Basel-Stadt

[Breweries (18)] [Brewpubs (3)] [Bars (1)] [Beer makers without breweries (1)] [Closed Breweries (44)]

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reviewed by yours truly: 76.2% (16)

Thank you for letting me know about any corrections or missing informations! (bov (at) bov.ch)


Size signification
<50 hl/yr: picobrewey (part-time or hobby)
<1'000 hl/yr: nanobrewery
<5'000 hl/yr: microbrewery
<50'000 hl/yr: regional brewery
>50'000 hl/yr: large brewery

Rating signification
to The nec plus ultra ! Don't miss those breweries.
Very good breweries !
Above average and satisfying.
to Average.
 Not terrible.
 This is getting pretty bad.
to  Be cautious: you may REALLY not like it !

Please note that the star ratings for the appreciation are based on the weighted average and not on the mean average like the rating. You can have a look to the ranking list to see the weighted averages and the way they are calculated as well.
Click here if you would like to see my ranking list for this canton.

The breweries displayed with a yellow background do not appear anymore on the list of the Federal Customs, yet seem to be still active. I will keep them for some time in the hope that they will regulate their situation.

Breweries (18)

NameAddress&contactRegistry-#
Size/Production
# of beers
tasted
Rating avg
appreciation
Comments
Please be aware that all ratings and comments reflect my opinion only ! So don't blame me if I dislike your favourite brewery. Fortunately we are free to like whatever we like...
Artesanal

Founded in 2017

Friedhofweg 30
4125 Riehen


076 569 04 45

#1023

list of beers

N/A N/A -
Braubude Basel

Founded in 2011

Oetlingerstrasse 84
4057 Basel


078 751 72 12

#431

85 hl

list of beers

14 11.77

"A nano-brewery run by a 9 people club with a bar aside. Brews on 2 hl installation about 100 hl yearly. Brews about 30 hl of their ""Rotes"" at Öufi brewery in Solothurn.
Sometimes metallic and raw beers, a bit deceptive for now."
Brewdi Brew

Founded in 2021


4055 Basel

 
#1631

N/A N/A -
Dolphin Dentist

Founded in 2019


4056 Basel

 
#1373

list of beers

N/A N/A Confidential production or maybe inactive.
Gleis 1 Bier

Founded in 2011

Bahnhof Sankt Johann
4056 Basel


#430

25 hl

list of beers

6 12.6

A brewing club of 6 people. Fair enough quality and an original location beside the former track 1 of railway station of St. Johann.
Hard Labor Brew

Founded in 2019

Klybeck WKL 675
4057 Basel


076 711 23 25

#1384

100 hl

list of beers

18 14.31

Brewer: Ivo Rutz.
Formerly located in Liestal and then in Pratteln. Brews about 8 core beers and 3 seasonals in mostly Anglo-American styles on a 2 hl and a 250 liters installations.
Hopferdammi

Founded in 2018

Jurastrasse 25
4053 Basel


#1209

10 hl

list of beers

4 12.1

6 people brewing on a 50 liters installation mainly for a club of 100 persons..
I'm not really convinced for now.
Käppelijoch Bier

Founded in 2000

Colmarerstrasse 16
4055 Basel


079 483 12 60

#132

40 hl

list of beers

10 13.92

Brewer: Daniel Nüesch
Original and creative brewery. Worth a try !
Kramer & Partner

Founded in 2018

Hegenheimerstrasse 52
4055 Basel


#1271

20 hl

list of beers

5 13.12

Brewer: Patrick Kramer.
100 liters installation.
Offers mostly german-style beers of decent quality.
Luusbueb

Founded in 2010


4054 Basel

 
#377

25 hl

list of beers

1 7.2 Brewer: Ronnie König.
Had until today not more than a scary Böhmisch Dunkel. Waiting for more.
Could well be inactive.
Sankt Johanns Bräu

Founded in 2018


4056 Basel

 
#1197

list of beers

7 11.89

Homebrewery. Mostly german-style beers going from dubious to ok.
SpaleBier

Founded in 2019

Spalentorweg 41
4051 Basel


#1367

list of beers

N/A N/A Brewer: Dominik Lachenmeier.
Stadtmauer Brauer

Founded in 2016

Leonhardsgraben 49
4051 Basel


061 261 10 10

#932

400 hl

list of beers

3 11.33

Brewer: Franz Wyniger and Gökmen Dalli.
Brewing on a 3 hl installation and should soon get bigger. Some of their beers are produced at Ueli Bier and the volume should soon be doubled.
Tiboris

Founded in 2016

Bristenweg 18
4054 Basel


#921

list of beers

2 13.2 Got 2 ok beers @Wortspiele #4. Will wait until I can taste their own line to make my opinion.
Unser Bier

