St-Gallen

[Breweries (46)] [Brewpubs (4)] [Beer makers without breweries (2)] [Closed Breweries (77)]
[Beer shops/restaurants (2)]

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reviewed by yours truly: 34.0% (17)

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

Size signification

<50 hl/yr: nanobrewey (part-time or hobby)
<1'000 hl/yr: microbrewery
<5'000 hl/yr: large 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.
The rating for creativity level (1 to 5 stars) should reflect the will of the brewery to offer different beers in many styles. This work is underway.
Click here if you would like to see my ranking list for this canton.

Breweries (46)

Name	Address&contact	Registry-# Size/Production	# of beers tasted	Rating avg appreciation creativity level	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...
8716er Founded in 2017	8716 Schmerikon	#1100	N/A	N/A	-
BCB Bleisch Craft Beer Founded in 2015	Moosstrasse 52 9014 St.Gallen 078 897 09 60	#709 8 hl	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Marco Bleisch.
Bier Akademie Schweiz Founded in 2016	Zürcherstrasse 495 9015 St. Gallen 071 244 11 63	#898	N/A	N/A	-
Bier Factory Rapperswil Founded in 2000	Eichwiesstrasse 6 8645 Rapperswil 055 210 96 22	#114 700 hl list of beers	32	14.66	Brewer: Philipp Pfriemer. 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 079 278 54 40	#429 40 hl list of beers	5	13.92	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 071 558 94 84	#658 10 hl	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Morris Huber.
Brüsis-Bräu Founded in 2018	8881 Tscherlach	#1173	N/A	N/A	-
Ceres Bräu Haag Founded in 2014	9469 Haag	#619	N/A	N/A	- This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.
Distelbräu Founded in 2017	9470 Buchs	#1065	N/A	N/A	-
Druid Brewing Founded in 2017	9240 Uzwil	#1051	N/A	N/A	-
Floowiiler Founded in 2016	9230 Flawil	#834	N/A	N/A	-
Föhrenbier Manufaktur Founded in 2017	Ragazerstrasse 37 7320 Sargans 079 730 77 71	#986 list of beers	N/A	N/A	Brewers: Thomas Kägi and Tania Pally
Gambino Brewing Founded in 2016	Hauptstrasse 37 9030 Abtwil 076 267 11 82	#839	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Markus Berger. Formerly named 9030.
GIZ AIS Founded in 2016	Flawilerstrasse 90 9200 Gossau	#899	N/A	N/A	-
Heerbrugger Bier Founded in 2013	9435 Heerbrugg 079 832 83 27	#517 list of beers	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 list of beers	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 !
HuM (hopfenundmalz) Founded in 2011	Bahnhofstrasse 15 9200 Gossau	#421 40 hl list of beers	7	14.69	Brewers: Andreas Tobler and Markus Rosenberger. Offers solid and quality beers.
Kursi Bräu Founded in 2015	9403 Goldach	#796	N/A	N/A	-
Marmot Cervisiam Founded in 2017	Felsenstrasse 73 9000 St. Gallen	#1102	N/A	N/A	-
Meibär Founded in 2016	Haldenstrasse 8887 Mels	#934	N/A	N/A	-
Mööslibräu Founded in 2018	9473 Gams	#1185	N/A	N/A	-
Obersee Brau Union Founded in 2016	St. Dionysstrasse 31 8645 Jona	#806 list of beers	10	12.92	Located previously in Wetzikon (ZH). Offers decent beers in various styles.
Qusi's Bierbraui Founded in 2017	Auwies 8 9242 Oberuzwil 079 378 05 83	#1045	N/A	N/A	-
Röbi-Bräu Founded in 2004	Bungertstrasse 36 7323 Wangs 081 723 84 78	#177	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Robert Hänsli.
Rock Story Brew Founded in 2015	Augustinergasse 26 9000 St. Gallen 071 220 97 90	#706 24 hl	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Kevin Staffa.
Sarganserbräu Founded in 2018	7320 Sargans	#1149	N/A	N/A	-
Schlosserbräu Founded in 2018	9444 Diepoldsau	#1155	N/A	N/A	-
Schlucki Founded in 2015	Sonnenhalde 5 8716 Schmerikon 079 350 96 17	#725	N/A	N/A	-
Schneider Braui Founded in 2013	Bahnweg 45 8887 Mels Link down; brewery closed? 081 723 97 55	#548	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Peter Schneider.
Schützengarten Founded in 1779	St. Jakobsstrasse 37 9004 St. Gallen 071 243 43 43	#33 170'500 hl list of beers	19	10.71	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 holding currently 2 records: firstly it is the oldest Swiss brewery still in activity since the closure of Schloss Reichenbach in Zollikofen in 1971 and secondly it is the biggest independent brewery. Both the first and the second record are hard contested by the brewery Locher. As the second one may have probably already beaten in 2015 (Locher should reach 250'000 hl on its new installations), the first one could lead to everlasting discussions. In fact 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 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 078 878 19 52	#417 12 hl list of beers	1	7.2	Brewer: Hansueli Senn and Hans Eggenberger. Caution …
Sennbräu Founded in 2013	Röllweg 5 9470 Buchs 081 756 12 32	#496 16 hl list of beers	20	13.56	Brewer: Reto Senn, Ulrich Senn and Roger Senn. Good (and getting always better) beers of (mainly) german styles. Go for it ! This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.
Sevibräu Founded in 2006	Stampfstr.2 9475 Sevelen 076 327 90 51	#231 120 hl list of beers	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 071 777 12 02	#41 32'700 hl list of beers	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). Brewer: Steffen Pawlak."
St. Georg Founded in 2017	8722 Kaltbrunn	#1083	N/A	N/A	-
Stadtbühl Founded in 1858	Herisauer Strasse 16 9200 Gossau 071 385 35 15	#36 10'000 hl list of beers	16	10.2	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. This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.
Tegerscher Bräu Founded in 2018	9113 Degersheim	#1135	N/A	N/A	-
Thaler Bier Founded in 2010	Tobelmülistrasse 4 9425 Thal 071 888 00 57	#388 list of beers	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 079 418 45 42	#518 20 hl	N/A	N/A	A brewer club. This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.
Ufmüpfig Founded in 2017	8640 Rapperswil	#1028	N/A	N/A	-
Unterbad Founded in 2016	Burgstrasse 3 9200 Gossau 078 951 35 23	#947	N/A	N/A	-
Valeis Founded in 2003	Parkstrasse 6 7324 Vilters 081 723 76 52	#165	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Sascha Guntli
Vonwyl Founded in 2014	9000 St. Gallen	#575	N/A	N/A	Located previously in Winterthur.
VSHSR Founded in 2015	Oberseestrasse 10 8640 Rapperswil	#718	N/A	N/A	-
WBW (Widmer Bierspezialitäten Will) Founded in 2016	Kirchgasse 2 9500 Wil 079 722 30 65	#944	N/A	N/A	Brewer: Christof Widmer.
Züblibräu Founded in 2018	8730 Uznach	#1156	N/A	N/A	-

