% 12.3° Dark lager.  
Alt-Jenaer 5.8% 16.8° Amber bock.  
Jenaer Schellenbier 5.8% 16.8° Dark bock.  

Brewpub. All the beers are unfiltered.


Meininger Privatbrauerei Müller
Am Bielstein 3,
98617 Meiningen.
Tel.: 03693 - 4530
Fax: 03693 - 453130
http://www.meininger-privatbrauerei.de/

Founded: 1848
Annual production: 80,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Meininger Black Jack 4.4% 12.9º Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Thuringia Braumeister 4.7% 11.2º Pale lager - Helles.  
Meininger Gold-Urhell 4.7% 11.2º Pale lager - Helles.  
Landsbergbräu Export 4.7% 11.2º Pale lager - Helles.  
Meininger Frisches Pilsener 5% 11.6º Pils.  
Thuringia Export 5.2% 12.3º Pale lager - Export.  
Meininger Hefeweizen 5.3% 12º Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Meininger Heller Bock 6.3% 16.3º Pale Bock.  
Meininger Maibock 6.3% 16.3º Pale Bock. Seasonal - Spring.  
Meininger Winterbock 6.3% 16.3º Dark Bock. Seasonal - Winter.  

Independent brewery. Bought by Klaus Weydringer (from a Franconian brewing family) in 1999.


Brauerei Neunspringe Worbis GmbH
Duderstädterstr. 33,
37339 Worbis.
Tel.: 036074 - 97910
Fax: 036074 - 97944
Email: info@brauerei-neunspringe.de
Homepage: http://www.brauerei-neunspringe.de/

Founded: 1867
Annual production: 10,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Neunspringer Pilsner 4.99% 11.2º Pils.  
Neunspringer Premium Pilsner 4.99%   Pils.  
Neunspringer Schwarzbier 5.3% 13.52° Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Neunspringer Dunkler Bock     Dark bock.  
Neunspringer Weihnachts - Dunkel 5.3% 13.52° Dark lager. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Independent brewery.

Founded as Brauerei H. Carl Kunze and owned by the Kunze family until 1952.


Gasthausbrauerei Obermaßfeld-Grimmelsthal
98617 Vachdorf.
Tel: 036949 - 29716
Fax: 036949 - 29721
http://www.oekomarkt-vachdorf.de/

Founded: 2000
Annual production:

Brewpub. Part of some organic market/retaurant complex. Given the lack of mention of beer on their website, I suspect they no longer brew.



Haus "Zur Pfauen"
Marbacher Gasse 12/13,
99084 Erfurt.
Tel: 0361 - 211 1100
Tel/Fax: 0361 - 211 5209
http://www.haus-zur-pfauen.de

Founded: 1996
Annual production: 120 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Die Schluntze     Dark lager.  
Pfauenbräu     Pale lager.  

Brewpub in a building which had brewing rights until 1709. Started brewing again in 1996, using recipes from 1587


Brauerei Reizlein "Zur goldenen Henne"
Witte 6,
98631 Jüchsen.
Tel.: 036947 - 51229
Fax: 036947 - 51229
Email: webmaster@brauerei-juechsen.de
http://www.brauerei-juechsen.de/

Founded: 1885
Annual production: 400 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Jüchsener Pils     Pils.  
Jüchsner Bock     Bock.  
Hanf Bier     Hemp beer.  

Independent brewery. One of the handful of very small breweries to remain in private hands throughout the DDR period.


Rhönbrauerei Dittmar GmbH
Fuldaerstr. 6,
36452 Kaltennordheim.
Tel.: 036966 - 80000
Fax: 036966 - 80005
E-Mail: vertrieb@rhönbrauerei.de
http://www.rhoenbrauerei.de/

Founded: 1875
Annual production: 50,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Rhöner Pils 4.5% 11.5º Pils.  
Pummpils 4.5% 11.9º Unfiltered Pils.  
Rhöner Land-Premium 4.5% 11.9º Amber lager.
Caramel, malt and flowers aroma; bitter taste with hop, pepper and malt aromas; very bitter finish with pepper and wood aromas.
An interesting beer that is impressively tasty for its strength. It has a good balance of malt and hop flavours, with satisfyingly hefty whack of hops at the end.		 60
Rhöner Spezial-Export 4.8% 12.5º Pale lager - Export.
Hop, wood and citrus aroma; bitter taste with dust, butter and grass aromas; bitter finish with dust and resin aromas.
A fairly standard bitter pale beer without too many off-flavours, despite the use of hop-extract.		 43
Rhöner Edel-Export 4.8% 12.5º Pale lager - Export.  
Rhöner Urtyp Dunkel 4.9% 12.7º Dark lager.  
Rhöner Kristallweizen 4.9% 12.4º Ffiltered pale wheat beer.  
Rhöner Schwarze Hefeweizen 4.9% 12.4º Unfiltered dark wheat beer.  
Rhöner Weisse 4.9% 12.4º Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Rhöner Bock 6% 16.5º Pale Bock. Seasonal - Winter.  
Rhöner Weihnachtsbier 4.8% 12.5º Pale lager. Seasonal - christmas.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised in 1972. Repurchased by members of the Dittmar family in 1990.


Rosenbrauerei Pößneck GmbH
Karl - Marx - Str. 3,
07381 Pößneck.
Tel.: 03647 - 41090
Fax: 03647 - 412705
http://www.Rosenbrauerei.de

Founded: 1866
Annual production: 75,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Rosen Pils 4.8% 11.2° Pils.
Spice and metal aromas; bitterish taste with metal and smoke aromas; bitter finish with metal and hop.
Thin and metallic with a harsh bitterness. Not that good.		 28
Rosen Spezial Pils 4.9% 11.3° Pils.  
Schwarze Rose 4.9% 12.3° Black lager.
Malt, fruit, toffee and burnt aromas; neutral taste with cardboard aroma; bitterish finish with cardboard and metal aromas.
More a münchner than a schwarzbier. The aroma is pretty good but the rest is disappointing and the finish positively unpleasant.		 35
Rosen Dunkler Bock 6.5% 16.5° Dark bock.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised in 1951, in 1991 it came back into the hands of a descendent of one of its founders.


Schloßbrauerei Schwarzbach GmbH
Schleusingerstr. 27,
98673 Schwarzbach.
Tel.: 036878 - 2760
Fax: 036878 - 27612
Email: info@schlossbrauerei-schwarzbach.de
http://www.schlossbrauerei-schwarzbach.de/

Founded: 1400
Annual production: 20,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Doppel-Karamel 1.5%   Malzbier.  
Hopfenperle Pils 5%   Pils.
Cardboard and dust aroma; bitter taste with grass, hop and dust aromas; bitter finish with dust and resin aromas.
A hop-extract beer with some reasonable bitterness masking to a degree the off-flavours. 		34
Raubritter Dunkel 5%   Dark lager.
Chicory, toffee, pepper and malt aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with cream, malt, liquorice and toffee aromas; bitter finish with black toffee, coffee and pepper aromas.
An excellent dark lager that is just about dry enough to be in the schwarzbier style. 		75
Sonnen-Weisse 5%   Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Sonnengold Bock     Bock.  
Schwarzbacher Narrenkrug Faschingsbier     Pale lager. Made specially for the carnival in Schwarzbach.  
Schwarzbacher Weihnachtsbier     Amber lager. Seasonal - Winter.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised in 1949. Reacquired by the Trier family in 1990.


Brauerei Richard Schmitt
Singen 59,
99326 Singen.
Tel.: 03629 - 802556

Founded: 1875
Annual production: 800 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Singer Bier 4.7%   Pale lager.
Hop, mint, flowers and grass aromas; very bitter taste with hops, vanilla, butter and grass aromas; very bitter finish with hop, wood and pepper aromas.
A beautiful dry beer with a complex hop flavour. One of the best beers of its type I've ever tasted.		 82
       
       
       

Brauerei Schmitt is a tiny village brewery, that was once the smallest in the DDR and possibly all of Germany. It has been in the hands of the Schmitt famiy since 1885. Most of the equipment dates from the 1890's, including a miniature steam engine which powers all the machinery. It was already designated a "museum brewery" in 1977, during the DDR period. Run by members of the Schmitt family, it was never nationalised because of its small size.

The single, pale lager brewed here is of exceptional quality. The primary fermentation, which lasts a week, takes place in open fermenters. The only concession to the modern age are stainless steel lagering vessels, though the lager keller still contains some oak barrels, too. Here the beer is lagered for 5 weeks. The beer is then filtered and either bottled or kegged. The filtering, bottling and bottle-washing equipment is all pre-war. The beer only has a shelf-life of 3 weeks because it is not pasteurised. That isn't usually a problem, as the beer is only sold in the immediate vicinity of the brewery.

