Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei Spezial
Bamberg, Upper Franconia / Bavaria, Germany
- Founded
- 1536
- Archive ID
- TB-DFS26N0F
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Founder: UNKNOWN. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Bamberg brewery documented since 1536 and owned by the Merz family since 1898. It still makes its own smoked malt by hand over an open beechwood fire.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
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Beers
Spezial Lager
CURRENT / FLAGSHIPRauchbier / Lager
Amber smoked lager and best-known Spezial beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Spezial Märzen
CURRENTRauchbier / Märzen
Dark malt-forward smoked Märzen.
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CURRENTHefeweizen
Bottle-conditioned cloudy wheat beer.
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CURRENTUngespundetes Lager
Pale unfiltered beer matured without pressure, yielding lower carbonation.
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SEASONAL / CURRENTDark Bock
Seasonal dark strong beer released from late October/early November.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://brauerei-spezial.de/brauerei-und-maelzerei/ 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
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.
Straight answers
Common questions about Brauerei Spezial
- Who owns Brauerei Spezial?
- Brauerei Spezial is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Bamberg, Upper Franconia / Bavaria, Germany.
- Is Brauerei Spezial independent?
- Yes. Brauerei Spezial is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Brauerei Spezial founded?
- Brauerei Spezial was founded in 1536 in Bamberg, Upper Franconia / Bavaria, Germany.
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