Switzerland Beer Guide

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 !}

Breweries (64)

Name

Address&contact

Registry-#
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...

1386

Founded in 2015

Hubelstrasse 12
6204 Sempach

#702

35 hl

list of beers

13.4

Brewer: Markus Brechbühl.
Brewing on a 200 liters installation.
Pretty well-made. Waiting to find more.

3linden Bräu Hermann

Founded in 2021

Ebenaustrasse 22
6048 Horw

#1571

list of beers

N/A

BättX Bier

Founded in 2021

Menznauerstrasse 5
6130 Willisau

#1607

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Michael Bättig.

Baubulour

Founded in 2017

Unterdorfstrasse 1
6275 Ballwil

#1078

list of beers

N/A

Bertbier

Founded in 2010

Bluemenau
6156 Luthern

#370

130 hl

list of beers

Brewer: Hubert Peter-Kuoni.
A hobby brewery with a respectable output. Producing 6 core beers and one-seasonal (mostly in german styles)l on a 5 hl installation.
Worth a try, especially the Chömifäger.

Bier Brauer Ballwil

Founded in 2017

6275 Ballwil

#1005

N/A

Probably inactive.

Bier von Vier

Founded in 2012

Obfalken 16
6030 Ebikon

Link down; brewery closed?

#487

9 hl

list of beers

10.23

Brewer: Christoph Brütsch.
An association of 4 homebrewers which failed to convince me until now.
Probably inactive.

BierKoch

Founded in 2019

6003 Luzern

#1383

list of beers

N/A

Boundless Brewery

Founded in 2018

Buacher 1
6133 Hergiswil

#1278

N/A

Brewer: Daniel Wiprächtiger.
Probably inactive.

Brasserie du Chef

Founded in 2017

Obermattstrasse 22 A
6045 Megen

#983

list of beers

N/A

Probably inactive.

Brau!Studio

Founded in 2019

6033 Buchrain

#1309

N/A

Probably inactive.

Braubär

Founded in 2017

6207 Nottwil

#1006

list of beers

14.48

Brewer: Christoph Kramer.
Formerly located in Luzern.

Brauerei Luzern

Founded in 2009

Bürgenstrasse 16
6005 Luzern

#346

2'300 hl

list of beers

13.6

Brewer: Patrick Schäfer.
Founded by the Brauverein Luzern. Brewed their first beer in spring 2010. Has a bit more than 10 employees and is member of the Swiss breweries association since November 2020. Produces 5 core beers and 3 seasonals mostly in German styles.
High quality traditional german beers.

This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.

Brauereigeschäft 12A

Founded in 2021

Schulstrasse 12a
6037 Root

#1667

list of beers

N/A

Brewers: Ursula & Jeremias Muggli.

Brauhaus zum verlorenen Hopfen

Founded in 2019

Obergütschstrasse 15
6003 Littau

#1290

list of beers

N/A

Brauhuus 531

Founded in 2015

Bäch 4
6222 Gunzwil

#766

310 hl

list of beers

14.38

Brewer: René Bühlmann.
Formerly located in Rickenback. Has 6 employees (full-time or partially). Brews 5 core beers and some seasonals in Anglo-American and German styles on a 2 hl installation.
Above average and clearly worth a try.

Braupark

Founded in 2020

Weihermatte 7c
6102 Malters

#1440

list of beers

13.87

Brewer: Josh und Sandra Albisser.
Moved from Schwarzenberg to Malters and has now a taproom opened from Thu to Sat)

BrauStation Sursee

Founded in 2015

Merkurstrasse 20
6210 Sursee

#724

1'500 hl

list of beers

12.8

Brewer: Andy Stöckli and Fritz Lang.
Originally named Beckenhof Brauerei. Produces 5 core beers and 2 seasonals in German- and Anglo-American styles on a 5hl installation. Has 9 employees.

Brauwerkstatt Kriens

Founded in 2018

Degenstrasse 3
6010 Kriens

#1206

list of beers

14.2

Brewer: Peter Fuchs.
Has 4 employees and offers 3 core beers and one seasonal in German- and Anglo-American styles.