Mashtun
Filter
Lager Keller

Steam Engine
Steam Engine
Bottle filler

The idyllic location is extrememly difficult to find, the name Singen only appearing on signposts when you get to within a kilometer or two of the village. It supplies draught and bottled beer to a few pubs in the area. Their bottled beer can also be purchased by individuals directly from the brewery.

There is a brewery tap in the village, close to the church:

Gasthaus "Zum Singer Berg"
Zum Anger 17,
99326 Singen,
Tel.: 03629 - 802244
http://www.singerberg.de/
Opening times:

Tue - Sun from 11:00 (April - September)
Wed - Sun from 11:00 (November - March)
Bought by Richard Schmitt in 1893 and in the family's hands ever since.


Gasthausbrauerei Talschänke
Pennickental 44,
07749 Jena.
Tel.: 03641 - 334321

Founded: 1977
Annual production:

Brewpub.

Privatbrauerei Thüringer Brauhaus GmbH Mühlhausen
Johannisstraße 26,
99974 Mühlhausen.
Email: PTBWebmaster@ptb.via.t-online.de
Homepage: http://www.ptb-muehlhausen.de/

Founded: 1999
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pils Mühlhäuser Art     Pils.  
Kaiser-Barbarossa Pilsener     Pils.  
Weimarer Dichterbräu     Pils.  

Operating under the name Turmquell Brauerei, this was one of the 3 breweries in Mühlhausen at the time of German reunification. By 1994, all three had closed. In 1999 this brewery was re-opened, though some of the old buildings were demoished and a new small brewing plant was installed.

The photo above is from the mid-1980's. The brewery offces (The red brick thingy on the left) are pretty much unchanged. Sadly, the classy Turmquell sign has been removed. If I remember correctly, it was producing only bottled beer in the 1980's.

I fear this brewery may have closed.


Thüringer Tannen Bräu
Brauereistr. 2 - 12,
98646 Hessberg.
Tel.: 03685 - 79380
Fax: 03685 - 793816

Founded: 1874
Annual production: 70,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Hessberger Pils 4.9%   Pils.
Pepper an malt aroma; bitter taste with grass aroma; bitter finish with wood, resin and margarine aromas.
Hoppy but slightly bland. 		42
Thüringer Tannenbräu Pils 4.9%   Pils.  
Thüringer Tannenbräu Edel Export 5%   Pale lager - Export.  
Thüringer Tannenbräu Diät-Pilsener 5.2%   Pils.  
Thüringer Tannenbräu Spezial 5.4%   Pale lager - Spezial.
Smoke, cardboard and dust aroma; bitter taste with grass and cardboard aromas; bitter finish with dust and grass aromas.
Totally ruined by horrible hop-extract flavours.		 23

Independent brewery.


Waldhaus
Rhodaer Chaussee 12,
99094 Erfurt.
Tel.: 0361 - 3459320
Fax: 0361 - 3452268
email: bestellservice@waldhaus-erfurt.de
http://www.waldhaus-erfurt.de/

Founded: 1994
Annual Production: 2,500 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Waldhaus-Pils 5% 12.1° Pils. Unfiltered.  
Stockdunkel 5% 12.1° Dark lager.  
Dunkles Bockbier 6% 16.5° Dark bock. Seasonal - October.  
Weihnachtsbier 5.5% 14.5° Seasonal - December.  
Faschingsdoppelbock 7.5 - 7.8% 21° Bock. Seasonal - February.  
Weizenbier   12.5° Wheat beer. Seasonal - April to September  
Waldhaus Rauchbier     Smoked lager. Seasonal  

Brewpub on the edge of Erfurt. The Waldhaus pub (in the middle of the Steigerwald) was built in 1888 by the Aktien-Brauerei-Erfurt as a destination for day-trippers. In the 1960's it was taken under state control. Between 1993 and 1994 it was restored and converted to a brewpub. All the beers are unfiltered.


Brauerei Waldkasino
Am Waldkasino 2,
99096 Erfurt.
Tel. 0361 - 345 6677
Fax. 0361 - 345 6552
Email: mail@waldkasino.de
http://www.waldkasino.de/

Founded: 2000
Annual Production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Steigerwald Pils     Unfiltered Pils.  
Steigerwald spezial     Dark lager - Schwarzbier. Unfiltered.  
Dunkler Bock 6.7% 16.5º Dark Bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  

Brewpub.


Watzdorfer Brauerei
Watzdorf Nr. 14,
07422 Bad Blankenburg.
Tel.: 036741 - 6160
Fax: 036741 - 61616
http://www.watzdorfer.de/

Founded: 1411
Annual production: 25,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Watzdorfer Burg Pils 5% 11° Pils.  
Watzdorfer Burg Export 5% 12° Pale lager - Export.  
Watzdorfer Schwarzbier 4.8%   Dark lager - Lager.  
Watzdorfer Burg Bock 7%   Dark Bock.  

Independent brewery.

There are brewery tours on Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00, 13:00 and 15:00.


Ratsbrauerei Weißensee
Tel: 036374 - 22025
http://www.landgrafenstadt.de/brau.htm

Founded: 2001
Annual production: 25,000 hl

Beer alc Description
Weißenseer Ratsbräu 5% Pale lager.

Brewery in the ground floor of the Weißensee town hall, which claims to be the oldest in Germany. Weißensee also claims to have the oldest Reinheitsgebot, dating from 1424, called "Statuta thaberna". It differs slightly from the Bavarian one, in that it specifies malt and not barley (which makes it closer to the current law that allows wheat and rye malt). The exact wording is:
Es soll auch nicht in das Bier weder Harz noch keinerlei andere Ungefercke. Darzu soll man nichts anderes geben als Hopfen, Malz und Wasser.
Which translates as:
Beer should not contain resin or anything else harmful. Nothing other than hops, malt and water should be used.



Breweries in the former DDR
Sachsen (Saxony)

Sächsischer Brauerbund
Bamberger Straße 7,
01187 Dresden.
Fax: 0351-4698 343
E-Mail: info@brauerbund-sachsen.de
http://www.bier-aus-sachsen.de

The brewers' organisation in Saxony.



Sächsisches Brauereimuseum Rechenberg
An der Schanze 3,
09623 Rechenberg-Bienenmühle.
Tel.: 037327 - 88015
Fax: 037327 - 1662
http://www.museumsbrauerei.de/

The restored old premises and brewing equipment of Private Brauerei Rechenberg.

Opening times:
Tue - Fri 11:00 - 14:00,
Sat, Sun and public holidays 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00


Zur Alten Brauerei
Belgern.

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Gasthausbrauerei und Pension „Altes Brauhaus“
Hauptstraße 46,
Turnhallenberg 2,
09447 Steinbach.
Tel: 037343 - 88758
Fax: 037343 - 88111
Email: info@altes-brauhaus-steinbach.de
http://www.altes-brauhaus-steinbach.de/

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Olbernhauer Hell     Pale lager.  
Olbernhauer Dunkel     Dark lager.  

Brewpub.


Altstadtbrauhaus Frenzel
Schloßstr. 3,
02625 Bautzen.
Tel: 03591 - 480 912
Fax: 03591 - 480 912
Email info@altstadtbrauhaus-frenzel.de
http://www.altstadt-brauhaus.de/

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Altstadtbrauhaus     Pale lager.  
Altstadtbrauhaus Märzen     Amber lager - Märzen. Seasonal.  
Altstadtbrauhaus Weihnachtsbier     Seasonal - Christmas.  
Altstadtbrauhaus Maibock     Pale Bock. Seasonal.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
April - October 11:00 -
October - April 12:00 -


Bautzener Brauhaus GmbH
Thomas - Mann - Str. 7,
02625 Bautzen.
Tel.: 03591 - 40372
Fax: 02591 - 491456
Homepage: http://www.bautzener-brauhaus.de/

Founded: 1847 (1996)
Annual production: 3,500 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Bautzener Original 4.9% 11.6° Pils.  
Bautzener Kräusen 4.9% 11.6° Pils. Unfiltered.  
Bautzener Kupfer 5.2% 12.6° Amber lager.  
Bautzener Schwarzbier 5.2% 12.6° Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  

Brewpub.

Nationalised in 1946 and in 1955 renamed "VEB Bautzener Brauerei". In 1991 it fell into the hands of the Treuhand, who halted production at the brewery, but continued to have beer contract brewed. In 1992 it acquired a new private owner and Bautzener Pils continued to be contract brewed. In 1996 a much smaller brewpub was opened in the centre of Bautzen, which inlcuded some copper vessels rescued from the old brewery site.


