Freigeist Bierkultur
Client Brewer
in
Stolberg,
North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany 🇩🇪
Associated Webshop: Bierkompass
- Out of business
Established in 2009
Contact
Diepenlinchener Str. 20, Stolberg, 52224, Germany
Subsidiaries
Description
Craft beer in its purest form is what Sebastian Sauer, the head behind Freigeist beer culture, produces. Sebastian is known among experts as one of the first craft beer brewers in Germany. True or not, he's a veteran in the craft beer scene and an expert who is second to none. It's not for nothing that his beers are more popular than any other German beer in the USA, the home of craft beer.
Free spirit beer culture is conquering the craft beer world with the salvation of old, long-forgotten beer styles. Sebastian reads himself into the matter until he has found out all the ingredients of the original recipe and the subtleties and secrets of the old brewing style. With this knowledge, he then ponders how the beer would be brewed these days and what ingredients would be used. He doesn't want to bring old camels out of grandma's handbag to the light of day, but rather to transport the beers of the past with skill and expertise into the present. His beers are therefore not just reproductions of old recipes, but rather modern new editions. With this concept, the brewery has made a good name for itself in the craft beer scene and attracted international attention.
Free spirit beer culture is conquering the craft beer world with the salvation of old, long-forgotten beer styles. Sebastian reads himself into the matter until he has found out all the ingredients of the original recipe and the subtleties and secrets of the old brewing style. With this knowledge, he then ponders how the beer would be brewed these days and what ingredients would be used. He doesn't want to bring old camels out of grandma's handbag to the light of day, but rather to transport the beers of the past with skill and expertise into the present. His beers are therefore not just reproductions of old recipes, but rather modern new editions. With this concept, the brewery has made a good name for itself in the craft beer scene and attracted international attention.
7/10
Canned. Poured a cliudy yellow. Hoppy pine up front and then some bananas esters. Pretty decent.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 02:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Murky brownish pour. Light carb. Sour up front with earthy notes. Pretty decent
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Druaght from Rustico, golden pour nice and salty and briney ke a gose should be.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Deep brown pour from bottle with white head. Earthy caramel smell. Caramel and nice dry hops taste. A characterful Salt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught from brought lane. Smoky smell. Gold cloudy. Tart and smoky bandaids predominantly
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:15
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2025
at 17:43
8.4/10
Guave, apricot and sour. Good for 3 years after best before date
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2025
at 17:08
7.4/10
Sour, fruity not sure if I get the rhubarb
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2025
at 16:48
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
On tap @ Ghetto Something. Aroma is vinous, pungent citrusy, funky, woody and grainy. Pours cloudy dark golden color with thin creamy white head and soft visible carbonation. Taste starts tart funky vinous and yoghurty, following is bready with lots of tannins and acetic finish. Medium body, oily texture and lively carbonation in palate. Wild & alive…
Tried
from Draft
at
Ghetto Something
on 14 May 2025
at 14:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Opaque, darkest brown colour with slightly late awakening, small, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, dark beige head. Sweet-ish and slightly roasty, minimally bready and spicy, dark and caramel malty, minimally yeasty fruity aroma, hints of treacle, dark caramel, some dried fruit, a touch of plum, plum butter, blackcurrant. Taste is rather neutral, minimally bready, dark malty, slightly yeasty fruity and minimally tart-ish, tannic, woody, hints of blackcurrant, prune, blue grapes, low residual sweetness; very well hidden alcohol.
Oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation.
Somewhat vinous fruity, seemingly light, BA character somehow - enjoyable, not what I expected.
Expected way more substance and sweetness; this is a very mild, vinous fruity, dark Sour Ale. As my Joppenbier experience is quite restricted (for self-evident reasons), I may have to adjust my expectations concerning this style.
Oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation.
Somewhat vinous fruity, seemingly light, BA character somehow - enjoyable, not what I expected.
Expected way more substance and sweetness; this is a very mild, vinous fruity, dark Sour Ale. As my Joppenbier experience is quite restricted (for self-evident reasons), I may have to adjust my expectations concerning this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2025
at 23:03