Vagabund Brauerei
Vagabund Brauerei opened in July 2013 in Berlin's Wedding district, founded by three Americans — Matt Walthall, David Spengler, and Tom Crozier — none of whom were professionally trained brewers. It is widely credited as the first crowdfunded brewery in Germany, raising approximately €22,000 from around 200 backers. RateBeer named Vagabund Best Brewpub in Germany for seven consecutive years from 2014 to 2020. In 2021 the brewery expanded into the historic Osram-Höfe boilerhouse — the former boilerhouse of Germany's first light-bulb factory — a listed building renovated under heritage preservation rules. The financial strain of that project contributed to insolvency in early 2024; Vagabund was subsequently acquired by DF Group.
Beers by Vagabund Brauerei
5 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Vagabund Brauerei brew a broad range across 5 style families.
Across these 5 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:
They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.
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.
Vagabund Helles
Their beers place in the Top 61% of the catalogue on average, across 5 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Vagabund Brauerei
Vagabund Brauerei opened in July 2013 in Berlin's Wedding district, founded by three Americans — Matt Walthall, David Spengler, and Tom Crozier — none of whom were professionally trained brewers. It is widely credited as the first crowdfunded brewery in Germany, raising approximately €22,000 from around 200 backers. RateBeer named Vagabund Best Brewpub in Germany for seven consecutive years from 2014 to 2020. In 2021 the brewery expanded into the historic Osram-Höfe boilerhouse — the former boilerhouse of Germany's first light-bulb factory — a listed building renovated under heritage preservation rules. The financial strain of that project contributed to insolvency in early 2024; Vagabund was subsequently acquired by DF Group.
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