Brauwiler

Founded in 2004

6242 Wauwil

#194

N/A

Brewer: Lukas Jauslin.
Located originally in Eich. Brewing on a 5 hl installation.
Probably inactive.

Chäller Bröi

Founded in 2019

Lädergasse 15
6287 Aesch

#1380

300 hl

list of beers

14.2

Brewer: Raphaël Herzog.
Originally located in Hochdorf. Brews 5 core beers on a 5 hl installation.

Eichhof (Heineken Switzerland)

Founded in 1834

Obergrundstrasse 110
6002 Luzern

#52

250'000 hl

list of beers

9.32

"Brewer: Dominic Kammer.
Founded in 1834 by Johann Guggenbühler as ""Brauerei zum Löwengarten"", Eichhof (a name taken in 1960) was once the 3rd biggest in the country and the biggest to be independant. This is now over. After having bought and closed the brewery Ziegelhof (25'000 hl, Liestal) in 2006, they have been taken over by the green giant Heineken in April 2008. The production was then 361'000 hl. It is nowadays very hard to say where it stays, as the production remains undisclosed. Since the middle of 2013 the production is bottled in Chur (Calanda, the main production plant of Heineken).
Eichhof is also importing foreign beers, like Beck's, Grolsch, Pilsner Urquell or Löwenbräu.
Offers mainly mainstream, cheap quality and boring lagers."

Entlebucher Bier

Founded in 2009

Lindenhof 1a
6163 Ebnet

#341

750 hl

list of beers

9.68

Brewer: Simon Indermühle.
Moved from Entlebuch to Ebnet in 2020 and brews 5 core beers in German styles on a 12 hl installation.
Some of the production was formerly brewed at Rosengarten.

This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.

Fassbind & Furrer

Founded in 2023

Aargauerstrasse 7
6294 Ermensee

#1799

N/A

Garage9

Founded in 2021

6264 Pfaffnau

#1657

list of beers

N/A

A very discrete homebrewery.

Gnepfstein

Founded in 2021

Mattstrasse 6
6103 Schwarzenberg

#1680

60 hl

list of beers

13.3

Brewer: Kevin von Allmen.
Offering many different beer styles.

Heimelig Bier

Founded in 2020

6004 Luzern

#1556

list of beers

N/A

A brewers club.

Hofbeiz Hinter Musegg

Founded in 2015

Diebold-Schilling-Strasse 13
6004 Luzern

#697

16 hl

list of beers

N/A

A farm brewing its own beer.

Hohenbräu

Founded in 2017

Landschau 52
6276 Hohenrain

#1077

list of beers

13.56

Brewer: Rolf Künzi.
Offers good quality German- and Anglo-American styles beers.

Hüttenbräu

Founded in 2016

Neumüli 5
6017 Ruswil

#905

150 hl

list of beers

12.4

Brewer: Emmanuel Hüsler.
Offers up to 11 different beers.
Classic and correctly made (check especially the Hell) yet not particularly exciting.

Iltis Bräu

Founded in 2021

Bernstrasse 7b
6106 Werthenstein

#1584

list of beers

N/A

A club of 4 people brewing beers in German styles.

just a little brewery

Founded in 2022

Anton-Julius-Eggstein-Gasse 6
6005 Luzern

#1752

list of beers

N/A

KrügelBIER

Founded in 2008

Obergütschstrasse 26
6003 Luzern

#310

20 hl

list of beers

12.99

Brewer: Urs Krügel.
Brews about 10 core beers mostly in German styles on a 150 liters installation.

Kulturkeller Im Schtei

Founded in 2019

Kronegass 1
6204 Sempach

#1310

N/A

A concert-pub location brewing its own beer.

LeuBräu

Founded in 2020

Schubertstrasse 6
6004 Luzern

#1504

list of beers

11.7

Brewer: Pius Suter and Markus Nogara.
Brewing on a 3.3 hl installation.