Bayerischer Bahnhof GmbH u. Co. KG
Bayerischer Platz 1,
04103 Leipzig.
Tel.: 01805 - 225511
Fax.: 01805 - 225512
Homepage: http://www.bayerischer-bahnhof.de/

Founded: 2000
Annual production: 2,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Leipziger Gose 5.2%   Gose. Top-fermented wheat beer brewed with coriander and salt.
Coriander and ginger aroma; sourish tast with coriander, wheat and citrus aromas; buttery, spicy finish.
It's so strange to find a German beer with such a beautiful coriander aroma. As for the style, well, I hate to say it of such a nice beer, but I don't think that it's quite right. It is pretty close in style to a Belgian witbier, though a little darker in colour. My instinct tells me that the Gose (brewed by Ernst Bauer) is the more authentic. This is still a very good beer, with flavours that are rarely found in Germany.		 72
Schaffner     Unfiltered Pils.
Lemon, basil and buter aroma; bitter taste with herbal and butter aromas; bitter finish with hop, resin and wood aromas.
A reasonable attempt at the pils style - dry and spicily hoppy.		 64
Heizer     Dark lager - Schwarzbier. Unfiltered.
Chicory, hop, coffee, grass and burnt aroma; bitterish taste with coffee, basil, grass and citrus aromas; a very long bitter finish with coffee, cream and malt aromas.
A very good espresso-flavoured schwarzbier. An excellent mixture of both hop and malt bitterness.		 71
Kuppler     Dark unfiltered wheat beer.
Lemon, ginger, cloves and chewing gum aroma; neutral taste with cloves, basil and banana aromas; spicy wheat finish with cloves and banana aromas.
A well-made dark wheat beer that is very, very similar to Schneider Weisse (the Schneider who owns the brewery is no relation). Very subtly spicy, with an undertone of banana that really tops it off. It's this beer in particular that convinces me they have a very skillful brewer.		 71

Brewpub and brewery complex in an old railway station.

One of only three breweries in the world producing Gose. All the beers - in very different styles - are excellent. This is one of the best new German brewpubs. Owned by Thomas Schneider, a brewery owner from Bavaria.


Brauerei "Bayerischer Hof"
Muldenburgerstr. 19,
08223 Grünbach.
Tel.: 03745 - 76235
Fax.: 03745 - 7896928
Email: info@bayerischerhof-gruenbach.de
http://www.bayerischerhof-gruenbach.de/

Founded: 2000
Annual production:

Brewpub and hotel.


Bergquell - Brauerei Löbau GmbH
Weststr. 7,
02708 Löbau.
Tel.: 03585 - 47470
Fax: 03585 - 474719
Homepage http://www.bergquell-loebau.de/

Founded: 1846
Annual production: 35,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Lausitzer Porter 4.4%   Porter.
In response to commments on Ratebeer, this is an acceptable strength for a porter and why does everyone (who never tasted any of it themselves) assume that DDR beer was crap? It wasn't. The standard was a good deal better than in the Netherlands.		  
Löbauer Bergquell Pilsner 4.7%   Pils.  
Lausitzer Mühlen-Pils 4.7%   Pils.  
Deutsches Schwarz(geld)bier 4.7%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Löbauer Bergquell Gold 5.1%   Pale lager.  
Lausitzer Hefeweizen     Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Strong Porter 7.5% 18° Porter.  
Lausitzer Berg-Bock 7%   Amber Bock.  
Löbauer Bergquell Maibock 7% 16º Pale bock. Seasonal - March to May.  
Löbauer Bergquell Festbier     Seasonal.  

Independent brewery.

Bergquell must surely be the only brewery in Germany to brew two porters. Two of the beers I would most like to try.


Bergschlösschen Brauerei Lieske
Hauptstraße 30,
01920 Oßling.
Tel. 035792 - 5710
Fax 035792 - 57112
Email: missionshof@t-online.de
http://www.missionshof-lieske.de/

Founded: 1997
Annual production: 2,000 hl (2005, capacity)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pilsner     Pils.  
Dunkel     Dark lager.  
Zwickelbier     Unfiltered pale lager.  
Bockbier     Bock. Seasonal - Spring and Autumn.  

Microbrewery. Part of Missionshof Lieske, a residential home for the disabled.

The brewery was originally founded around 1870 and closed in 1968.


Privatbrauerei Karl Blechschmidt
Straße der Jugend 33,
08233 Treuen.
Tel &. Fax.: 037468 - 2867

Founded: 1483
Annual production:

Independent brewery.


Böhmisch Brauhaus GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstr. 11,
01900 Großröhrsdorf.
Tel.: 035952 - 4030
Fax: 035952 - 40330
Email: mail@boehmisch-brauhaus.de
http://www.boehmisch-brauhaus.de/

Founded: 1887
Annual production: 25,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Böhmisch Brauhaus Edel-Sünde 4.6%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Böhmisch Brauhaus Pilsner 4.95%   Pils.  
Böhmisch Brauhaus Bock 6.5%   Pale Bock. Seasonal.  

Independent brewery.


Braustolz GmbH
Am Feldschlößchen 18,
09116 Chemnitz.
Tel.: 0371 - 36680
Fax: 0371 - 3668100
EMail: info@braustolz.de
Homepage: http://www.braustolz.de/

Founded: 1868
Annual production: 155,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Braustolz Doppel Caramel 1.2%   Malzbier. Unfiltered.  
Braustolz Lager 4.5%   Pale lager - Helles.  
Braustolz Black Art 4.9%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Braustolz Pils 4.9%   Pils.  
Braustolz Landbier 5.2%   Pale lager - Export.  
Braustolz Spezial 5.4%   Pale lager - Spezial.  
Braustolz Bock 6.5%   Dark Bock.  
Kappler Braumeister 4.9%   Pils.  
Kappler Festbier 5.4%   Pale lager - Spezial.  

Owned by the Kulmbacher Brauerei AG (as also is Sternquell in Plauen).


Döbelner Brauhaus im Ratskeller
Obermarkt 1,
04720 Döbeln.
Tel.: 03431 - 710095
Fax: 03431 - 710096
Email: info@doebelner-brauhaus.de
http://www.doebelner-brauhaus.de/

Founded: 1997
Annual production: 400 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Brauhaus Pils 4.9%   Pils.  
Brauhaus Dunkel     Dark lager.  
Stiefel Bräu     Dark lager.  
Brauhaus Doppel-Bock     Doppelbock.  

Brewpub.


Einsiedler Brauhaus GmbH
Einsiedler Hauptstr. 144,
09123 Chemnitz- OT Einsiedel.
Tel.: 037209 - 661- 0
Fax.: 037209 - 66139
Email: einsiedler@einsiedler.de
Homepage: http://www.einsiedler.de/

Founded: 1885
Annual production: 174,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Einsiedler Weißbier Dunkel 4.7% 11.5° Dark unfiltered wheat beer. Bitterness 18 EBU.  
Einsiedler Weißbier hefetrüb 4.7% 11.5° Pale unfiltered wheat beer. Bitterness 15 EBU.  
Einsiedler Privat Pils 4.9% 11.3° Pils. Bitterness 35 EBU.  
Einsiedler Jubiläums Pils 4.9% 11.5° Pils. Bitterness 33 EBU.  
Einsiedler Schwarzbier 4.9% 11.8° Dark lager - Schwarzbier. Bitterness 29 EBU.  
Einsiedler Zwickelbier 4.9% 11.5° Unfiltered pale lager.  
Einsiedler Landbier 5% 11.8° Pale lager - Helles. Bitterness 26 EBU.  
Einsiedler Heller Bock 6.5% 16.5° Pale Bock. Bitterness 22 EBU.  
Einsiedler Doppel Bock 7.5% 18.5º Doppel Bock. Bitterness 22 EBU.  
Einsiedler Mai-Bock 6.5% 16.5° Pale Bock. Bitterness 22 EBU. Seasonal - Spring.  

Independent brewery.


Erlbacher Brauhaus
Klingenthalerstr. 12,
08265 Erlbach.
Tel.: 037422 - 6384
Fax: 037422 - 46880
eMail: erlbacher-brauhaus@freenet.de
Homepage: http://www.brauhaus-erlbach.de/

Founded: 1852 (1999)
Annual production: 200 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Helles Zwickel 5% 11.9° Unfiltered pale lager.  
Schwarze Seele 5% 11.9° Dark lager - Scwarzbier.  

Brewpub. The original brewery closed in 1974. Reopened in the 1990's as a brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Sat 14:00 - 22:00,
Sun 12:00 - 22:00


Leipziger Familienbrauerei Ernst Bauer KG
Täubchenweg 5 - 7,
04103 Leipzig.
Tel.: 0341 - 6884676
Fax: 0341 - 6881930
Email: info@bauer-bier.de
Homepage: www.bauer-bier.de

Founded: 1827
Annual production: 35,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Döllnitzer Rittergutsgose 3.9%   Gose. A descendant of the owners of the Rittergut Döllnitz, Adolf Goedecke, has this new Gose brewed for him. According to a text from 1824, Rittergut brewed the only genuine Gose.
Apple and pear aroma; sour taste with apple, horseblanket and lemon; sour fruity finish with lemon and apple aromas.
An outstanding beer with a flavour profile usually unseen outside Belgium. It tastes quite like a young lambic with the carbonation level of a gueuze. Surely they must be using brettanomyces to get this taste? It tastes pretty much exactly as I would expect a gose, except for maybe lacking a touch of coriander.		 80
Bauer Hell 4.6%   Pale lager - Helles.  
Bauer's Schwarzes Bier 4.9%   Dark lager - Scwarzbier. Brewed since 1993.  
Bauer Pils 5%   Pils.  
Bauer's Kellerbier 5%   Unfiltered pils.  
Bauer's Bockbier 6.1%   Dark Bock.  

