
Independent craft brewery with restaurant in Dresden, developed as Germany's first university spin-off brewery at TU Dresden.

Lohrmanns Brauerei & Restaurant (Kraftwerk Mitte)
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About Lohrmanns
Lohrmanns is a brewery with an attached restaurant located in the Kraftwerk Mitte in the heart of Dresden. It emerged from research at TU Dresden and sees itself as Germany's first university spin-off brewery. It is based on years of research into beer, brewing processes, and hop and malt varieties, which were first tested in the laboratory. The range includes around 25 beers, including Pilsner, Helles, Red, various IPA variants, wheat beer, smoked beer (Rauchbier), Porter, Märzen, Festbier, Bock and Dresden Dark – available from the taps in the restaurant as well as in bottles. The offering also includes brewery tours, tastings, group events and exclusive use of the restaurant. Target groups are lovers of handcrafted beers as well as private and corporate events in the hospitality sector.
- Site
- Kraftwerk Mitte, Dresden
- Processes
- Brewery tours, Tastings (bookable exclusively), Events/group events, Exclusive use of the restaurant, Bottled beer sales
- Materials
- Pilsner, IPA variants (including Australian, Lemondrop, Hazy, NEIPA), Wheat & Hopfen-Weisse, Porter (English Porter, Baltic Porter), Rauchbier (smoked beer), Winter-Bock & Strong Ale Bio
- Industries
- Gastronomy, Craft beer
- 01
Research into hops, malt and brewing processes
- 02
Laboratory trials and recipe development
- 03
Brewing of the beers
- 04
Draft service in the restaurant and bottled beer sales
- 05
Brewery tours, tastings and events
Beer Variety & Brewing Processes
Pilsner
Bottom-fermented beer with 5.0 % vol. alcohol and 36 IBU.
IPA variants (including Australian, Lemondrop, Hazy, NEIPA)
Hop-forward beers with 6.4–7.5 % vol. alcohol and up to 65 IBU.
Wheat & Hopfen-Weisse
Wheat beers, including a Hopfen-Weisse with 80 IBU.
Porter (English Porter, Baltic Porter)
Dark, malt-forward beers with up to 200 EBC.
Rauchbier (smoked beer)
Smoky beer with 5.8 % vol. alcohol and 45 EBC.
Winter-Bock & Strong Ale Bio
Stronger beers with 6.7–7.2 % vol. alcohol.
Location
Kraftwerk Mitte, Dresden
DEBrewery with restaurant
- Materials
- Pilsner, Helles, Red, IPA, Wheat, Rauchbier, Porter, Märzen, Festbier, Bock
Our Beers

Inside the production

Industries
Additional services
History
Development at TU Dresden: Lohrmanns is established as Germany's first university spin-off brewery following extensive research into beer, brewing processes and hop and malt varieties.