Pfungstädter Brauerei
Pfungstädter Brauerei was founded in 1831 by Justus Hildebrand in the neighbouring village of Hahn, where it operated under the name 'Zum Hirsch'. Due to the need for cooler cellars required for lager production, the brewery relocated to Pfungstadt in 1846. It grew to become one of the largest private breweries in Hesse, reaching a peak production of 473,000 hectoliters in 2004. The brewery remained 100 percent family-owned in the Hildebrand family throughout its history. It closed in 2023, and since then the Pfungstädter brand has been produced under licence by Eder & Heylands Brewery in Großostheim.
Beers by Pfungstädter Brauerei
4 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Pfungstädter Brauerei brew across 3 style families.
Across these 4 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
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.
Pfungstädter Export Classic
Their beers place in the Top 50% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Pfungstädter Brauerei
Pfungstädter Brauerei was founded in 1831 by Justus Hildebrand in the neighbouring village of Hahn, where it operated under the name 'Zum Hirsch'. Due to the need for cooler cellars required for lager production, the brewery relocated to Pfungstadt in 1846. It grew to become one of the largest private breweries in Hesse, reaching a peak production of 473,000 hectoliters in 2004. The brewery remained 100 percent family-owned in the Hildebrand family throughout its history. It closed in 2023, and since then the Pfungstädter brand has been produced under licence by Eder & Heylands Brewery in Großostheim.
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