Luzerner Bier Brauer (LuBB)

Founded in 2009

Nidfeldstrasse 1
6010 Kriens

#339

90 hl

list of beers

13.62

Brewer: Martin Haller.
Located formerly in Obernau. A club of about 16 people brewing on a 250 liters installation.
Creativity and often of good quality.

M14 Bräu

Founded in 2019

Moosmatte 14
6182 Escholzmatt

#1415

45 hl

list of beers

12.5

Brewer: Patrick Bieri.

Maihof Luzern

Founded in 2019

Blumenrain 20
6006 Luzern

#1300

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Christopher Lüke.
Brewing on a 3 hl installation.
Closed in 2023. Will wait until the removal from the federal custom list to delete it here.

Mehr

Founded in 2020

Pfrundstrasse 1
6133 Hergiswil

#1464

N/A

A beverage distributor brewing its own beer.

Melchior Craft Beer

Founded in 2017

6206 Neuenkirch

#1076

list of beers

N/A

Probably inactive.

Menzbergbier

Founded in 2015

Zibershus 3
6125 Menzberg

#682

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Jost-Xaver Bussmann.
Produces organic beers on a 1 hl installation.

MN Brew

Founded in 2016

Buzibachring 3b
6023 Rothenburg

#854

220 hl

list of beers

13.6

Brewer: André Meyer and Adrian Minnig.
Located previously in Emmenbrücke. 5 part-time employees brew about 6 core beers in Anglo-american styles on a 5 hl installation.

Mosaic Brew

Founded in 2022

Unter Sidhalden 16
6010 Kriens

#1761

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Simon Koch.
Brewing on a 50 liters installation.

Narcotic

Founded in 2021

Birkenweg 5
6212 St Erhard

#1565

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Dominik Laffer.
Formerly located in Zuchwil (SO).

Nünedriisgi Bier

Founded in 2021

6005 St. Niklausen

#1608

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Sandra Merkli.

Old Brewery

Founded in 2021

Luzernstrasse 102
6102 Malters

#1698

N/A

A bar/restaurant with its own brewery.
Closed in May 2023. Will wait until the removal from the federal custom list to delete it here.

PeRo

Founded in 2018

Joderweg 1
6221 Rickenbach

#1201

list of beers

12.2

Brewing on a 200 liters installation.
Quite creative and getting better.

Pilatusbräu

Founded in 2010

Nunwil
6283 Baldegg

#372

13.6

Brewer: Roman Marti.
Moved from Kriens to Baldegg in Summer 2011. Brews on a 50 liters installation
Well-made beers, try them!
Probably inactive.

Rainacker

Founded in 2022

Rainacherstrasse 37
6012 Obernau

#1706

list of beers

13.6

Ramseier Suisse

Founded in 1963

Niffel
6281 Hochdorf

#60

360'000 hl

list of beers

9.84

Brewer: Hermann Müller and Beat Eberle.
The second biggest independent brewery in the country. The company Lupo - founded back in 1918 as a producer and distributor of cider - started to brew beers in 1963. Producing all possible types of mainstream pale lagers and special beers on customers demand. They are brewing for the supermarket Denner and for Landi (130'000 hl of Farmer beers). Have a own brand called Römer Edelhell.
Firstly taken over by Granador, Lupo will then lose its name when its owner merged with Pomdor to create Unidrink in 2005. Later (April 2008) the company - which produces and distributes drinks like Ramseier, Granador, Sinalco, Elmer and Pepsi - changed its name to Ramseier. What is really strange about this company, is the fact they do not make any direct advertising on their brews. Of course, with that many soft drinks, beer is almost a side job to them, but one could think they are embarassed about the fact they are brewing beers ... Has a high-end can bottling machine since 2014 which allow them to produce the Farmer Bier from Landi in cans (they were before produced in Germany).
Don't expect to find mind-blowing beers here...

This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.

R-B-B Red Beard Brewery

Founded in 2022

Brambergstrasse 40
6004 Luzern

#1713

5 hl

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Andi Sigrist.