Brewpubs (4)

Name	Address	Registry-# Size/Production	# of beers tasted	Rating avg appreciation creativity level	Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
BrüW Founded in 2016	Zürcher Strasse 48 9000 St. Gallen 078 866 36 89	#866 list of beers	2	13.2	-
Freihof Founded in 2010	Flawilerstrasse 46 9201 Gossau 071 385 34 34	#386 1'100 hl list of beers	5	12.4	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 071 841 45 10	#294 900 hl list of beers	10	12.76	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.
St. Johann Founded in 2012	Toggenburgerstrasse 3 9652 Neu St. Johann	#490 500 hl list of beers	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.

Beer makers without breweries (2)

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Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...

IdéeWil

Founded in -

9500 Will

400 hl

list of beers

11.6

A society which is promoting local products. The beer (Thurbobräu) is brewed by Sonnenbräu.

Pfauenbier

Founded in 2009

Schönbodenstrasse 5
8640 Rapperswil

055 511 22 56

200 hl

list of beers

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.

This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.

Beer Shops / Restaurants

Name	Address	Homepage / Email	Rating	Comments
Birreria Bierladen & Bar	Brühlgasse 45 9004 St. Gallen	071 223 25 33		More than 200 beers. It is also a pub. Opened moday to saturday 12:00-?
Widmer Bierspezialitäten	Kirchgasse 31 9500 Wil	079 722 30 65		A shop with about 200 different beers. Online purchase possible.

