Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei Friedmann
Gräfenberg, Landkreis Forchheim / Fränkische Schweiz, Germany
- Founded
- 1875
- Archive ID
- TB-X5YX0DB1
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
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.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Where it is
49.64454, 11.25272
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Beers
Friedmann Hell
CURRENTHelles
Current core beer; Bierland Franken gives 4.9% ABV.
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CURRENTPils
Current core beer listed by regional beer authority.
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CURRENT / LOCAL-HISTORY NAMEDark Lager / Dunkel
Current dark/malty house beer named after medieval poet Wirnt von Gräfenberg.
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CURRENTHefeweizen
Current wheat beer in Friedmann standard range.
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SEASONAL / CURRENTNaturtrübes Lager
Official trail source calls it Friedmann's naturally opaque specialty; Bierland Franken lists it seasonally from mid-April to end-September.
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Sources
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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 reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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