Reib Bier

Founded in 2016

Horwerstrasse 130
6010 Kriens

#893

list of beers

N/A

A club of 7 persons brewing on a 400 liters installation. Formerly named Brauerei Unterkuonimatt.

Rotbach Crafts

Founded in 2020

Sandblatten 7a
6026 Rain

#1524

list of beers

N/A

Located formerly in Sursee.

Sankt Maria

Founded in 2014

6024 Hildisrieden

Link down; brewery closed?

#609

10 hl

list of beers

13.07

Brewer: Tobias Weber.
Apart of an awful Dunkelweizen, this brewery offer pretty good beers.
Could well be inactive.

Schluckspecht

Founded in 2020

Pilatusstrasse 48a
6003 Luzern

#1507

list of beers

N/A

Stadtpfütze Luzern

Founded in 2017

Neustadtstrasse 10
6003 Luzern

#1115

list of beers

7.2

Formerly called Braukeller Mumi. Brews on a 300 liters installation.

Stahler Bier

Founded in 2013

Stahlermatten 4
6146 Grossdietwil

#549

list of beers

N/A

Brews about 7 core beers in german and anglo-american styles.

Verein Horberbier

Founded in 2021

Kantonsstrasse 85
6048 Horw

#1614

12 hl

list of beers

10.8

Brewer: Raphael Wobmann and Jan Hrdinka.
A club brewing on a 3 hl installation.

Vitznau

Founded in 2017

Obermühleweg 4
6354 Vitznau

#1098

100 hl

list of beers

Brewers: Raphael Küttel and Beni Meier.
Brewing on a 200 liters installation.
Decent but unexciting beers.

Waldzell

Founded in 2023

6252 Dagmersellen

#1797

N/A

Wiggerli

Founded in 2008

Buchwaldstrasse 8a
6252 Dagmersellen

#296

list of beers

13.4

Brewer: Guido Felder.
Brews 6 core beers in mostly german styles.

Wipfli-Bräu

Founded in 2013

Buchenweg 22
6034 Inwil

Link down; brewery closed?

#550

5 hl

11.93

Brewers: Alex Wipfli.
A homebrewery.
Some decent beers - check especially the Gletscheriisbier - but some others are very moderate.
Probably inactive.

Wolhuser Original

Founded in 2019

Bahnhofstrasse 17
6110 Wolhusen

#1393

list of beers

9.6

zur Münz

Founded in 2020

Münzgasse 1
6003 Luzern

#1480

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Urs Schmidiger.
A homebrewer brewing on a 14 liters installation.

Brewpubs (2)

Name

Address

Registry-#
Size/Production

# of beers
tasted

Rating avg
appreciation

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

Rathausbrauerei Luzern

Founded in 1998

Unter der Egg 2
6004 Luzern

#79

1'600 hl

list of beers

12.8

Brewer: Reinhard Knispel.
Founded back in 1998 by Eckhard Schwöbel, this brewpub is located in the heart of the city of Luzern. Offers one regular beer and about 5 seasonal, most of them in german styles. Brewing also beers for the near Stadtkeller Luzern. Brewing on a 10 hl installation.

This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.

Sport Rock

Founded in 2020

Wydematt 8
6130 Willisau

#1439

200 hl

list of beers

N/A

Brewing on a 350 liters installation in the restaurant of a sport center.

Beer makers without breweries (2)

Name

Address

Registry-#
Size

# of beers
tasted

Rating avg
appreciation

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

Hochdorfer Bier

Founded in 2010

6281 Hochdorf

list of beers

12.4

Client brewer: The beer from the former Hochdorf brewery (closed in 1992) was brought back to life. Unfortunately not brewed in the canton of Luzern but in Bern by Felsenau.

Stadtkeller Luzern

Founded in 2011

Sternenplatz 3
6004 Luzern

465

list of beers

N/A

Brewer: Reinhard Knispel.
Brewed at Stadtkeller until 2017 and since then produced at Rathaus.

