Staatliches Hofbräuhaus München
Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria founded the Hofbräuhaus in 1589 as the brewery of the ducal court, and it remains a state-owned enterprise of the Free State of Bavaria. For almost two centuries it held the privilege to brew wheat beer, and Munich's first bock beer came from its kettles in 1614. Today the brewery operates in Munich-Riem, produced around 349,000 hectolitres in 2022, sells under the umbrella brand Hofbräu München and is one of the six breweries pouring at the Oktoberfest.
Beers by Staatliches Hofbräuhaus München
13 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Staatliches Hofbräuhaus München brew across 3 style families.
Across these 13 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
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.
Hofbräu Original
Their beers place in the Top 50% of the catalogue on average, across 11 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Staatliches Hofbräuhaus München
Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria founded the Hofbräuhaus in 1589 as the brewery of the ducal court, and it remains a state-owned enterprise of the Free State of Bavaria. For almost two centuries it held the privilege to brew wheat beer, and Munich's first bock beer came from its kettles in 1614. Today the brewery operates in Munich-Riem, produced around 349,000 hectolitres in 2022, sells under the umbrella brand Hofbräu München and is one of the six breweries pouring at the Oktoberfest.
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