Archive record · Brewery
Gutshofbrauerei DAS FREIE
Rethmar / Sehnde, Germany
- Founded
- 2015
- Archive ID
- TB-R9YWCQSF
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Status: ACTIVE. Digwa brothers are clearly the brewery founders/operators in first-party history. Exact current brewery legal entity/shareholding was not captured and remains held. Current physical brewery at Gutshof Rethmar, Gutsstraße 16. Current first-party pages say beer is brewed, matured and filled onsite; the brewery officially opened on 21 Jul 2015 and now sells through the Gutshof, online shop and regional retail.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
DAS FREIE Pilsner
Year-RoundPilsner
Current first-party product; 12.4°P, Loral hops. (Current / core)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →DAS FREIE Hefeweizen
Year-RoundHefeweizen
Current first-party product; 14°P, Citra and Mandarina Bavaria. (Current / core)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →DAS FREIE Black M
Year-RoundPorter
Current first-party product; 13.4°P, Saaz/Saphir/Mandarina Bavaria. (Current / core)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →DAS FREIE Broyhan
Year-RoundHistorical Broyhan / Sour Beer
Current first-party product; 13.44°P, mixed fermentation and historic-spice reconstruction. (Current / specialty)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →DAS FREIE Drifty Pale Ale
Year-RoundIPA / Pale Ale
Current first-party shop/core range. (Current / specialty)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →DAS FREIE Helle
Year-RoundHelles
Current first-party shop range. (CURRENT)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2021
Sour Beer of the Year — DAS FREIE Broyhan
Meininger's International Craft Beer Award
- 2021
Sour Beer of the Year
Meininger's International Craft Beer Award
- 2019
Beer / regional food excellence label — DAS FREIE Pilsner
Kulinarischer Botschafter Niedersachsen
- 2019
Beer / regional food excellence label
Kulinarischer Botschafter Niedersachsen
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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