Founded in 1997

Gundeldingerstrasse 287
4053 Basel


061 338 83 83

#83

7'220 hl

list of beers

63 13.89

"Brewer: Florian Schmid, Jan Czerny and David regenass.
Initiated by Istvan Akos and Claude Kuhn from ""Verein Unser Bier"", the brewery Unser Bier has been founded in June 1997 as a public company with 110 stockholders. It officially started by the end of October 1998. The brewery moved within the city of Basel from Laufenstrasse 16 to Gundeldingerstrasse 287 in 2010. Counts nowadays about 10'000 stockholders and 10 employees. The production is constantly increasing and passes 6'000 hl in 2018.
Offers 5 core beers, 4 seasonals and some one-shots brewed on a 20 hl installation. A second plant (named Öises Zwickel) with a 10 hl installation and a production of 800 hl yearly has been opened in Liestal in December 2021.
Member of the Swiss breweries association since November 2022.
A solid and above average brewery."
WET

Founded in 2023


4125 Riehen

 
#1826

list of beers

N/A N/A -
Wirth & Sons

Founded in 2017

Rigistrasse 25
4054 Basel


#968

24 hl

list of beers

3 10.4

Brewers: Markus, Simon and Joel Wirth.
Initially named A' Mhachair Brewery. Brewing on a 150 liters installation.
zur Grünen Amsel

Founded in 2010

Schmiedgasse 30
4125 Riehen


079 534 30 10

#376

200 hl

list of beers

21 11.5

Brewers: Andreas & Martin Schultheiss.
Brewing many different beers on a 5 hl installation.
Interesting beers yet of uneven qualities.

Brewpubs (3)

NameAddressRegistry-#
Size/Production
# of beers
tasted
Rating avg
appreciation
Comments
Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
Fischerstube

Founded in 1974

Rheingasse 45
4058 Basel


061 692 66 35

#63

8'000 hl

list of beers

31 13.05

Brewer: Jürgen Pinke and Cindy Weissenberger.
Forced by the Swiss beer cartel to sell Anker-Bier from Frenkendort instead of the beloved local Warteck in his restaurant, Hans Jakob Nidecker chose to react and started brewing his own beer (Uelibier). It was 1974 and this made of Fischerstube the first brewpub of modern times. It was the first brewery in the country to sell Weizenbier on tap (1977). Since 2005 Uelibier is also available in bottles (brewed and bottled by the german brewery Lasser). The production has since then constantly increased (5600 hl in 2015) and even of 30% in 2017 after the introduction of canned beers. It should be nowadays around 8'000 hl (probably about 1500 to 2000 of them produced in the brewpub) yet I have not seen official numbers since 2015. The brewery has 8 employees and is still a family business.
Offers mainly german traditional beer styles (decently good ones) and from time to time some IPA or Stouts. About 7 core beers and 5 seasonal.

This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.
Matt & Elly

Founded in 2017

Erlenmattstrasse 93
4058 Basel


079 217 15 75

#1404

215 hl

list of beers

15 13.69

Brewer: Max Näf.
Initiated by Jarin Huber and Denise Furter. Started as a client brewer (some beers brewed at la Nébuleuse). Registered since 2019 and now being a brewpub with restaurant and bar since December 2019. Offers 6 beers on tap + cans brewed on a 5 hl installation.
Has massively improved since they are on their new installation. And don't hesitate to eat there: it is absolutely great!
Volta Bräu

Founded in 2015

Voltastrasse 30
4056 Basel


061 690 91 29

#650

900 hl

list of beers

24 13.97

Brewer: Gustavo Rossi.
Brewing on a 10 hl installation.

Beer makers without breweries (1)

NameAddressRegistry-#
Size
# of beers
tasted
Rating avg
appreciation
Comments
Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
Brau Rebel

Founded in 2017


4051 Basel


200 hl

list of beers

20 14.72

Client brewer: the beers are brewed at Öufi.
Good quality and diversity.

Beer bars

Name Address / Untappd venueHomepage / Email Rating Comments
Bierrevier

Steinentorberg 20
4051 Basel


061 554 46 44

 

40 taps (yes, this is a Swiss record). Shortly closed during Summer 2023 after financial troubles and restarted in September with a new owner.

Closed Breweries (44)

NameAddressfounded-closedContact # of beers
tasted
Rating Comments
Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
Barbe
4003 Basel
1869 - 1875

 
N/A N/A N/A
beerfactory

4058 Basel
2016 - 2022

832


N/A N/A A very tiny club brewing for its personal use.
Bierburg
4006 Basel
1814 - 1870

 
N/A N/A N/A
bierlager.ch
Thannerstrasse 30
4054 Basel
2017 - 2018

976


079 810 76 56

N/A N/A -
Bîrtel
Flughafenstrasse 31
4056 Basel
2013 - 2016

502


5 12.08

Brewer: Jannis Keller.
Chaotic yet not without some interest.

