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Hofbräu Kaltenhausen

🌍 Austria · Regional · Known for Hefeweizen
Known for Hefeweizen

Founded in 1475 — Austria's oldest Weizenbier brewery with 350 years of wheat beer history. Originally the royal court brewery of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg. The Edelweiß brand was created in 1986 to revive the wheat beer tradition. Edelweiß holds approximately 33% market share of Austrian wheat beer — Austria's most popular Weizenbier. Since 2012 Edelweiß is brewed at Brauerei Zipf. Part of Brau Union (Heineken).

3Beers
1Styles
5.6%Avg ABV
1475Founded

Beers by Hofbräu Kaltenhausen

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
bananaevery beer
3 of 3 beers
wheatevery beer
3 of 3 beers
yeastyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
sweetevery beer
3 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Focused3 beers · 1 style family
Wheat Beer 3

Everything sits in one family — which makes the comparison below the interesting part. It isn't what they brew that sets them apart, but how.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 249 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 HefeweizenHofbräu Kaltenhausen
in no beersin every beer
clean
in none of their beers · typical Hefeweizen brewery: 3 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
sweet
in all 3 of their beers · typical Hefeweizen brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more sweet than typical.
honey
in 2 of 3 · typical Hefeweizen brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more honey than typical.
refreshing
in 1 of 3 · typical Hefeweizen brewery: 4 in 5
Notably less refreshing than typical.
clove
in 1 of 3 · typical Hefeweizen brewery: 4 in 5
Notably less clove than typical.

and 1 more traits that set them apart

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 9%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
3 / 3
beers above the median
#245
best ranked beer
Edelweiß Hofbräu

Their beers place in the Top 9% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Hofbräu Kaltenhausen

Founded in 1475 — Austria's oldest Weizenbier brewery with 350 years of wheat beer history. Originally the royal court brewery of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg. The Edelweiß brand was created in 1986 to revive the wheat beer tradition. Edelweiß holds approximately 33% market share of Austrian wheat beer — Austria's most popular Weizenbier. Since 2012 Edelweiß is brewed at Brauerei Zipf. Part of Brau Union (Heineken).

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