Independent brewery.

The brewery was nationalised in 1972 and operated under the name of Turmbräu until repurchased by the Bauer family in 1990. The current man in charge, Hans Bauer, is the eigth generation of the family to run the brewery. The brewery buildings are protected monuments. For some reason their beers are virually impossible to find in Leipzig's pubs.


Feldschlösschen AG
Cunnersdorferstr. 25,
01189 Dresden
Tel.: 0351 - 40830
Fax: 0351 - 4083722
http://www.feldschloesschen.de/

Founded 1838
Annual production: 1,600,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Dresdener Felsenkeller PIls 4.8%   Pils.  
Dresdener Felsenkeller Urhell 5.2%   Pale lager - Helles.  
Dresdener Felsenkeller Spezial 5.4%   Pale lager - Spezial.  
Feldschlösschen Pilsner 4.9%   Pils.  
Feldschlösschen Diät-Pilsner     Pils.  
Feldschlösschen Export 5.4%   Pale lager - Export.
Basil, flowers and spice aroma; bitter taste with butter, grass and pepper aromas; very bitter finish with resin, hop and citrus aromas.
Quite a surprise - a spicily hoppy beer. I'm not quite sure about the style: it seems more like a beefier pils than a true export.		 57
Feldschlösschen Urbock 7%   Dark bock.
Apple and raisin aroma; sweet taste with caramel toffee and apple aromas; bitterish finish with fruit and toffee.
A bit too caramelly, but inoffensive enough.		 44
Coschützer Pils 4.8%   Pils.  
Schwarzer Steiger 4.8%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.
Caramel, liquorice andcream aroma; neutral tastewith cream and malt aromas; bitterish finish with cream aroma.
Excellent aroma, but thin in the mouth and finish.		 47

An amalgamation of several Dresden breweries, which operates under the Feldschlösschen name. The beers are actually brewed at the Coschütz plant, which was built in 1981 to replace the existing run-down facilities of Waldschlösschen and Falkenbrauerei. Part of the Holsten-Gruppe (owned by Carlsberg).

There's a museum and brewery tap at the old Feldschlösschen site:

Feldschlößchen - Stammhaus
Budapester Str. 32,
01169 Dresden.
Tel. 0351 / 471 88 55
Fax 0351 / 4718893
Email: StammhausGmbH@aol.com
http://www.feldschloesschen-stammhaus.de/
Opening times: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 01:00


Privat - Brauerei Christian Fiedler
Silberstr. 28,
09481 Scheibenberg.
Tel.: 037349 - 8249
Fax: 037349 - 8249
Homepage http://www.brauerei-fiedler.de/

Founded 1813
Annual production: 11,000 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Fiedler Pilsener 4.7% 11° Pils.  
Orgelpfeifenbräu Landbier 4.7% 11° Pale lager - Helles.  
Fiedler Magisterbräu 4.7% 11° Dark lager.  
Fiedler Export 4.9% 12° Pale lager - Export.  
Fiedler Abrahamsbock 6.1% 16° Amber bock.  
Fiedler Bockbier 6.1% 16° Dark bock. Seasonal - September to April.  

Independent brewery. Another one of the very small breweries to remain in private hands throughout the DDR period. It has been in the hands if the Fiedler family since 1855.

year output (hl)
1966 2,781 (305 Malzbier, 2,091 Helles, 385 Pilsener)
1977 7,111 (494 Malz, 3,834 Helles, 2,311 Pilsener & 472 Bockbier)
1986 9,000
1987 9,500
1991 2,500
1993 5,500
1994 6,500
1995 7,000
1999 7,700
2003 11,000
Source:
Fiedler website


Freiberger Brauhaus AG
Am Fürstenwald,
09599 Freiberg.
Tel.: 03731 - 3630
Fax: 03731 - 363291
http://www.freiberger-bier.de/

Founded: 1850
Annual production: 787,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Freibergisch Diät-Pils 4.9%   Pils.  
Freiberger Premium-Pils 4.9%   Pils.
Hop, grape, vegetable and malt aroma; bitterish taste with vegetable, wood and pepper aromas; bitter finish with resin and wood aromas.
Not bad for a hop-extract beer. The aroma is OK, but it's slightly thin in the mouth and the finish.		 43
Freibergisch Schwarzes Bergbier 4.9%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Freibergisch Export Spezial 5.5%   Pale lager - Export.  
Freibergisch Jubiläums Festbier 5.8%   Amber lager - Märzen.  
Freibergisch Bock Dunkel 6.7%   Dark bock.  

Part of the Actris Gruppe. Nationalised 1946, privatised 1990.


Gambrinus Hausbrauerei
Beckerstr 15,
09120 Chemnitz.

Founded: 2000
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Friedrichs Brauhaus
Reichsstr. 58 - 60,
09112 Chemnitz.
Tel.: 0371 - 317074

Founded: 1997
Annual production: 400 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pils 5%   Pils.  
Schwarzbier 5%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Sun 17:00 -


Brauhaus Pirna "Zum Giesser"
Basteistr. 60,
01796 Pirna.
Tel.: 03501 - 464646
Fax.: 03501 - 464647
Email: info-pir@schmees.com
Homepage: http://www.zum-giesser.de/

Founded: 1998
Annual production: 1,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Bastei Pils     Pils. Unfiltered.  
Giesser Dunkel     Dark lager. Unfiltered.  
Bastei Bock     Bock. Seasonal. Unfiltered.  
Sächsisches Rauchbier     Smoked lager. Seasonal. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.


Glückauf - Brauerei GmbH
Haupstr. 176,
09355 Gersdorf.
Tel.: 037203 - 9100
Fax: 037203 - 4231
e-Mail: service@glueckaufbiere.de
http://www.glueckaufbiere.de/

Founded: 1880
Annual production: 60,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Glückauf Edelpils 4.8% 11.6° Pils.  
Glückauf Pilsener 4.9% 11.5° Pils.  
Glückauf Edel 4.9% 11.7° Pale lager - Helles.  
Glückauf Schwarzbier 5.1% 11.8° Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Glückauf Das Deputat 5.1% 11.8° Pale lager.  
Karl May Premium Pils 5.2% 11.6° Pils.  
Glückauf Bock 5.9% 16.0° Dark Bock.  
       

Independent brewery.


Brauhaus Goslar
An der Abzucht 1a,
38640 Goslar.
Tel. 05321 - 68 58 04
Fax: 05321 - 68 58 05
Email: info@brauhaus-goslar.de
http://www.brauhaus-goslar.de

Founded:
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Helle Gose 4.9%   Gose. Unfiltered. Brewed with salt and coriander.  
Dunkle Gose     Dark Gose. Unfiltered. With a smoky flavour (according to the brewery). Aaaaah - I want to try this beer.  
Lautenthaler Zwergenbräu     Brewed for "Hotel und Restaurant Brauhausstuben" in Lautenthal.  
Kaiser Klee Gold     Brewed for "Restaurant Kaiserklee" in Goslar.  

Microbrewery. You can't help but admire any brewery that makes two different versions of Gose. And in Goslar, too, the home of the style.


Hammer Bräu
Bahnhofstr. 42,
01587 Riesa.
Tel.: 03525 - 53093- 0
Fax.: 03525 - 530939
Email: mercure-riesa@t-online.de
http://www.hammerbraeu.de/

Founded: 1999
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
HammerBräu Pils   12º Pils. Unfiltered.  
HammerBräu Märzen   12.5º Amber lager - Märzen. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub next door to Mercure hotel.

Opening times:
Sun - Mon 11:00 - 01:00,
Tue & Thur 17:00 - 01:00,
Fri 17:00 - 02:00,
Sun 11:00 - 02:00,
Wednesday closed.