Production: 75 hl

Bläsihof
4000 Basel
1810 - 1828

 
N/A N/A N/A
Burgvogtei
4000 Basel
1846 - 1890

 
N/A N/A N/A
Cardinal
4000 Basel
1833 - 1923

 
N/A N/A N/A
Clara-Bräu
4008 Basel
1853 - 1891

 
N/A N/A N/A
Debary
4000 Basel
1820 - 1831

 
N/A N/A N/A
Dolder
4000 Basel
1847 - 1885

 
N/A N/A N/A
Em Basler sy Bier
Rittergasse 19a
4051 Basel
2009 - 2018


1 8.4 Client brewer. The beer is brewed by Locher. Another ruthless attempt to capitalize on the trend to drink local. And it is certainly by fortuity that they forgot to specify on the label that the beer is brewed far away from Basel …
Closed at the end of 2018, shortly after another fake local brewery (Lozärner Bier) lost twice in justice. Don't tell me it is a coincidence...

Production: 1800 hl

Feintrunk
Wartenbergstrasse 40
4052 Basel
2019 - 2020

1354


9 10.98

Presents audacious spices creations and blurred hoppy beers. There is plenty room for improvement. Produces also wine, sparkling wine and vinegar.
Gambrinus
4000 Basel
1825 - 1870

 
N/A N/A N/A
Greifen
4000 Basel
1875 - 1922

 
N/A N/A N/A
Gundoldingen
4000 Basel
1849 - 1882

 
N/A N/A N/A
Hochuli Bier
4051 Basel
2017 - 2018

998

 
N/A N/A -
Keller
4000 Basel
1825 - 1855

 
N/A N/A N/A
Klybeckgarten
4007 Basel
1866 - 1880

 
N/A N/A N/A
Krone
4000 Basel
1845 - 1857

 
N/A N/A N/A
Künzli
4000 Basel
1860 - 1875

 
N/A N/A N/A
Langmesser
4000 Basel
1820 - 1833

 
N/A N/A N/A
Löwenbräu
4000 Basel
1861 - 1913

 
N/A N/A Originally called Gaudens-Seeber and changed its name different times
Löwenfels
4000 Basel
1815 - 1875

 
N/A N/A N/A
Mäglin
4000 Basel
1818 - 1825

 
N/A N/A N/A
Merian
4000 Basel
1800 - 1889

 
N/A N/A N/A
Meyer
4000 Basel
1840 - 1897

 
N/A N/A N/A
Meyer-Hoffmann
4001 Basel
1835 - 1847

 
N/A N/A N/A
Nepper
4000 Basel
1856 - 1892

 
N/A N/A N/A
Paragraph-elf
Schützengasse 1
4125 Riehen
2018 - 2022

1153


079 373 32 62

N/A N/A Probably inactive.
Pflug
4000 Basel
1862 - 1886

 
N/A N/A N/A
Rebgasse
4000 Basel
1815 - 1846

 
N/A N/A N/A
Riedtmann
4125 Riehen
1825 - 1832

 
N/A N/A N/A
Ritter
4000 Basel
1817 - 1825

 
N/A N/A N/A
Salathé
4002 Basel
1802 - 1825

 
N/A N/A N/A
Spalenberg
4005 Basel
1823 - 1828

 
N/A N/A N/A
Sternenberg
4000 Basel
1822 - 1913

 
N/A N/A N/A
Thoma
4000 Basel
1843 - 1907

 
N/A N/A Originally named Merian-Gerster
Verein Unser Bier
Hochstrasse 64
4001 Basel
1997 - 2015

72


3 11.33

"Originally a brewer club which initiated the ""Unser Bier"" brewery. The club remained, operating a restaurant and also brewing their own beers.
Not registered as a brewery since 2015 and eventually liquidated (May 2019)."

Production: 68 hl

Völlmy
4004 Basel
1870 - 1875

 
N/A N/A N/A
Warteck
4001 Basel
1856 - 1991

11

 
9 10.22

Average lagers. Owned by Feldschlösschen. The brewery in Basel has been closed but some beers are still brewed in Rheinfelden.
Originally named Merian-Seeber
Weissbierbrauerei
4000 Basel
1905 - 1916

 
N/A N/A N/A
Zosse
4000 Basel
1816 - 1852

 
N/A N/A N/A
zum Greifen
4125 Riehen
1841 - 1890

 
N/A N/A N/A