ZAPFLER Craft Brewery
Jintan / Changzhou, Jiangsu, China · Est. 2014
Tally's Take
Why this matters
China Pass 29. Local name: 扎夫德国精酿. Ownership as recorded: Independent. Entity type: INDEPENDENT_CRAFT_BREWERY. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Founder: Dirk Frauenheim; Lin Ya. First-party site identifies ZAPFLER as a microbrewery founded in 2014. Its beer menu explicitly says beers are brewed in the company's own breweries in Jintan/Changzhou and near Shanghai; Suzhou locations are outlets, not the production site.
The Beer Library
Beers
ZAP's No. 1
CURRENTWheat Beer
China Pass 29. Local name: 镇店之作. Current first-party beer menu; 4.5% ABV, 16 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Twin Peak
CURRENTKölsch-style Ale
China Pass 29. Local name: 双峰啤酒. Current first-party beer menu; 4.33% ABV, 12 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Floezlinger
CURRENTGerman Specialty Beer
China Pass 29. Local name: 弗勒兹林格. Current first-party beer menu; 5.0% ABV, 30 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →030 Berlin Pilsner
CURRENTPilsner
China Pass 29. Local name: 030 Berlin Pilsner. Current first-party beer menu; 5.5% ABV, 35 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →HAM BAM
CURRENTSmoked Lager
China Pass 29. Local name: 熏制拉格. Current first-party beer menu; 5.7% ABV, 20 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →2-4-8
CURRENTDry-Hopped IPA
China Pass 29. Local name: 2-4-8. Current first-party beer menu; 8.0% ABV, 70 IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's China master, Pass 29 — Hunan wider sweep (research workbook), which cited https://zapfler-craft-beer.com/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's China master, Pass 29 — Hunan wider sweep (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 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 ZAPFLER Craft Brewery
- Who owns ZAPFLER Craft Brewery?
- ZAPFLER Craft Brewery is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Jintan / Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- Is ZAPFLER Craft Brewery independent?
- Yes. ZAPFLER Craft Brewery 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 ZAPFLER Craft Brewery founded?
- ZAPFLER Craft Brewery was founded in 2014 in Jintan / Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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