Hirschbrauerei Sebnitz
Bachstr. 1,
01855 Sebnitz.
Tel.: 035971 - 58535
Fax.: 035971 - 58536

Founded: 1999 CLOSED 2001
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Gasthausbrauerei Zum Kaiser Napoleon
Pragerstr. 233,
04289 Leipzig.
Tel.: 0341 - 869110
Fax.: 0341 - 8691119
Email: info@kaiser-napoleon.de
http://www.kaisernapoleon.de/

Founded: 1997
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Bonaparte     Pils  
Kanonier     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Sun 11:00 - 14:00 & 17:00 - 24:00


Krostitzer Brauerei GmbH
Brauereistr. 12,
04509 Krostitz.
Tel.: 034295 - 7760
Fax: 034295 - 77666
Homepage: http://www.ur-krostitzer.de/

Founded: 1534
Annual production: 330,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Schweden Quell 4.8%   Pils.
Apple, grape, butter and grass aroma; bitter taste with grass and butter aromas; bitter finish with wood and grass aromas.
A pleasantly hoppy beer that's OK but nothing special. NO LONGER BREWED		 52
Ur-Krostitzer Schwarzes 4.9% 11.5° Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Ur-Krostitzer Feinherbes Pilsner 5% 11.7° Pils. Sweaty sock aroma, bitter taste with fruit butter and cardboard aromas, very bitter spicy finish.
Nice and bitter, but something is not quite right. It has a very odd aroma.		 28

Since 1990 owned by the Binding-Brauerei AG (now the Radeberger-Gruppe).


Kunos Brauereigasthaus
Schulstrasse 8,
08349 Erlabrunn.
Tel: 03773 - 88 05 43
Fax: 03773 - 88 05 42
http://www.hotel-alte-schleiferei.de/

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Kunobräu        

Brewpub.


Landskron Brauerei GmbH
An der Landskronbrauerei 116,
02826 Görlitz.
Tel.: 03581 - 4650
Fax: 03581 - 465152
Email: d.gerstner@landskron.de
Homepage: http://www.landskron.de/

Founded: 1869
Annual production: 205,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Landskron Pupen-Schultzes Schwarzes 3.9% 9.5º Dark lager - Schwarzbier. Introduced in 2003.  
Landskron Hell 4.7% 11.3° Pale lager - Helles.  
Landskron Premium Pilsner 4.8% 11.6° Pils.  
Landskron Lausitzer Kindl 4.8% 11.6° Pils.  
Landskron Ein Schlesier 5.2% 13.0° Pale lager - Export.  
Landskron Hefeweizen 5.2% 12.8º Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Bitterness 11 EBU.  
Landskron Winterhopfen 5.3% 13.5° Pale lager - Festbier. Seasonal - Winter.  
Landskron Maibock/Goldbock 6.2% 16.3° Pale bock. Seasonal - Maibock: March to June, Goldbock: September to January.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised in 1972. Repurchased by the Scheller family in 1992.

The brewery also owns the Landskron Brauhaus Cottbus brewpub in Brandenburg.

year output (hl)
1869 27,000
1908 100,000
1988 514,000
2001 205,000
Source:
Landskron website


Lotters Wirtschaft
Am Altmarkt 1,
08280 Aue.
Tel. 03771 - 5920
http://www.hotel-blauerengel.de/

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Lotters Hell 4.9% 12.4º Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Lotters Dunkel 4.9% 12.4º Dark lager. Unfiltered.  
Lotters Weissbier 4.9% 12.4º Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Lotters Starkbier     Bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  
Lotters Märzen     Märzen. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  
Lotters Mondscheinbier     Unfiltered. Seasonal.  
Lotters Maibock     Pale Bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  
Lotters Spezial     Pale lager - Spezial. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  

Brewpub.


Mauritius Brauerei GmbH
Talstr. 2,
08066 Zwickau.
Tel.: 0375 - 490
Fax: 0375 - 333
http://www.mauritius-brauerei.de/

Founded: 1859
Annual production: 350,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Mauritius Zwickauer Pilsener 4.9% 11.2º Pils.
Hop, grass, celery and musty aroma; bitterish taste with dusty, musty and cardboard aromas; bitter finish with hop and cardboard aromas.
It has a horrible hop-extract taste. Crap.		 26
Mauritius Zwickauer Schwarzes Gold 4.9% 11º Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Mauritius Zwickauer Urtyp Export 5.5% 12º Pale lager - Export.  
Mauritius Zwickauer Bock Dunkel 7.1% 16º Dark Bock. Biggest selling Bock in Sachsen (according to the brewery).  

Bought in 1990 by Dinkelacker-Schwaben Bräu (part of the Spaten-Löwenbräu-Gruppe).


Mittweidaer Löwenbräu GmbH
Bahnhofstraße 15,
09648 Mittweida.
Tel: 03722 - 71910
Fax: 03722 - 719191
E-Mail: info@mittweidaer-loewenbraeu.de
Homepage: http://www.mittweidaer-loewenbraeu.de/

Founded: 1874
Annual Production: 30,000 hl (CLOSED 1997)

Independent brewery. The Mittweidaer Löwenbräu beers are brewed at the company's Hartmannsdorf brewery (see below).


Mittweidaer Löwenbräu GmbH Braustätte Hartmannsdorf
Chemnitzerstr. 5
09232 Hartmannsdorf
Tel: 03722 - 71910
Fax: 03722 - 719191
E-Mail: info@mittweidaer-loewenbraeu.de
Homepage: http://www.mittweidaer-loewenbraeu.de/

Founded: 1887
Annual Production: 80,000 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Hartmannsdorfer Pils 5%   Pils.  
Hartmannsdorfer Hell 5.3%   Pale lager - Helles.  
Mittweidaer Löwenbräu Pils 4.9%   Pils.  
Mittweidaer Löwenbräu Black Lion 5.4%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Mittweidaer Löwenbräu Export 5.5%   Pale lager - Export.  

Independent brewery. The last brewery in Saxony to be privatised (1994).


Münch - Bräu Eibau GmbH
Neueibauerstr. 9,
02739 Eibau.
Tel.: 03586 - 78140
Fax: 03586 - 781418
E-Mail: barbara.pawlick@eibauer.de
http://www.eibauer.de/

Founded: 1810
Annual production: 100,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Eibauer Helles Landbier 4.1% 10º Pale lager - Helles Schankbier.  
Lausitzer Dunkel 4.2%   Dark lager - "Art oud bruin" (according to the brewery).  
Eibauer Schwarzbier 4.5% 11º Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Eibauer Pilsner 4.8% 11º Pils.  
Eibauer Dunkler Bock 6.4% 16º Dark Bock.  
Eibauer Klosterbier 5.3% 13º Dark lager - Festbier (brewery's description). I would call it a Dunkles Export. Brewed with the approval of the St. Marienthal monastery.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised in 1972, in 1990 it was repurchased by the Münch family.

The only German brewery I know to produce 4 different dark lagers at different strengths. No surprise then that it's close to the Czech border.


Neustädter Hausbrauerei
Schönbrunnstraße 1,
01097 Dresden.
Tel: 0351 - 799 377 4
Email: bier@obergaerig.de
http://www.obergaerig.de/

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Neustadt Hell 4.8%   Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Elbhang Rot 4.9%   Amber lager. Unfiltered.  
Hecht Alt 5%   Alt. Unfiltered.  
Lenins Hanf 5.4%   Pale lager with hemp. Unfiltered.  
Wilder Mann 7%   Dark bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal - September to April.  
Neustadt Cider 4.5%   Cider.  

Microbrewery.


Brauhaus Obermühle
An der Obermühle 5,
02826 Görlitz
Tel: 03581 - 879831
Fax: 03581 - 879831

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Brauhaus Oelsnitz
Obere Kirchstr. 5,
08606 Oelsnitz.
Tel.: 037421 - 24914

Founded: 1999
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Brauhaus Ostritz
Brauhausstr. 3,
02899 Ostritz.
Tel.: 035823 - 79171
http://www.brauhaus-ostritz.de/

Founded: 2002
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Ostritzer Basaltbier        
       
       
       

Brewpub. Their website has disappeared, so perhaps they've closed.


ParadiesQuell
Braustr.3-5,
08451 Crimmitschau.
Tel. 03762 - 2103
http://www.paradiesquell.de/

Founded: 1872 CLOSED 1990
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Paradies Quell Pilsener 4.9%   Pils.  

After the brewery's closure, beer under the Paradies Quell name was supplied by Brauerei Ziegler Waldsassen from the Oberpfalz.



Radeberger Exportbierbrauerei GmbH
Dresdnerstr. 2,
01454 Radeberg.
Tel.: 03528 - 4540
Fax: 03528 - 454321
Email: info@radeberger.de
Homepage: http://www.radeberger.de/

Founded: 1873
Annual production: 1,950,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Radeberger Pilsner 4.8% 11.8º Pils.  

Was part of the the Binding-Brauerei AG group until that was renamed the Radeberger-Gruppe. A one-product brewery.

Radeberger was one of the DDR's "export breweries" and consequently received better-quality raw materials and more investment than most. Since reunification sales have steadily increased.


Berghotel & Restaurant Ratskeller
Hauptstraße 31,
01778 Geising.
Tel: 035056 - 3800
Fax: 035056 - 38020
Email: Ratskeller-Geising@t-online.de
http://www.ratskeller-geising.de/

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Bergamts-Pils     Pils. Unfiltered.  
Bergamts-Dunkel     Dark lager. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.


