Brauerei Päffgen
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Est. 1883
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Germany Pass 25. Founder: Hermann Päffgen. Status as recorded: ACTIVE / HOUSE BREWERY. Current Cologne house brewery. First-party history says Hermann Päffgen founded it in 1883 in the Rubenshaus and moved brewery and brauhaus to Friesenstraße in 1884, where the house-brewery tradition continues.
The Beer Library
Beers
Päffgen Kölsch
CURRENT / HOUSE BEERKölsch
Germany Pass 25. Current house-brewed Kölsch served from draft; first-party site also sells 10, 15, 20 and 30 L casks.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://paeffgen-koelsch.de/ueber-uns/ 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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