Westerwald-Brauerei H. Schneider (Hachenburger)

Regional Brewery in Hachenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 🇩🇪

Established in 1861

Contact
Gehlerter Weg 12, Hachenburg, 57627, Germany
Description
In 1861 the 25-years old Heinrich Schneider decided to found a brewery on the “Grün’schen Hof” in Hachenburg. The Hachenburger brewery soon became the most important family brewery within the region. With business leader and co-owner Jens Geimer the family-owned company has reached the fifth generation and is still entirely independent.

Key to the success is that the beer is consistently cooled, the precious beer has achieved its special aroma over and over again for 150 years. What was true then is still true today: the long and cold ageing process is a fundamental requirement for a real Hachenburger as well as the use of high-grade raw materials. As well as the natural spring water from the Rothbach valley

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4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4.5 Flavor 4.5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
330ml bottle. Clear, orange golden colour with small to average, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Slightly bready, malty and doughy yeasty, minimally fruity hoppy aroma, hints of crisp bread, a touch of instant lemon tea. Taste is slightly bready, minimally strawy, pale malty, slightly doughy yeasty and bitter, minimally fruity hoppy, diluted hints of crisp bread, a touch of instant lemon tea; grassy, bitter hoppy and minimally metallic finish.
Watery texture, dry palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Typical, doughy NA aroma, relatively bitter -
todays there are brews out there with way better disguised NA deficiencies; nevertheless fairly refreshing, hence not a complete miss.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2026 at 17:46

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Average pils, bottle coming from Heinrich 3000 Kornwestheim, best before 03/24, really smooth and malty pils, a bit sweet, a bit watery some dryness due to a standard bitterness for the style, a bit boring, fair, 04.07.24
Tried from Bottle from Heinrich's Super Getränke-Markt 3000 on 25 Feb 2026 at 19:25

3.5/10
A clear golden yellow beer with a white head. Aroma of wet grainy malt, cereals. Taste of breadish malt, cereals, spicy hops, watery mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2026 at 12:50

8/10
Nice hoppy pilsener
Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2025 at 21:07

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
33 cl. bottle @ the villa in Üxheim, bought @ Rewe Hillesheim.
Clear light amber with a white head. Malty aroma with some faint hops. Sweet taste with a low bitter finish. Nice malty beer.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2025 at 21:42

4.5/10 Appearance 3 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 3 Overall 4
Limonadig zitroniger Beginn, süßlich aber noch erfrischend. Minimale Herbe, brotig, mittellanger Abgang, säuerlich. 5/7/9/7/6/7
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2025 at 16:56

7.8/10
Smooth, malty and grainy
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2025 at 00:19

8.4/10
Grainy, sweet, malty and light bodied
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2025 at 23:24

8.6/10
Good Pils, great carbonated. Smooth, aromatic and hoppy. Not so bitter than the Nordic Pilsner
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2025 at 22:53

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at Zum Schiffchen, Koblenz. Clear golden, mid sized head. Fruity, bready, floral nose. Mid sweet with light to medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Creamy and fruity, mildly floral. Mid bitter finish. Pleasant.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jul 2025 at 19:54