Private Brauerei Rechenberg Traditionsbrauerei Meyer OHG
An der Schanze 3,
09623 Rechenberg - Bienenmühle.
Tel.: 037327 - 8800
Fax: 037327 - 1662
Email:info@brauerei-rechenberg.de
Homepage: http://www.brauerei-rechenberg.de/

Founded: 1558
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Rechenberger Pilsner     Pils.  
Rechenberger Dunkel     Dark lager.  
Rechenberger Bockbier     Seasonal.  
Rechenberger Festbier     Seasonal.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised in 1972, returned to family ownership in 1990. Brews exclusively draught beer, though this inlcudes "mini-barrel" giant cans.

After a new brewery was built in 1993 the old premises were restored as Sächsische Brauereimuseum.


Brauerei Reichenbrand GmbH & Co. KG
Zwickauerstr. 478,
09117 Chemnitz.
Tel.: 0371 - 850214
Fax: 0371 - 853477
http://www.brauerei-bergt.de/

Founded: 1874
Annual production: 30,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Reichenbrander Unser Helles 4.2% 10.3° Pale lager - Helles.  
Reichenbrander Classic Pilsener 4.8% 11.3° Pils  
Reichenbrander Kellerbier 4.8% 11.3° Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Reichenbrander Dunkelbier 4.8% 11.3° Dark lager.  
Reichenbrander Premium 5.5% 12.7° Pale lager - Spezial.  
Reichenbrander Bockbier 6.5% 16.7° Dark Bock.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised in 1972 and production of draught beer stopped. In 1990 Joachim Bergt was able to buy back the brewery and a year later production of draught beer resumed.

There is a brewery tap adjacent to the brewey:
Reichenbrander "Bräu-Stübl"
Zwickauerstr. 478,
09117 Chemnitz.
Tel: 0371 - 858041
Open daily 11:00 - 24:00

Opened in 1994 to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the brewery. It is housed is a disused part of the brewery which faces onto the street. The unfiltered Kellerbier is on of the four Reichenbrander beers available on draught. It also serves traditional food.



Leipziger Brauhaus zu Reudnitz
Mühlstr. 13,
04317 Leipzig.
Tel.: 0341 - 26710
Fax: 0341 - 2671431
Homepage: http://www.reudnitzer.de/

Founded: 1862
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Reudnitzer Diät-Bier 3.9% 7.7° Pale lager. Low carbohydrate beer.  
Reudnitzer Pilsner Premium 5% 11.5° Pils.  
Reudnitzer Schwarzbier 5.1% 11.7° Dark lager - Schwarzbier
Liquorice, fruit, bread and coffee aroma; bitterish taste with fruit and cardboard aroms; bitter finish with smoke, coffee, liquorice and cream aromas.
DEcent aroma and an OK finish, but the middle has a musty cardboard flavour that ruins the effect. Otherwise, it's typical of the style - dry with coffeish flavours. 		49
Reudnitzer Export 5.4% 12.5° Pale lager - Export.  
Reudnitzer Heller Ur-Bock 6.9% 16.3° Pale Bock.  
Reudnitzer Festbier 5.6% 12.8° Pale lager - Festbier. Seasonal.  
Reudnitzer Weihnachtsbier 5.6% 5.6% Pale lager - Festbier. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Sternburg Pilsener 4.9%   Pils.
Vegetable and grass aroma; bitter taste with grass, dust and resin aromas; very bitter finish with grass and hop aromas.
Surprisingly good for a hop extract beer. A bit dusty but pleasantly hoppy. Better than it used to be in the DDR time.
The beer has been brewed by Reudnitz since the closure of the Sternburg brewery in 1990.		 47

Bought in 1991 by Brau und Brunnen of Dortmund.


Braustube Schwarzkollm
Dorfstr. 72,
Hoyerswerda.

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Schwerter Brauerei Wohlers KG
Ziegelstr. 6,
01662 Meißen
Tel.: 03521 732513
Fax: 03521 732512
Homepage: http://www.schwerter-brauerei.de/

Founded: 1460
Annual production: 12,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Schwerter Privat Pils 4.9%   Pils.  
Schwerter Red Lager Ice-Beer 4.9% 11.8° Amber lager.  
Schwerter St. Afra Dunkel 4.9% 11.8° Dark lager.  
Schwerter German Porter 5.8% 16.8° Porter.  

Independent brewery.


Vereinsheim und Hausbrauerei Sommerlust
Oststraße 39,
08371 Glauchau.
Tel: 03763 - 5565
Email: bernd@glauchauer-bier.de
http://www.glauchauer-bier.de/

Founded: 1998
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Glauchauer Weizen     Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Glauchauer Schwarzbier Spezial   15º Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Wed 15:30 - 20:00,
Fri 15:30 - 23:00,
Sun 19:30 - 13:00,hur and Sat closed,


Privatbrauerei Specht
Thomas - Mann - Str 17,
09427 Ehrensfriedersdorf.
Tel.: 037341 - 2229
Fax: 037341 - 2229
Email: info@privatbrauerei-specht.de
http://www.privatbrauerei-specht.de/

Founded: 1844
Annual production: 8,000 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Specht Pilsner 4.8% 12º Pils.  
Greifensteinquell Landbier 4.8% 12º Pale lager - Helles.  
Specht Export 5% 12.9º Pale lager - Export.  
Specht Spezial 5% 12.9º Pale lager - Spezial.  
Schwarzer Specht 6.1% 16º Dark Bock.  
Specht Bockbier 6.1% 16º Pale Bock. Seasonal - September to April.  

Independent brewery. The brewery was run as a co-operative until bankruptcy in 1954, when it was bought by Gustav Specht. The Specht family have been in charge ever since, the brewery remaining in private hands throughout the DDR period.


Sternquell - Brauerei GmbH
Dobenaustr. 83,
08523 Plauen.
Tel.: 03741 - 2110
Fax: 03741 - 211216
Homepage: http://www.sternquell.de/

Founded: 1857
Annual production: 452,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Sternquell Pils 4.9% 11° Pils.
Grass, cardboard and celery aroma; bitterish taste with grass, hop and dust aromas; bitter, grassy finish.
What on earth has happened to Sternquell's beers? They used to be some of the best in the DDR. Another beer ruined by cheap ingredients.		 23
Sternquell Diät Pils 4.9% 11° Pils. Low-carbohydrate beer.  
Sternquell Dunkel 5.3% 12.6° Dark lager.  
Sternquell Premium Pils 5.4% 12° Pils.  
Sternquell Sommerbier 3.6% 9.25º Pale lager - Schankbier. Seasonal - Summer. Bitterness 15.6 EBU.  
Sternquell Bockbier 6.5% 16° Dark Bock. Seasonal - November to Märch.  

Owned by the Kulmbacher Brauerei AG. A personal favourite from the DDR period. They used to brew a very tasty Pilsator.


Brauhaus an der Thomaskirche
Thomaskirchhof 3- 5,
04109 Leipzig.
Tel.: 0341 - 212 6110
Fax: 0341 - 212 6120
http://www.brauhaus-thomaskirche.de

Founded: 1998
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Thomaskirche Pils     Pils.
Magarine and butter aroma; bitterish taste with butter and grass aromas; bitterish finish with butter and wood aromas.
Far too buttery - it completely overwhelms any other flavour.		 30
Thomaskirche Spezial     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.
Hop and margarine aroma; bitterish taste with hop, basil and herbal aromas; bitter finish with liquorice, hop and citrus aromas.
A reasonable dry dark lager in the schwarzbier style. It has a very strong herbal hop flavour that just doesn't get too much. Much better than the pils.		 52

Brewpub in Leipzig city centre.


Brauhaus Torgau AG
Naundorferstr. 7,
04860 Torgau
Tel.: 03421 7443
Fax: 03421 744412
Email: info@brauhaus-torgau.de
Homepage: http://www.torgauer.de/

Founded: 1857
Annual production: 110,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Torgauer Doppelcaramel 1.5% 11.6º Malzbier. Bitterness 9 EBU, colour 140 EBC.  
Torgauer Hell 4.7% 11.2º Pale lager - Helles. Bitterness 21 EBU, colour 9 EBC.  
Torgauer Meister Pils 4.9% 11.6º Pils. Bitterness 30 EBU, colour 6 EBC.  
Torgauer Landpils 4.9% 11.8º Pils. Bitterness 28 EBU, colour 7 EBC.  
Torgauer Premium Pilsner 4.9%   Pils. Bitterness 28 EBU, colour EBC.  
Torgauer Landbier 5.5% 12.5% Pale lager - Spezial. Bitterness 23 EBU, colour 8 EBC.
Malt, honey, vanilla, peach, tobacco and grass aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with malt, hop and fruit aromas; bitter finish with butter, malt and herbal aromas.
A subtle but tasty and full-bodied beer. Quite lightly hopped, but obviously with good quality ones. I'm not totally sure of the exact style, but it's pretty good beer. 		70
Torgauer Landbock 6.5% 16.5º Dark Bock. Bitterness 20 EBU, colour 78 EBC.  
Torgauer Maibock 6.5% 16.6º Pale Bock. Bitterness 18 EBU, colour 15 EBC. Seasonal - Spring.  
Torgauer Weihnachtsbier 5.7% 12.9º Pale lager - Festbier. Bitterness 23 EBU, colour 13 EBC.  
Torgauer Ritter Edel 5.5%   Pale lager.
Grass and butter aroma, neutral taste with butter and grass aromas, bitterish, fruity finish.
A reasonable beer with no bad flavours. NO LONGER BREWED		 46
Torgauer Ritter Dunkel 6.9% 16º Dark bock.
Metal aroma, sweet taste with fruit and toffee aromas, bitterish finish with raisins and toffee.
Reasonable attempt at the style, with dark malt flavours. Not quite enough depth of flavour for the strength. NO LONGER BREWED		 57

Independent brewery.


