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Brauerei Uerige

🌍 Germany · Regional · Known for Altbier
Known for Altbier

A traditional top-fermented craft brewery founded in 1862 in Düsseldorf's old town, Brauerei Uerige is renowned for defining the modern altbier style. The brewery follows the Reinheitsgebot (German Purity Law) and is famous for its flagship Uerige Alt, regularly ranked among Germany's top ten beers, as well as its seasonal Sticke bock-style altbier released twice yearly.

4Beers
2Styles
6%Avg ABV
1862Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
75%
catalogue avg 43%

Beers by Brauerei Uerige

4 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 4 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 4 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
maltyevery beer
4 of 4 beers
hoppy
3 of 4 beers
full-bodied
3 of 4 beers
dry
3 of 4 beers

With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied4 beers · 2 style families
Amber 3Wheat Beer 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 134 other breweries making Hefeweizen.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for HefeweizenBrauerei Uerige
in no beersin every beer
dry
in 3 of 4 · typical Hefeweizen brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more dry than typical.
full-bodied
in 3 of 4 · typical Hefeweizen brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more full-bodied than typical.
bready
in none of their beers · typical Hefeweizen brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
crisp
in none of their beers · typical Hefeweizen brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 40%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
3 / 4
beers above the median
#492
best ranked beer
Uerige Altbier

Their beers place in the Top 40% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Brauerei Uerige

A traditional top-fermented craft brewery founded in 1862 in Düsseldorf's old town, Brauerei Uerige is renowned for defining the modern altbier style. The brewery follows the Reinheitsgebot (German Purity Law) and is famous for its flagship Uerige Alt, regularly ranked among Germany's top ten beers, as well as its seasonal Sticke bock-style altbier released twice yearly.

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Düsseldorf · North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany
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