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Gordon Biersch Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Gordon Biersch Brewing Company runs a production brewery and packaging plant in San Jose's Japantown, opened in 1997 to take the brand's German-style lagers into retail. The name goes back to a brewpub that Munich-trained engineer Dan Gordon and restaurateur Dean Biersch opened in Palo Alto in 1988. The restaurants were sold in 1999 and are a separate company today; in 2019 an investor group led by its co-founder regained majority control of the brewery, where most of the volume is contract work for other brands. All beers follow the Reinheitsgebot.

4Beers
3Styles
5.2%Avg ABV
1997Founded

Beers by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company

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.
bready
3 of 4 beers
crisp
3 of 4 beers
hazy
2 of 4 beers
citrusy
2 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 · 3 style families
Lager 2IPA 1Wheat 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 599 other breweries making Session IPA, Hefeweizen and Märzen.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Session IPA, Hefeweizen and MärzenGordon Biersch Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
light
in 1 of 4 · typical Session IPA, Hefeweizen and Märzen brewery: 4 in 5
Notably less light than typical.
hazy
in 2 of 4 · typical Session IPA, Hefeweizen and Märzen brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more hazy than typical.

Across 4 beers in 3 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

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About Gordon Biersch Brewing Company

Gordon Biersch Brewing Company runs a production brewery and packaging plant in San Jose's Japantown, opened in 1997 to take the brand's German-style lagers into retail. The name goes back to a brewpub that Munich-trained engineer Dan Gordon and restaurateur Dean Biersch opened in Palo Alto in 1988. The restaurants were sold in 1999 and are a separate company today; in 2019 an investor group led by its co-founder regained majority control of the brewery, where most of the volume is contract work for other brands. All beers follow the Reinheitsgebot.

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