Turm-Brauhaus
Neumarkt 2,
09111 Chemnitz.
Tel: 0371 - 90 95 095
Fax: 0371 - 90 95 096
Email: info@turmbrauhaus.de
www.turmbrauhaus.de

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Chemnitzer Turmbräu Hell     Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Chemnitzer Turmbräu Kupfer     Amber lager. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Sun - Thur 10:00-01:00
Fri - Sat 10:00-03:00


Brauhaus "Am Waldschlösschen"
Am Brauhaus 8 b,
01099 Dresden.
Tel.: 0351 - 8119912
Fax: 0351 - 8119923
eMail info@waldschloesschen.de
Homepage: http://www.waldschloesschen.de/

Founded: 1836 (1997)
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Waldschlösschen Original Hell 5.3% 12.3° Pale lager - Export.  
Waldschlösschen Zwickelbier 5.3% 12.3° Unfiltered pale lager - Export.  
Waldschlösschen Hefe 5% 12-13° Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Waldschlösschen Dunkel 5-5.5% 12-13° Dark lager.  

Brewpub. Closed in 1981, but re-opened as a brewpub in 1997 as part of a redevelopment of the former brewery site.


Hausbräu im Ballhaus Watzke
Kötzschenbroder Str. 1,
01139 Dresden.
Tel.: 0351 - 852920
Fax: 0351 - 8529222
Email: Dresden@Watzke.de
http://www.watzke.de/

Founded: 1996
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Watzke Pils 5% 12.9° Pils. Unfiltered.  
Altpieschener Spezial 5.2% 13.6° Amber lager - Märzen. Unfiltered.  
Watzke Märzen 5.4% 13.5º Amber lager - Märzen. Unfiltered. Seasonal - March.  
Watzke Dunkler Doppelbock 7.3% 18.8º Dark Doppelbock. Unfiltered. Seasonal - Winter.  
Watzke Porter 6.3% 16.5º Bottom-fermented porter. Unfiltered. Seasonal.  

A brewpub bizarrely sited in a large dancehall complex.


Weesensteiner Schlossbräu
Am Schloßberg 1,
01809 Müglitztal.
Tel.: 035027 - 42004
Fax.: 035027 - 42005
Email: schlossbraeu@weesenstein.de
Homepage: http://www.weesenstein.de/

Founded: 1997
Annual production: 500 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Weesensteiner Schlossbräu     Unfiltered pale lager.  

Brewpub in a castle.

Opening times:
November - March: Tue - Fri 12:00 - 24:00, Sat & Sun 11:00 - 24:00
April - October: Tue - Fri 18:00 - 24:00, Sat & Sun 11:00 - 24:00


Brauereigasthof Weißer Hirsch
Marienberger Str.72,
09518 Großrückerswalde.

Founded: 2002
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Wernesgrüner Brauerei AG
Bergstr. 4,
08237 Steinberg - Wernesgrün.
Tel.: 037462 - 610
Fax.: 037462 - 3459
e-mail: info@wernesgruener.de
Homepage: http://www.wernesgruener.de/

Founded: 1436
Annual production: 800,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Wernesgrüner Pils 4.9% 11.3º Pils. Bitterness 30 EBU, colour 6 EBC.  

Owned by Bitburger.

One of the DDR's former "export breweries", used as a source of hard currency. It was often difficult to find in the DDR itself. Despite the brewery having access to the best raw materials, the beer was never one of my favourites. Since reunification increasing quantites of Wernesgrüner have been sold in West Germany.


Stadtbrauerei Wittichenau E. Glaab GmbH
Haschkestr. 33,
02997 Wittichenau.
Tel.: 035725 - 75110
Fax: 035725 - 75151
Email: Stadtbrauerei@wittichenauer.de
Homepage: http://www.wittichenauer.de/

Founded: 1435
Annual production: 20,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Wittichenauer Gold 4.4%   Pale lager - Helles.  
Lausitzer Premium Pils 4.9%   Pils.  
Wittichenauer Premium Pils 5%   Pils.  
St. Marienstern Klosterbräu Spezial 5%   Pale lager.  
St. Marienstern Klosterbräu Dunkel 5%   Dark lager.  
Wittichenauer Bock 6%   Bock.  

Independent brewery.

There is a brewery tap in Wittichenau:

Brauerei-Gasthaus "Zur Kegelbahn"
Hosker Str. 25,
02997 Wittichenau.
Tel.: 035725 - 71481
Opening times:
Mon - Sat 11:00-14:00, 17.30 -
Sun 10:30 -
As the name implies, the pub has a skittle alley.


Zittauer Bürgerbräu GmbH & Co. KG
Im Weinaupark 3 a,
02763 Zittau.
Tel.: 03583 - 706 935
Fax: 03583 - 706 936
E-Mail: info@zittauer-buergerbraeu.de
Homepage: http://www.zittauer-buergerbraeu.de/

Founded: 1845
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Zittauer Bürgerbräu        
Royal Gründerbier        

Independent brewery.


1. Zwickauer Gasthausbrauerei
Peter-Breuer-Straße 14,
08056 Zwickau.
Tel.: 0375 - 303 2032
Email: info@brauhaus-zwickau.de
Homepage: http://www.brauhaus-zwickau.de/

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Brewpub. Also a distillery.


Brauerei- Gasthof Zwönitz
Grünhainerstr. 15,
08297 Zwönitz.
Tel.: 037754 - 59904
Fax.: 037754 - 59906
Email: info@brauerei-zwoenitz.de
Homepage: http://www.brauerei-zwoenitz.de/

Founded: 1997
Annual production: 400 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Zwönitzer Pilsner     Pils.  
Zwönitzer Dunkel 4.9%   Dark lager.  
Zwönitzer Nachtwächter Schwarzbier     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Zwönitzer Ziegenbock     Bock.  
Zwönitzer Kirsch-Bräu     Beer with cherries.  
Zwönitzer Äppel-Bräu     Beer with apple.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Sun 11:00 -




Breweries in the former DDR
Sachsen - Anhalt


Brauhaus "Zum Alten Dessauer"
Lange Gasse 16,
06844 Dessau.
Tel: 0340 - 220 59 09
Fax: 0340 - 850 72 38
Email: brauhaus@alter-dessauer.de
http://www.alter-dessauer.de/

Founded 2001
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Alter Dessauer Original     Pale lager.  
Alter Dessauer Edles Pils 4.9%   Pils.  
Alter Dessauer Zwickelbier     Unfiltered pale lager.  

Brewpub.

Opening Times:
Mon - Sun 11:00 - 24:00


Brauhaus Burgmühle Freyburg GmbH
Mühlstr. 10,
06632 Freyburg.
Tel.: 034464 - 61088
Fax.: 034464 - 61090
brauhaus-burgmuehle@t-online.de
Homepage: http://www.brauhaus-burgmuehle.de/

Founded 1998
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Burgenländisch-Hell     Pils.  
Original Burgenländisch-Dunkel     Dark lager.  
Bock     Bock. Seasonal.  
Naumburger Kirschfestbier     Seasonal.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Sun 11:00 - 24:00


Colbitzer Heidebrauerei GmbH
Brauereistr. 1,
39326 Colbitz.
Tel.: 039207 - 880
Fax: 039207 - 88150
http://www.colbitzer-heidebrauerei.de/

Founded: 1872
Annual production: 65,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Colbitzer Heide-Pils 4.8%   Pils.  
Colbitzer Heide-Schwarzbier     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Colbitzer Ritter Premium     Pale lager.  
Colbitzer Heidebock 6.8%   Pale Bock.  

Independenrt brewery. Nationalised in 1972. Sold back to members of the founding family in 1991.