This brewery believes in the myth of the Reinheitsgebot.

Closed Breweries (67)

Name

Address

founded-closed

Contact

# of beers
tasted

Rating

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

Arnold

6233 Büron

1865 - 1900

N/A

Originally named Reeb, then Nagele.

Braumanufaktur Odermatt

Abeschweg 4
6210 Sursee

2011 - 2022

448

N/A

Brewer: Michael Odermatt.
Probably inactive.

Brauverein Dagmersellen

Mühle
6252 Dagmersellen

2009 - 2015

354

N/A

Silvio & Gianni Walther.

Production: 11 hl

Brauverein Luzern

6004 Luzern

2008 - 2016

321

N/A

A brewer club, initiator of the Brauerei Luzern AG.

Brun

6000 Luzern

1869 - 1888

N/A

Brunner

6210 Sursee

1831 - 1894

N/A

Successively named Muggli and Tschopp.

Bühlmann

6144 Zell

1875 - 1892

N/A

Cervejinha

6210 Sursee

2014 - 2018

573

N/A

Brewer: Daniel Meyer.

Chraft Brauerei

6214 Schenkon

2015 - 2022

751

N/A

Probably inactive.

Dagmersellen

6252 Dagmersellen

1857 - 1902

N/A

Originally called zum Rössli.

Dotta

6234 Triengen

1880 - 1888

N/A

Eimer

6210 Sursee

1880 - 1885

N/A

Eintracht

6000 Luzern

1852 - 1888

N/A

Engibeering

6010 Kriens

2018 - 2022

1136

N/A

Probably inactive.

Falken

6000 Luzern

1795 - 1906

N/A

Feldmoos

Feldmoos 18
6182 Escholzmatt

2009 - 2011

350

12.8

Brewer: Alain Bernoulli.
Interesting and pretty well-brewed beers from this little brewpub.

Fischer

6234 Triengen

1900 - 1905

N/A

Fiz-Bier

6023 Rothenburg

1978 - 1994

N/A

Brauer: Erich Wäfler.
The register number is not totally confirmed.

Freyenhof

6000 Luzern

1803 - 1883

N/A

Frohsinn

6166 Hasle

1860 - 1892

N/A

Originally named im Mätzenhaus.

Fuchs Hausbrauerei

Schützenrain 22
6012 Obernau

2006 - 2014

221

N/A

Brewer: Peter Fuchs.

Geigelin

6354 Vitznau

1824 - 1884

N/A

Called successively Waldis, Zimmermann and Amstad.

Gheimtipp Braui (Uedligerbier)

6275 Ballwil

2008 - 2020

322

Brewer: Mario Betschart.
Originally called Hasebärgbraui and located in Uedligenswil (until January 2014). Moved then Uetzwil (AG), then to Ballwil (LU)
I had 2 above average beers and one below. Interesting yet pretty hard to classify …

Grieb

6252 Dagmersellen

1853 - 1892

N/A

Originally called Scherer, then marfurt, Wüest and Bucher.

Gütsch

6000 Luzern

1858 - 1917

N/A

Originally named zum Lädeli.

Herzog

6153 Ufhusen

1886 - 1892

N/A

Hirschen

6215 Beromünster

1820 - 1904

N/A

Hochdorf AG

6280 Hochdorf

1880 - 1992

N/A

Hügi

6247 Schötz

1860 - 1894

N/A

Humann

6102 Malters

1839 - 1900

N/A

Successively named Amrein, Burri, Seeberger, Freidinger, Funk, Bühlmann and finally Humann.

Im Winkel

6025 Neudorf

1829 - 1839

N/A

Kuster Bräu

6037 Root

2014 - 2022

626

N/A

Probably inactive.

