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Brauerei Greif

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

A traditional Franconian family brewery in Forchheim (Upper Franconia), founded in 1848 and still operated by descendants of the founding family. One of the breweries in the region famous for its Kellerbier served at Forchheim's celebrated Annafest. Brews a classic range of Franconian lager styles including Helles, Pils, Edelpils, Zwickl, Schwarzbier, and wheat beers.

10Beers
4Styles
5.1%Avg ABV
1848Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
10%
catalogue avg 11%

AWARDS

World Beer Cup 2026 Silver – Vienna-Style Lager (Greif Schlöbberla)
★World Beer Cup 2026 Silver – Vienna-Style Lager (Greif Schlöbberla)

Beers by Brauerei Greif

10 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Brauerei Greif brew across 4 style families.

Signature · 10 beers
Lager 6Wheat Beer 2Amber 1Dark 1

Across these 10 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

clean
8 of 10 beers
crisp
8 of 10 beers
malty
7 of 10 beers
bitter
7 of 10 beers

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

Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:

typical for similar stylesBrauerei Greif
in no beersin every beer
bready
in 9 of 10 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Notably more bready than typical.
smooth
in 9 of 10 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Notably more smooth than typical.
How we measure this

Two thresholds are at work here:

  • The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
  • The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.

A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 40%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 10
beers above the median
#481
best ranked beer
Greif Schlöbberla

Their beers place in the Top 40% of the catalogue on average, across 10 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Brauerei Greif

A traditional Franconian family brewery in Forchheim (Upper Franconia), founded in 1848 and still operated by descendants of the founding family. One of the breweries in the region famous for its Kellerbier served at Forchheim's celebrated Annafest. Brews a classic range of Franconian lager styles including Helles, Pils, Edelpils, Zwickl, Schwarzbier, and wheat beers.

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Location
Forchheim · Bavaria · Germany
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