Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei Först
Drügendorf / Eggolsheim, Landkreis Forchheim / Upper Franconia, Germany
- Founded
- 1525
- Archive ID
- TB-F4SWAB1S
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Founder: UNKNOWN. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Current fourth-generation family brewery and inn. First-party chronicle dates the brewery to 1525 and family ownership to 1750. Nicole and Volker Först took over in 2017; current beers are brewed onsite on a 35 hL Kaspar Schulz system using regional raw materials and Drügendorf spring water.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
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Beers
Lager-Bier
CURRENT / COREAltfränkisches Lager
Current first-party classic, naturally cloudy/unfiltered.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Helles
CURRENT / COREHelles
Current first-party rural Helles.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Märzen
CURRENT / COREMärzen
Current first-party Märzen-style beer and strongest of the four year-round core beers.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Kellerpils
CURRENT / COREKellerpils
Current first-party finely hopped Kellerpils.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Festbier
SEASONAL / CURRENTFestbier
Current first-party unfiltered Festbier.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Letizia's Festbier
SEASONAL / FAMILY-NAMEDFestbier
Seasonal Festbier named for the family's youngest child.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Lucia Maria Bock
SEASONAL / FAMILY-NAMEDStrong Beer / Bock
Seasonal strong beer named for the family's first-born child.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ludwig Samuel Bock
SEASONAL / FAMILY-NAMEDStrong Beer / Bock
Seasonal strong beer named for the family's son Ludwig.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →1 organisations
Connected suppliers & bodies
- kaspar schulzEquipment supplied35 hL brewhouse, brewing on regional raw materials and Drügendorf spring water.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://brauerei-foerst.de/chronik/ 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 reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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