Brauerei Trunk
Brauerei Trunk sits directly behind the Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen above Bad Staffelstein in Upper Franconia, a pilgrimage site where beer has been brewed since 1803. The Trunk family took over the old monastery brewery in 1989, and in 2004 the brewhouse was rebuilt from scratch by a Bamberg manufacturer. Brewmaster Andreas, son of the purchasing family, uses malts from Kulmbach, Bamberg and Mellrichstadt, hops from the Hallertau, Spalt and Tettnang and a house yeast culture. The Nothelfer brand name refers to the Fourteen Holy Helpers venerated in the basilica.
Beers by Brauerei Trunk
10 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Brauerei Trunk brew across 3 style families.
Across these 10 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
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:
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.
Nothelfer Festbier
Their beers place in the Top 50% of the catalogue on average, across 10 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Brauerei Trunk
Brauerei Trunk sits directly behind the Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen above Bad Staffelstein in Upper Franconia, a pilgrimage site where beer has been brewed since 1803. The Trunk family took over the old monastery brewery in 1989, and in 2004 the brewhouse was rebuilt from scratch by a Bamberg manufacturer. Brewmaster Andreas, son of the purchasing family, uses malts from Kulmbach, Bamberg and Mellrichstadt, hops from the Hallertau, Spalt and Tettnang and a house yeast culture. The Nothelfer brand name refers to the Fourteen Holy Helpers venerated in the basilica.
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