Archive record · Brewery
Braumanufaktur Hertl
Thüngfeld / Schlüsselfeld, Franconia / Bavaria, Germany
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-SSDFZV57
- Last checked
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Summary
Founder: David Hertl. Status as recorded: Active / multi-site production. Current Franconian family craft brewery founded by brewer David Hertl, originally begun at his family's home and later in a converted pigsty. Current official site lists Thüngfeld as company/brewery base; Hallerndorf municipality says Hertl also produces in the former Friedel brewhouse at Schnaid.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
The People
Behind the beer
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Beers
Opa's Liebling
CURRENT / FLAGSHIPKellerbier
Hertl's first own beer; current first-party page says it began as a home-brewed Kellerbier for his grandfather Franz and helped trigger the brewery's launch.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Mutti's Sonnenschein
CURRENTHelles
Current Hertl Helles dedicated to David Hertl's mother Vroni.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Papa's Weißheit
CURRENTHefeweizen
Current Hertl Hefeweizen dedicated to David Hertl's father Bernd.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Oma's Betthupferl
CURRENTAmber Bock / Strong Beer
Current first-party product range identifies Oma's Betthupferl as a 6.5% amber strong beer.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Eichhorn / Fränkisch Hell
CURRENT / REVIVED HISTORIC BRANDHelles
Current Hertl-produced Eichhorn beer. Hertl states former Eichhorn brewer Kunner Greif passed on family recipes so the Forchheim brand could continue.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Eichhorn / Winterfestbier
SEASONAL / CURRENT / REVIVED HISTORIC BRANDFestbier
Current Hertl product brewed in Schnaid to original Eichhorn recipe; first-party page says the Forchheim winter-beer tradition is being continued.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://www.braumanufaktur-hertl.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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