Löwen

6246 Altishofen

1837 - 1905

N/A

Lozärner Bier

Littauerboden 1
6014 Luzern

2014 - 2018

601

13.6

Started as client brewer in 2009 and still is ! Presenting relabelled Aare-Bier (which did not make it a Lozärner Bier…). Their goal was to open their own brewery as soon as they will have a 2500 hl market. After some time they have found investors but the start of their own brewery has been many times postponed (now scheduled for Spring 2017). The amount of the production is undisclosed. Lost twice in justice (2017, 2018) where they were accused of false local marketing and closed shortly after.

Meggen

6045 Meggen

1863 - 1871

N/A

Müller

6017 Ruswil

1803 - 1832

N/A

Successively named Meyer, Huber and Müller.

Müller

6130 Willisau

1825 - 1830

N/A

Obergrund

6000 Luzern

1835 - 1877

N/A

Paradies

6020 Emmenbrücke

1807 - 1873

N/A

Rontal Brauerei Widler

6036 Dierikon

2016 - 2020

847

N/A

Rontaler Bierfründe

Hagenstrasse 9
6037 Root

2014 - 2014

588

N/A

Rosengarten

6000 Luzern

1868 - 1889

N/A

Rössli

6215 Beromünster

1810 - ?

N/A

Rustico

6005 Luzern

2014 - 2016

637

N/A

Schenker

6234 Triengen

1843 - 1895

N/A

Originally named Arnold.

Schweizerhalle

6000 Luzern

1871 - 1897

N/A

Schybi-Bier

6182 Escholzmatt

2012 - 2014

474

N/A

Seefeld

6000 Luzern

1862 - 1872

N/A

Seetal

Ziegeleihof 20
6280 Hochdorf

1997 - 2022

12.48

Brewer: Marco Jutz.
It all started back in 1997 on a 20 liters installation. The company has been then founded in 2000 and has since 2011 - and the move to its actual location - a yearly capacity of 350 hl which has - apparently - yet only be used at two-thirds. Produces 4 core beers and 3 seasonals in German styles.
They are actually looking for investors to expand their production to 1'000 hl (N.B. I have lost my source as well as any timeline about that...)

Production: 250 hl

Sempach

6204 Sempach

1867 - 1887

N/A

Sonnegg Bier

Sonnegg 8
6275 Ballwil / Ottenhusen

2015 - 2022

656

N/A

Brewer: Alain Bernouilli.
Probably inactive.

Soo.Soorser Bier

Kornfeldstrasse 1a
6210 Sursee

2015 - 2023

757

13.94

Brewer: Marcelo Oehninger.
Founded by Karin Wagemann. Brews 5 core beers and some seasonals in german and anglo-american styles. The brewery has 4 employees.

Production: 800 hl

Sporren

6000 Luzern

1836 - 1864

N/A

St. Jakob

6000 Luzern

1856 - 1888

N/A

Stocker

6215 Beromünster

1875 - 1880

N/A

Stofer

6000 Luzern

1867 - 1876

N/A

Trumpf Bier

6018 Buttisholz

2009 - 2018

326

12.8

Brewer: André Vogt.
Decent german-style beers. Formerly located in Eich.

Vereinigte Luzerner Brauereien

6000 Luzern

1834 - 1934

N/A

Originally named Löwengarten, then Spiess.

Waldbrücke (bei der)

6032 Emmen

1837 - 1840

N/A

Widmer

6110 Wolhusen

1875 - 1904

N/A

First called Hang.

Zimmermann

6353 Weggis

1865 - 1911

N/A

zum Hecht

6300 Zug

1871 - 1893

N/A

zum Kreuz

6106 Werthenstein

1844 - 1889

N/A

zum Mohren

6130 Willisau

1875 - 1904

N/A

zur Eintracht

6037 Root

1869 - 1892

N/A

zur Linde

6017 Ruswil

1885 - 1892

N/A

zur Linden

6300 Zug

1870 - 1890

N/A

Name	Address / Untappd venue	Homepage / Email	Rating	Comments
Bahnhöfli Sursee	St. Urban-Strasse 3 6210 Sursee			A restaurant with a nice selection of about 70 beer bottles.
Bierliebe & Friends	Rathausquai 10 6004 Luzern			12 taps

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