Closed Breweries (77)

Name	Address	founded-closed	Contact	# of beers tasted	Rating	Comments Don't kill me, it's only my opinion...
Aktienbrauerei Wil	9500 Wil	1881 - 1918		N/A	N/A	N/A
Back & Bräu	Loretostrasse 19 9620 Lichtensteig	1989-? 68		N/A	N/A	Brewer: Karl Hartenstein A brewpub which was located at 7 different places in the country. But the years of success are over and all brewpubs closed one by one.
Back & Bräu	Bahnhofplatz 5 8640 Rapperswil	1995 - 2005 68		N/A	N/A	Brewer: Karl Hartenstein A brewpub which was located at 7 different places in the country. But the years of success are over and all brewpubs closed one by one. This one closed in 2005.
Back & Bräu	Bahnhofplatz 2 9000 St. Gallen	1997 - 2002 68		N/A	N/A	Brewer: Karl Hartenstein A brewpub which was located at 7 different places in the country. But the years of success are over and all brewpubs closed one by one. This one closed in 2002.
Bärlocher	9606 Bütschwil	1866 - 1973 43		N/A	N/A	N/A
Bavaria	9004 St. Gallen	1856 - 1902		N/A	N/A	Originally named zum Felsenkeller.
Bierbrau Kollektiv	8718 Schänis	2010 - 2012 360		N/A	N/A	-
Bierbrauerei Gebr. Locher	9470 Buchs	1883 - 1973 38		N/A	N/A	N/A
Brauclub Altstätten	9452 hinterforst	1999 - ? 103		N/A	N/A	N/A
Burth	9620 Lichtensteig	1844 - 1989 42		N/A	N/A	"Apparently ""transformed"" in Back & Bräu in 1989 ?!"
Cantieni	9400 Rorschach	1850 - 1892		N/A	N/A	N/A
Denzel	8880 Walenstadt	1875 - 1900		N/A	N/A	First named Tschirgi then Schmid.
Eppler	9620 Lichtensteig	1885 - 1900		N/A	N/A	Originally named Klingler.
Felsenkeller	7310 Bad Ragaz	1882 - 1905		N/A	N/A	N/A
Fischbacher	8732 Neuhaus	1880 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
Frauenhof	9450 Altstätten	1807 - 1916		N/A	N/A	N/A
Freihof	9450 Altstätten	1832 - 1914		N/A	N/A	N/A
Freihof	9402 Mörschwil	1875 - 1923		N/A	N/A	N/A
Freihof	9444 Diepoldsau	1885 - 1918		N/A	N/A	N/A
Gonzen Restaurant	Städtchenstrasse 56 7320 Sarganz	1998 - 2002 84		N/A	N/A	N/A
Helle	9464 Rüthi	1896 - 1901		N/A	N/A	N/A
Hirschen	9006 St. Fiden	1880 - 1926		N/A	N/A	N/A
Hoffnung	9620 Lichtensteig	1875 - 1912		N/A	N/A	N/A
Huber	9450 Altstätten	1845 - 1927		N/A	N/A	Originally called Prestegg
IGBrau	Sonnenbergstrasse 78 9030 Abtwil	2006 - 2016 254		N/A	N/A	A group of homebrewer.
Kaufmann	9442 Berneck	1872 - 1910		N/A	N/A	N/A
Keckeisen	9642 Ebnat-Kappel	1875 - 1885		N/A	N/A	N/A
Kreuz	8887 Mels	1875 - 1900		N/A	N/A	N/A
Krone	8645 Jona	1837 - 1900		N/A	N/A	N/A
Kütt	9424 Rheineck	1881 - 1911		N/A	N/A	Named successively Brauerei und Malzfabrik Rheineck, Schlenk, Schinle and Kütt.
Linde	9436 Balgach	1870 - 1900		N/A	N/A	N/A
Löwen	8890 Flims	1870 - 1892		N/A	N/A	N/A
