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5 vor 12i![]() Founded in 2018 | Obergass 16 8733 Eschenbach ![]()
#1283
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| 8716er | Founded in 2017 8716 Schmerikon #1100
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| akst bru | ![]() Founded in 2019 Lindenpark | 9000 St. Gallen ![]() #1431
| 6
| 15
| Brewers: Heinz L. and Dave H. | BCB Bleisch Craft Beer | ![]() Founded in 2015 Moosstrasse 52 | 9014 St.Gallen ![]() #709
| 8 hl N/A
| N/A
| Brewer: Marco Bleisch. | Bier Akademie Schweiz | ![]() Founded in 2016 Zürcherstrasse 495 | 9015 St. Gallen ![]() #898
| N/A
| N/A
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| Bier Factory Rapperswil | ![]() Founded in 2000 Eichwiesstrasse 6 | 8645 Rapperswil ![]() #114
| 700 hl 44
| 14.63
| Brewer: Gabriel Hill. | Great quality ales! A must try. Changed name in 2013 (formerly Rappi Bier Factory) and moved to a new place in February 2014. The goal is to reach 1'500 hl. biergarage.ch | ![]() Founded in 2011 Moosstrasse 52 | 9014 St.Gallen ![]() #429
| 40 hl 6
| 13.27
| Created in 2011 as a Gmbh (LLC) this very interesting nanobrewery (for me the best discovery at the Bierfest in Chur 2014) could well remain not more than a hobby for his founder. Despite having a lot of success the production is still anecdotic. | Brewer: Adi Schmid Black Deer Brewing | ![]() Founded in 2015 Moosstrasse 52 | 9014 St.Gallen ![]() #658
| 10 hl N/A
| N/A
| Brewer: Morris Huber.
| Brandbräu | ![]() Founded in 2020 9463 Oberriet #1456
| N/A
| N/A
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| Brauerei Berger | ![]() Founded in 2016 Hauptstrasse 37 | 9030 Abtwil ![]() #839
| N/A
| N/A
| Brewer: Markus Berger. | Formerly named 9030 and then Gambino Brewing. Brauzeugen | Founded in 2019 Neuhüslipark 8 | 8645 Jona ![]() #1337
| N/A
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| Brown Beer | Founded in 2019 8880 Walenstadt #1339
| N/A
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| Brüsis-Bräu | Founded in 2018 8881 Tscherlach #1173
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| Ceres Bräu | Founded in 2014 9469 Haag ![]()
#619
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| ![]() CPS Schneider | ![]() Founded in 2020 Grüel 38 | 9475 Sevelen #1493
| N/A
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| Distelbräu | Founded in 2017 9470 Buchs #1065
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| Dragon Brew | Founded in 2018 9403 Goldach #1221
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| Druid Brewing | ![]() Founded in 2017 9000 St. Gallen ![]()
#1051
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| Eberle | Founded in 2019 9200 Gossau #1425
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| Eburon | Founded in 2019 9008 St. Gallen #1334
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| FAAN | ![]() Founded in 2020 9248 Bichwil #1511
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| Fidibus.beer | Founded in 2019 8716 Schmerikon #1390
| N/A
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| Floowiiler | Founded in 2016 9230 Flawil #834
| N/A
| N/A
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| Föhrenbier Manufaktur | Founded in 2017 Ragazerstrasse 37 | 7320 Sargans ![]() #986
| 5
| 15.6
| Brewers: Thomas Kägi and Tania Pally
| GIZ AIS | ![]() Founded in 2016 Flawilerstrasse 90 | 9200 Gossau ![]() #899
| N/A
| N/A
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| Heerbrugger Bier | Founded in 2013 9435 Heerbrugg ![]() #517
| 5
| 11.28
| Brewer: Silvio Carnier. | German-style beers going from decent to infected. Needs some tuning. Hermann Bier | ![]() Founded in 2014 Industriestrasse 15 | 9015 St. Gallen ![]() #593
| 27 hl 12
| 13.93
| Brewer: Marco Hermann. | Some very good beers and others which are unfortunately not so good. Yet the latter doesn't dseem to be the case anymore, so go for it ! Hochkant Brau-Werk | Founded in 2019 9500 Will #1416
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| HuM (hopfenundmalz) | ![]() Founded in 2011 Bahnhofstrasse 15 | 9200 Gossau ![]() #421
| 40 hl 7
| 14.69
| Brewers: Andreas Tobler and Markus Rosenberger. | Offers solid and quality beers. Kursi Bräu | Founded in 2015 9403 Goldach #796
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| Meibär | Founded in 2016 Haldenstrasse | 8887 Mels ![]()
#934
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| Mööslibräu | Founded in 2018 9473 Gams #1185
| N/A
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| Qusi's Bierbraui | Founded in 2017 Auwies 8 | 9242 Oberuzwil ![]()
#1045
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| N/A
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| Röbi-Bräu | Founded in 2004 Bungertstrasse 36 | 7323 Wangs 081 723 84 78 #177
| N/A
| N/A
| Brewer: Robert Hänsli. | Rüdenbräu | Founded in 2019 9942 Berneck #1321
| N/A
