Brauerei Friedmann
Gräfenberg, Landkreis Forchheim / Fränkische Schweiz, Germany · Est. 1875
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Why this matters
Germany Pass 25. Founder: Christoph Friedmann. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Current family brewery in Gräfenberg. First-party chronicle dates the Friedmann brewery to 1875; current Fünf-Seidla-Steig material confirms it remains one of the five operating route breweries.
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Beers
Friedmann Hell
CURRENTHelles
Germany Pass 25. Current core beer; Bierland Franken gives 4.9% ABV.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Friedmann Pils
CURRENTPils
Germany Pass 25. Current core beer listed by regional beer authority.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Ritter Wirnt Trunk
CURRENT / LOCAL-HISTORY NAMEDark Lager / Dunkel
Germany Pass 25. Current dark/malty house beer named after medieval poet Wirnt von Gräfenberg.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Gräfenberger Weisse
CURRENTHefeweizen
Germany Pass 25. Current wheat beer in Friedmann standard range.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Sigi's Lager
SEASONAL / CURRENTNaturtrübes Lager
Germany Pass 25. Official trail source calls it Friedmann's naturally opaque specialty; Bierland Franken lists it seasonally from mid-April to end-September.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://www.brauerei-friedmann.de/die-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 reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
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