Brandholz Brauerei Melkendorf
Melkendorf / Litzendorf, Landkreis Bamberg / Upper Franconia, Germany · Est. 2018
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Why this matters
Germany Pass 25. Founder: Matthias Hoch / Brandholz team. Status as recorded: TEMPORARILY CLOSED / SITE DISPLACED. Small Franconian brewery that revived production at the former Winkler brewery site. Current first-party site still identifies the Melkendorf brewhouse and traditional coolship/open-fermentation methods, while Fränkischer Tag reported a forced pause/closure in January 2026 because redevelopment of the Winkler site required the brewery to move out; future site status was uncertain.
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Beers
Golden Brown
CURRENT/HISTORIC CORE; STATUS DURING 2026 PAUSE UNCERTAINFranconian Lager / Lagerbier
Germany Pass 25. First-party Brandholz range describes a 5.5% golden-brown, unfiltered/natural lager brewed with traditional coolship concentration and house-beer character.
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SEASONAL / HISTORIC-CURRENT LINEAGEBock
Germany Pass 25. First-party recipe-style description: Vienna malt, Spalter Select single-hop, two-mash process, 12-hour coolship concentration, cold high fermentation.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://www.brandholz-brauerei.de/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Germany master, Pass 25 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
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