Garley Spezialitäten Brauerei GmbH
Sandstr. 58 - 60,
39632 Gardelegen.
Tel.: 03907 - 72200
Fax: 03907 - 722040
Email: info@garley.de
Homepage: http://www.garley.de/

Founded: 1314
Annual production: 44,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Garley "Swartet Beer" 4.5%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Garley Premium Pilsner 4.9%   Pils.  
Garley Premium Spezial Export 5.1%   Pale lager - Export.  
Altmärker Narrenbräu 5.2%   Made from malted oats. I thought the Reinheitsgebot didn't allow the use of oats, even if malted?  
Garley Jubiläums Pilsner     Pils.  
Garley Diät-Pilsner     Pils.  
Bismarck Pilsner Premium     Pils.  
Elch Pils     Pils.  
Festbier "100 Jahre Elektrische"     Festbier.  
Garley Maibock     Pale Bock. Seasonal - April.  
Garley Bock 6.5%   Amber Bock. Seasonal - October.  
Altmärker Weihnacht     Festbier. Seasonal - November/December.  

Independent brewery. Nationalised 1972, privatised 1990.



Germania Brauerei
Langendorferstr. 17 - 23,
06667 Weißenfels.
Tel.: 03443 - 3710
Fax: 03443 - 371201

Founded: 1627
Annual production:

Independent brewery.


Burgbräu Gommern GmbH
Walter- Rathenau- Str. 9- 11,
39245 Gommern.
Tel.: 039200 - 7660
Fax: 039200 - 766766
Homepage: http://www.wasserburg-zu-gommern.de/index.htm

Founded: 1994 CLOSED 2001
Annual production: 3,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Burgbräu Öko-Schwarz     Black lager.  
Burgbräu Öko-Gold     Pale lager.  
Burgbräu Gommerator     Doppelbock.  
       

Organic brewery in a building that was first a castle then, until 1954, a prison. The complex also houses a hotel.



Erste Hallische Gasthausbrauerei "Zum Schad"
Reilstr. 10,
06114 Halle.
Tel.: 0345 - 5230366
Fax: 0345 - 5232079

Founded: 1993
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Hasseröder Brauerei Wernigerode GmbH
Auerhanring 1,
38855 Wernigerode.
Tel.: 03943 - 9360
Fax: 03943 - 632140
Homepage: http://www.hasseroeder.de/hasseroeder/

Founded: 1848
Annual production: 2,320,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Hasseröder Premium Pils 4.8% 11.3º Pils.  

Owned by Inbev.

Hasseröder Pils has come from nowhere to be a major brand in Germany in the space of ten years. It now produces more beer than any other brewery in the former DDR.


Brauerei Heine Bräu Privates Brauhaus
Kehrstr. 1,
38820 Halberstadt.
Tel.: 03941 - 31400
Fax: 03941 - 31500
Homepage: http://www.hotel-heine.de/

Founded: 1999
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Heine Bräu Hell   11.5º Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Heine Bräu Dunkel   11.7º Dark lager. Unfiltered.  
Heine Bräu Maibock     Pale Bock. Seasonal - Spring. Unfiltered.  
Heine Bräu Oktoberbock     Bock. Seasonal - Autumn. Unfiltered.  
Heine Bräu Weizen   11.4º Pale unfiltered wheat beer.  

Brewpub in a hotel.


Klosterschenke Helfta
Lindenstrasse 34,
06295 Eisleben.
Tel.: 03475 - 71440
Fax.: 03475 - 7144100

Founded: 2001
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Köthener Brauerei GmbH
Stiftstr. 7,
06366 Köthen.
Tel.: 03496 - 411411
Fax: 03496 - 411429
http://www.koethener-brauerei.de/

Founded: 1861
Annual production: 55,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Hubertus 4.9% 11.5º Pils.  
Köthener Spezial Pils 4.9% 11.5º Pils.  
Hubertus 1861 Premium Pilsener 4.9% 11.5º Pils.  
Köthener Export 5.2% 12.5º Pale lager - Export.  
Hubertus Schwarzbier 5.2% 12.5º Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Hubertus Bock 6.9% 16.5º Dark Bock. Seasonal - October to December.  

Independent brewery.


Brauhaus Köthen
Lachsfang 1-3,
06366 Köthen.
Tel. 03496 - 309 94 99

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Brewpub.


Brauerei Landsberg GmbH
Bahnhofstr. 33,
06188 Landsberg.
Tel.: 034602 2163 - 40333
Fax: 034602 - 403320
Email: Info@Landsberger.de
Homepage: http://www.landsberger.de/landsbgr.html

Founded:
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Landsberger Premium Pils     Pils.  
Landsberger Schwarzbier     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Landsberger Low-Carb 5% 10º Pils. Low-carbohydrate.  
Landsberger Export-Bier 5.3%   Pale lager - Export.  
Delitzscher Peter und Paul Festbier 5.3% 12º Pale lager - Festbier.  
Landsberger Goitzsche Bräu 5.6%   Amber lager - Märzen.  
Zeitzer Grottenbräu 5.6%   Pale lager - Festbier.  
Aschersleber Festbier 5.6%   Pale lager - Festbier.  
Landsberger Bock-Bier 7.2%   Dark Bock.  
Landsberger Mai-Bock 7.2%   Dark Bock. Seasonal - April to June.  

Independent brewery.


Lüdde-Bräu Quedlinburger Gasthof-Brauhaus
Blasiistr. 14,
06484 Quedlinburg.
Tel.: 03946 - 3251
Fax: 03946 - 3251
http://www.hotel-brauhaus-luedde.de/

Founded: 1807/1992
Annual production: 1,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pubarschknall     Braunbier. Top-fermented. A recreation of a pre-lager style.  
Lüdde - Pilsener     Pils.  
Lüdde-Schwarzbier     Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Lüdde - Weizen     Pale unfiltered wheat beer.  
Lüdde - Bock     Bock. Seasonal.  

Brewpub. The original brewery closed in 1966. Re-opened as a brewpub in 1992.

Opening times:
Mon - Sat 11:00 - 24:00,
Sun 11:00 - 22:00


Mammut Getränke GmbH
Juri - Gagarin - Str. 33,
06526 Sangerhausen.
Tel.: 03464 - 6270
Fax: 03464 - 62730
e-mail: info@mammut-bier.de
Homepage: http://www.Mammut-bier.de/

Founded: 1868
Annual production: 100,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Mammut Ur-Pils 4.8%   Pils.  
Mammut Schwarzbier black 4.9%   Dark lager - Schwarzbier.  
Mammut Export 5.5%   Pale lager - Export.  
Mammut Ur-Bock 6.9%   Dark Bock.  

Part of the Actris Gruppe.


Mühlenbergbrauerei
August- Bebel- Str. 13,
14715 Schollene.
Tel: 039389 - 96349
Fax: 039389 - 96160
Email: haus-am-see@t-online.de
http://www.gasthofbrauerei.de/

Founded:
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Helles     Pale lager. Unfiltered.  
Dunkles     Dark lager. Unfiltered.  
Maibock     Bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal - Spring.  
Schollator     Bock. Unfiltered. Seasonal - Autumn.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Tue, Thur - Sat 15:00 -
Sun and public holidays 10:00-
Wednesday closed.


Brauhaus zum Reformator
Friedensstr. 12,
06295 Lutherstadt Eisleben.
Tel.: 03475 - 680511
Fax: 03475 - 680254
eMail: service@brauhaus-reformator.de
Homepage: http://brauhaus-reformator.de/

Founded: 1995
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Reformator Herren-Pils 4.9% 12° Pils.  
Reformator Dunkel 5.9% 15° Dark lager.  
Reformator Hell 4.9% 13° Pale lager - Helles. Seasonal.  
Reformator Festbier "St. Martin" 5.2% 13.5° Pale lager - Festbier. Seasonal.  
Reformator Märzenbier "Kupfer" 5.8% 14° Amber lager - Märzen. Seasonal.  
Reformator Bock "Schwarze Schlacke" 5.5% 16.5° Dark Bock. Seasonal.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon - Thur 12:00 - 24:00,
Fri - Sat 12:00 - 01:00,
Sun 12:00 - 23:00


Museumsbrauerei Wippra GmbH Brauhof Wippra
Fleckstr. 4,
06543 Wippra Kurort.
Tel.: 034775 - 25583
Fax: 034772 - 25584
http://www.wippraer-bier.de/

Founded: 1480
Annual production: 5,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pilsener     Pils.  
Dunkel     Dark lager.  

Owned by Garley Bräu. Nationalised in 1972.


Brauhaus Wittenberg
Markt 6,
06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Tel.: 03491 - 433130
Fax.: 03491 - 433131
info@brauhaus-wittenberg.de
Homepage: http://www.brauhaus-wittenberg.de/

Founded: 1999
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Pilsner     Pils  
Kuckucksbier        
Weizenbier     Pale unfiltered wheat beer. Seasonal - Summer.  
Bockbier     Bock. Seasonal.  

Brewpub in a restaurant/hotel complex.


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