Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei Rittmayer Hallerndorf
Hallerndorf, Landkreis Forchheim / Upper Franconia, Germany
- Founded
- 1422
- Archive ID
- TB-8653H5E2
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Founder: Rittmayer family. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Current family brewery whose own site says it has 600 years of brewing history and has brewed at its modern brewery on the edge of Hallerndorf since 2013. Municipal history identifies Rittmayer among the five breweries still operating in the community.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
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Beers
Helles Vollbier
CURRENTHelles Vollbier / Lager
Current first-party beer; Tettnanger aroma hops, year-round.
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CURRENTDark Kellerbier / Vollbier
Current first-party Franconian Kellerbier.
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CURRENT / HISTORIC MILESTONEHefeweizen
Current first-party beer; brewery identifies it as Hallerndorf's first Hefeweizen, introduced in 1988.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hallerndorfer Rauchbier
CURRENT / AWARD-CLAIMDark Rauchbier
Current first-party smoked beer using barley smoke malt; brewery awards page lists repeated recognition, but official competition rows remain held.
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CURRENTHelles Landbier
Current first-party pale unfiltered Vollbier.
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CURRENT / AWARD-CLAIMDunkler Rauchbock
Current first-party peat-smoked strong lager using German and Scottish smoked barley malt.
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SEASONAL / CURRENTMärzen / Festbier
Current anniversary Festbier first brewed for the brewery's 600-year celebration in 2022.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://rittmayer.de/ 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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