Sünner
Sünner is the oldest brewery still producing in Cologne. Franz Hess founded it in 1830 as a small house brewery with distillery and taproom in Deutz; his brother-in-law Christian Sünner took over around 1846 and moved it to Kalk, where the listed brewhouse on Kalker Hauptstrasse is still in use. It ferments in open vessels with water from its own well. Since January 2022 it has belonged to Brauerei zur Malzmühle and trades as Brauwelt Köln.
Beers by Sünner
4 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Sünner 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 372 other breweries brewing Kölsch, Bock and Hefeweizen:
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.
Sünner Weizen
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 Sünner
Sünner is the oldest brewery still producing in Cologne. Franz Hess founded it in 1830 as a small house brewery with distillery and taproom in Deutz; his brother-in-law Christian Sünner took over around 1846 and moved it to Kalk, where the listed brewhouse on Kalker Hauptstrasse is still in use. It ferments in open vessels with water from its own well. Since January 2022 it has belonged to Brauerei zur Malzmühle and trades as Brauwelt Köln.
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