Heinrich Reissdorf Brauerei
Heinrich Reissdorf founded his top-fermenting brewery in 1894 in Cologne's Severinsviertel, the old southern quarter of the city. Bottom-fermented beers such as Pils, Märzen and Export were added later, but the house now concentrates entirely on Kölsch. After heavy war damage the brewery was rebuilt and ran its first post-war brew in 1945. Growing volumes led to a move to a larger, modern site in Köln-Rodenkirchen in 1996. Reissdorf remains an independent, family-owned private brewery and added the unfiltered Dröppche in 2025.
Beers by Heinrich Reissdorf Brauerei
3 beers
The recurring character behind the beers
Heinrich Reissdorf Brauerei brew within a single family — the differences sit in how, not what.
Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
Compared with 106 other breweries brewing Kölsch:
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.
Reissdorf Kölsch
Their beers place in the Top 66% of the catalogue on average, across 2 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Heinrich Reissdorf Brauerei
Heinrich Reissdorf founded his top-fermenting brewery in 1894 in Cologne's Severinsviertel, the old southern quarter of the city. Bottom-fermented beers such as Pils, Märzen and Export were added later, but the house now concentrates entirely on Kölsch. After heavy war damage the brewery was rebuilt and ran its first post-war brew in 1945. Growing volumes led to a move to a larger, modern site in Köln-Rodenkirchen in 1996. Reissdorf remains an independent, family-owned private brewery and added the unfiltered Dröppche in 2025.
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