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| Saint City Brewing Company | ![]() ![]() Founded in 2020 Zürcherstrasse 162 | 9000 St. Gallen ![]() #1528
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| Sarganserbräu | ![]() Founded in 2018 Städtchenstrasse 89 | 7320 Sargans ![]() #1149
| N/A
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| Schlosserbräu | Founded in 2018 9444 Diepoldsau #1155
| N/A
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| Schlucki | Founded in 2015 Sonnenhalde 5 | 8716 Schmerikon ![]()
#725
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| Schnuzz | Founded in 2019 8640 Rapperswil #1333
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| Schützengarten | ![]() Founded in 1779 St. Jakobsstrasse 37 | 9004 St. Gallen ![]() #33
| 175'000 hl 21
| 10.47
| It was 1779 as Johann Ulrich Tobler acquired the real estate of a shooting club in St. Gallen - thus the name and logo - and started the Schützengarten brewery with his brother. The brewery - whose structures are still nowadays on the same place as when it was founded - owes its actual size to Arnold Billwiller who succeeded to increase its production from 7'200 hl to 100'000 hl at the end of the 19th century. | Schützengarten which is surrounded on one side by 2 multinational companies - Heineken and Carlsberg - and on the other side by numerous and more flexible microbreweries, has succeeded until now to remain stable, partially thanks to the acquisition of the brewery Löwengarten in 2006. But the brightness (or not) of its future will depend of its capacity to innovate which looks indeed not bad at all (Gallus beer launched in 2012, IPA and Swiss Stout in 2016 as well as the take-over of Birrificio Ticinese). Schützengarten is the oldest Swiss brewery still in activity since the closure of Schloss Reichenbach in Zollikofen in 1971. This record is a bit disputed as the discovery of old documents proving the existence of brewing activities in Appenzell as soon as 1778 may change things. But a link between those activities and the brewery Locher still has to be proven. You can expect here almost only bottom-fermented german-style beers, some of them like Landbier or Klosterbräu slightly above average and others being IMHO poor and boring. But don't miss their entrance in the world of craft beer with Gallus, IPA and Swiss Stout Brewer: Hansueli Züger. Seegal-Bräu | ![]() Founded in 2011 Hauptstrasse 33 | 9477 Trübbach ![]() #417
| 12 hl 1
| 7.2
| Brewer: Hansueli Senn and Hans Eggenberger. | Caution … Sennbräu | ![]() Founded in 2013 Röllweg 5 | 9470 Buchs ![]() #496
| 16 hl 21
| 13.62
| Brewer: Reto Senn, Ulrich Senn and Roger Senn. | Good (and getting always better) beers of (mainly) german styles. Go for it ! ![]() Seven Spills | Founded in 2019 9012 St. Gallen #1336
| N/A
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| Sevibräu | ![]() Founded in 2006 Stampfstr.2 | 9475 Sevelen ![]() #231
| 120 hl 11
| 13.82
| Brewer: Andrea and Dominik De Gregorio. | Subtle and very well-made beers. Good work! Sonnenbräu | ![]() Founded in 1891 Alte Landstrasse 36 | 9445 Rebstein ![]() #41
| 32'700 hl 22
| 10.07
| "This family-owned brewery is led nowadays by Claudia Graf (5th generation) and employs 40 persons. Everything started back in 1891 when Eduard Graf - known for his slogan ""the freshest beer is always the best"" - began to brew in the tavern ""zur Sonne"" in Rebstein. The very promising start was shocked by World War I and by the death of the founder in 1918. The efforts of his two sons were then slowed down by the economic crisis and World War II thus it was only later during the sixties that the brewery was finally able to grow, surpassing the 20'000 hl. | In 1978 Sonnenbräu launched the first light beer of Switzerland. While a lot of breweries are hiding with a certain shame the fact they are using corn, others like Sonnenbräu use this as a marketing argument. Despite its size - which gives it some flexibility - and despite not beeing religiously bound to the Reinheitsgebot, this brewery does not show much pep for innovation (and please don't tell me beers like Craft1 or Maisbier are innovations ...).Expect almost only german-style beers, some of them good (like Annett's Büezer) and some of them pretty bad (like the Doppel-Bock). Brews Züri-Hell and Illauer Punt under contract. However it seems like the former is since recently produced by Braukultur (Usterbräu). The production is about 32'000 hl (last source: 2017) Brewer: Steffen Pawlak." South Shore Morales Brewing Company -SSMBC- | ![]() Founded in 2020 9404 Rorschacherberg #1522
| N/A
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| St. Georg | Founded in 2017 8722 Kaltbrunn #1083
| N/A
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| Stadtbühl | ![]() Founded in 1858 Herisauer Strasse 16 | 9200 Gossau ![]() #36
| 5'000 hl 17
| 10.19