Löwen	7310 Bad Ragaz	1875 - 1903		N/A	N/A	N/A
Löwen	9450 Altstätten	1875 - 1914		N/A	N/A	N/A
Löwen	9230 Flawil	1880 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
Löwengarten	St. Galler Strasse 47 9400 Rorschach	1871 - 2006 39		9	8.38	Brewer: R. Brandenberg Owner of Boxer. Brrr ... Definitely not good, this is one of the worst brewery of the country. Owned by Schützengarten since april 2006 and scheduled to close in november 2006.
Lustgarten	9000 St. Gallen	1875 - 1901		N/A	N/A	N/A
Mäder	9602 Bazenheid	1875 - 1880		N/A	N/A	N/A
Mariaberg	9400 Rorschach	1877 - 1910		N/A	N/A	N/A
Mauer	9643 Krummenau	1875 - 1895		N/A	N/A	N/A
Messmer	9422 Staad	1876 - 1903		N/A	N/A	N/A
Müller	8887 Mels	1833 - ?		N/A	N/A	N/A
Nestel-Bräu	Nestenbergstrasse 9642 Ebnat-Kappel	2010 - 2011 395		N/A	N/A	-
Neudorf	9006 St. Fiden	1875 - 1917		N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuffer	9430 St. Margarethen	1895 - 1902		N/A	N/A	N/A
Oberglatt	9230 Flawil	1875 - 1895		N/A	N/A	N/A
Ochsen	9620 Lichtensteig	1836 - 1906		N/A	N/A	N/A
Ochsen	7310 Bad Ragaz	1875 - 1920		N/A	N/A	N/A
Rapperswil	8640 Rapperswil	1824 - 1912		N/A	N/A	Originally called Alter Pfauen.
Rennhas	9400 Rorschach	1875 - ?		N/A	N/A	N/A
Rössli	9113 Degersheim	1875 - 1880		N/A	N/A	N/A
Rothenhäusler	9006 St. Fiden	1875 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
Schiff	9434 Au	1882 - 1910		N/A	N/A	N/A
Schönenwegen	9014 Bruggen	1850 - 1900		N/A	N/A	N/A
Schweizerhaus	9500 Wil	1872 - 1916		N/A	N/A	N/A
Schweizerhof	8887 Mels	1830 - 1905		N/A	N/A	N/A
Sonne	9464 Lienz-Rüthi	1863 - 1915		N/A	N/A	Originally named zur Krone.
Sonnenhof	9621 Oberhelfenschwil	1852 - 1910		N/A	N/A	N/A
Steinfels	9642 Ebnat-Kappel	1850 - 1972 35		N/A	N/A	N/A
Stocken	9014 Bruggen	1784 - 1973 40		N/A	N/A	N/A
Straub	9323 Morgenthal	1888 - 1892		N/A	N/A	N/A
Tschirgi	8887 Mels	1825 - ?		N/A	N/A	N/A
Uznach	8730 Uznach	1835 - 1910		N/A	N/A	N/A
Wiler Hofbräu	9500 Wil	1815 - 1983 34		N/A	N/A	Originally called zum Hof.
Wolfsgrube	9425 Thal	1850 - 1924		N/A	N/A	N/A
Zirfass & Co.	9470 Buchs	1854 - 1982 37		N/A	N/A	Founded as Traube.
zum Adler	9030 St. Josefen	1866 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
zum Bierhaus	9242 Oberuzwil	1870 - 1892		N/A	N/A	N/A
zum Bierhof	9000 St. Gallen	1867 - 1889		N/A	N/A	N/A
zum Fass	9500 Wil	1885 - 1900		N/A	N/A	N/A
zum Schwefelbad	7320 Sarganz	1862 - 1892		N/A	N/A	N/A
zum Sternen	9443 Widnau	1882 - 1890		N/A	N/A	N/A
zum Tabor	7312 Pfäfers	1884 - 1888		N/A	N/A	N/A
zum Wiesenthal	9630 Wattwil	1879 - 1910		N/A	N/A	N/A
zur Mauer	9652 Neu St Johann	1850 - 1907		N/A	N/A	N/A
zur Toggenburg	9630 Wattwil	1838 - 1904		N/A	N/A	N/A
zur Wachsbleiche	9400 Rorschach	1875 - 1915		N/A	N/A	N/A