Brauerei Hummel
Merkendorf, Landkreis Bamberg / Upper Franconia, Germany · Est. 1556
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Why this matters
Germany Pass 25. Founder: UNKNOWN. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Current seventh-generation family brewery. First-party history says the brewery property has brewed since 1556 and the Hummel family has run it since 1846, using regional malt, Hallertau hops and water from its own deep well.
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Beers
Kellerbier
CORE / CURRENTUngespundetes Kellerbier
Germany Pass 25. Current first-party year-round ungespundet Kellerbier.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pils
CORE / CURRENTPils
Germany Pass 25. Current first-party year-round Pils.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Helles
CORE / CURRENTHelles
Germany Pass 25. Current first-party year-round Helles.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Räucherla
CORE / CURRENTRauchbier / Märzen-style
Germany Pass 25. Current first-party smoke specialty.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Cowboy
CORE / CURRENTSchwarzbier
Germany Pass 25. Current first-party roasted-malt Schwarzbier.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Märzen
CORE / CURRENTMärzen
Germany Pass 25. Current first-party altfränkisch-style Märzen.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Räucherator
SEASONAL / CURRENTRauchbier Doppelbock
Germany Pass 25. Current seasonal smoke Doppelbock from January.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →1162
SEASONAL / CURRENTPale Specialty Beer with Smoke
Germany Pass 25. First brewed in 2012 for Merkendorf's 850th anniversary; current seasonal beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Leichtes Weissbier
SEASONAL / LOW ALCOHOLLight Hefeweizen
Germany Pass 25. Current seasonal lower-alcohol wheat beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Leonhardibock
SEASONAL / CURRENTPale Bock
Germany Pass 25. Current November strong pale Bock.
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://brauerei-hummel.de/brauerei/ 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
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
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