Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei Greif
Forchheim, Landkreis Forchheim / Upper Franconia, Germany
- Founded
- 1848
- Archive ID
- TB-VP07ENRE
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Founder: Johann Neuner. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Current Forchheim brewery founded in the revolutionary year 1848 at the Kapuzinerwirt. The brewery moved into a modern Serlbacher Straße plant after World War II; a new brewery there entered service in 1953.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
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Beers
Greif Rauchbier
CURRENTRauchbier
Current first-party page calls it Forchheim's first Rauchbier.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Retro Hell
CURRENT / REVIVED HISTORIC STYLEHelles
Current beer modelled after Greif's Helles from the 1960s/70s, including period-inspired label.
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CURRENT / REVIVEDMärzen
Current first-party beer explicitly described as a revived former Märzen.
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CURRENTLandbier
Current bottom-fermented malty Landbier.
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CURRENTDry-Hopped Kellerbier
Current first-party dry-hopped Kellerbier with Mandarina Bavaria, called the first Forchheim craft beer by the brewery.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Capitulare
CURRENT / HISTORIC COMMEMORATIVEAnniversary Lager
Originally brewed for Forchheim's 1200-year city anniversary.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://www.brauerei-greif.de/firma.html 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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