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Brauerei Gebr. Maisel

🌍 Germany · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
★ Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Brauerei Gebr. Maisel has been brewing in Bayreuth since 1887, now in its fourth generation under Jeff Maisel. The family brewery is known for two distinct worlds: the classic Maisel's Weisse range — one of Germany's top three wheat beer brands — and the modern Maisel & Friends craft label launched in 2012. Named "Brauerei des Jahres" twice at the Finest Beer Selection and "Visitor Attraction of the Year" at the World Beer Awards 2024 and 2025.

11Beers
4Styles
5.5%Avg ABV
1887Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
80%
catalogue avg 46%

AWARDS

World Beer Awards Visitor Attraction of the Year 2024 + 2025
European Beer Star Gold 6x
Finest Beer Selection Brauerei des Jahres 2024
★World Beer Awards Visitor Attraction of the Year 2024 + 2025
★European Beer Star Gold 6x
★Finest Beer Selection Brauerei des Jahres 2024

Beers by Brauerei Gebr. Maisel

11 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 11 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 11 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
wheat
6 of 11 beers
refreshing
8 of 11 beers
fruity
8 of 11 beers
hoppy
4 of 11 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied11 beers · 4 style families
Wheat Beer 6Lager 3IPA 1Pale Ale 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
typical for similar stylesBrauerei Gebr. Maisel
in no beersin every beer
fruity
in 8 of 11 · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more fruity than typical.

Across 11 beers in 4 style families, one trait still carries through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 32%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
9 / 10
beers above the median
#1081
best ranked beer
Maisel & Friends IPA

Their beers place in the Top 32% of the catalogue on average, across 10 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Brauerei Gebr. Maisel

Brauerei Gebr. Maisel has been brewing in Bayreuth since 1887, now in its fourth generation under Jeff Maisel. The family brewery is known for two distinct worlds: the classic Maisel's Weisse range — one of Germany's top three wheat beer brands — and the modern Maisel & Friends craft label launched in 2012. Named "Brauerei des Jahres" twice at the Finest Beer Selection and "Visitor Attraction of the Year" at the World Beer Awards 2024 and 2025.

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