| Started in 1858 by Joseph Alois Krucker, Stadtbühler has remained a family brewery until nowadays and it looks like nothing can disturb its tranquility and independence. Its production output has been very constant during the last years. While some of their products - like the Dunkel or the Fürstenbräu - can be really nice, others may be boring at best or even bad. You can expect almost only german-style beers here (yes, we are very close to Germany) yet a Smoked beer, another dry-hopped and a last one with millet (the Hirsegold (http://www.hirsegold.ch) brewed under contract) are giving some hope ... The brewery has actually 17 employees. See also www.stadtbuehler.ch. | Brewer: Christian Krucker. ![]() Tegerscher Bräu | ![]() Founded in 2018 Taastrasse 11 | 9113 Degersheim ![]() #1135
| N/A
| N/A
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| Thaler Bier | Founded in 2010 Tobelmülistrasse 4 | 9425 Thal ![]()
#388
| 5
| 13.04
| Brewers: Andrea Tarnutzer and Fritz Eugster. | I could try a very good Schwarzbier and hope to see more beers from this brewery very soon. Formerly named Rietgassbräu. Tüüfelsbräu | ![]() Founded in 2013 Neufeldstrasse 7b | 9533 Kirchberg ![]() #518
| 20 hl N/A
| N/A
| A brewer club. | ![]() Ufmüpfig | Founded in 2017 8640 Rapperswil #1028
| N/A
| N/A
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| Unterbad | ![]() Founded in 2016 Burgstrasse 3 | 9200 Gossau ![]() #947
| 3
| 11.73
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| Valeis | ![]() Founded in 2003 Parkstrasse 6 | 7324 Vilters ![]() #165
| N/A
| N/A
| Brewer: Sascha Guntli
| Vonwyl | Founded in 2014 9000 St. Gallen #575
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| Located previously in Winterthur.
| VSHSR | ![]() Founded in 2015 Oberseestrasse 10 | 8640 Rapperswil ![]() #718
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| Young Braun Brewery | ![]() Founded in 2020 Konstanzerstrasse 42 | 9500 Will #1490
| N/A
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| Ziz | ![]() ![]() Founded in 2020 7310 Bad Ragaz ![]()
#1551
| N/A
| N/A
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| Züblibräu | Founded in 2018 8730 Uznach #1156
| N/A
| N/A
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| Zwuggel Bräu | Founded in 2019 8888 Heiligkreuz #1299
| N/A
| N/A
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Name | Address | Registry-# Size/Production | # of beers tasted | Rating avg appreciation | Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
BrüW![]() Founded in 2016 | Zürcher Strasse 48 9000 St. Gallen ![]() #866
| 2
| 13.2
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| Freihof | ![]() Founded in 2010 Flawilerstrasse 46 | 9201 Gossau ![]() #386
| 1'100 hl 6
| 12.87
| Brewer: Richard Reinart. | A good Weizen, a good Lager Hell and a good fruit beer but the Dunkel is offside. Kornhausbräu | ![]() Founded in 2008 Industriestrasse 21 | 9400 Rorschach ![]() #294
| 900 hl 12
| 13.27
| Founded in 2007 as a stock corporation (more than 400 share holders), this brewpub is opened every day (except on Sunday) from 16:30 to 00:30 and employs 3 people. The main initiator - brewmaster Andreas Müller - worked before at the breweries Gurten, Egger and Löwengarten. As the latter was closed in 2006 as a consequence of its taking over by Schützengarten, Andreas Müller decided to fulfill his dream by opening his own brewpub. | After a first year at 750 hectoliters, the production is steadily growing yet pretty slowly. It reached 900 hl in 2013 and is probably around 1'000 today. After a deceptive start regarding quality, they made great improvements. Beside different german-style beers this brewery also offers a Porter, a honey beer and of course an IPA (a mandatory style currently). Brewer: Andreas Müller. Rock Story Brew | ![]() Founded in 2015 Augustinergasse 26 | 9000 St. Gallen ![]() #706
| 24 hl N/A
| N/A
| Brewer: Kevin Staffa. | St. Johann | ![]() Founded in 2012 Toggenburgerstrasse 3 | 9652 Neu St. Johann ![]() #490
| 500 hl 11
| 12.44
| Brewer: Maximilian Lechner. | Originally scheduled to start in December 2011 but started effectively in November 2012. Offers a very good Weizen but a Hell and a Dunkel which are below average. |
Name | Address | Registry-# Size | # of beers tasted | Rating avg appreciation | Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion... | ||||||
IdéeWil![]() Founded in - | 9500 Will ![]()
| 400 hl 1
| 11.6
| A society which is promoting local products. The beer (Thurbobräu) is brewed by Sonnenbräu.
| Pfauenbier | ![]() Founded in 2009 Schönbodenstrasse 5 | 8640 Rapperswil ![]()
| 200 hl N/A
| N/A
| Client brewer. The beer is brewed by Rosengarten. | And yet another my-beer-is-not-brewed-locally-but-you-should-not-know-it Client brewer. Originally planed to build it's own brewery by the end of 2010. Now saying it will be done as soon as they will reached 700 hl. On sale since Mai 2013. ![]() |