Handcrafted beer specialities and strong beers up to 57% alcohol from Gunzenhausen

Schorschbräu GmbH

Gunzenhausen (91710) · Brewery / Head officeNew on Amplifa

1996Founded

GmbH, HRB 4677 (Amtsgericht Ansbach)Legal form

57% vol. alcoholHighest documented alcohol content

About Schorschbräu

Schorschbräu GmbH is a specialty brewery founded in 1996 by Georg Tscheuschner in Gunzenhausen in the Franconian Lake District. The company brews traditional and innovative beers according to the German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), with a particular focus on strong beers and icebocks. The very high alcohol contents are achieved through special beer yeasts, high malt quantities and at least four months of storage; for the icebocks, the traditional icebock process is used, in which the beers are chilled and the resulting ice is filtered off. The brewery became best known for the Schorschbock 57%, which is considered the strongest beer in the world. The brewery exclusively supplies business customers who value handcrafted beer specialities, and also sells its products through its own online shop. In addition, limited and collaborative beer specialities (collab brews) are produced, including the Schorschbock 25% Oak Aged, an icebock matured in American white oak, and wheat-icebock variants up to 30% vol.

Site: Gunzenhausen
Processes: Online shop / direct sales, Supply of business customers (B2B), Limited and collaborative beer specialities (collab brews)
Materials: Icebock process, Malt and specialty malts (including RED X), Special yeasts, American white oak
Founded: 1996
Industries: Brewing / beverage industry, Beer specialities (strong beers/icebocks)

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Brewing according to the German Beer Purity Law
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Storage (at least four months)
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Icebock process (cold concentration)
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Barrel maturation (oak, in some cases)
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Bottling and hand-numbered signing
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Direct sales via online shop and B2B supply

Brewing process and beer styles

EISBOCK

Icebock process

Traditional cold concentration process in which chilled beer is filtered and the resulting ice is removed.

MALZ

Malt and specialty malts (including RED X)

The basis for high original gravity (up to 36° Plato) and dark, malty aroma profiles.

HEFE

Special yeasts

Enable high alcohol contents and fruity fermentation aromas.

EICHE

American white oak

Wooden barrel maturation for complex vanilla aromas in the Oak Aged icebock.

Location

Gunzenhausen, Richard-Stücklen-Str. 7

Brewery / Head office

Materials: Malt, hops, special yeasts

Beer specialities

**Schorschbock 57% – strongest beer in the world, ceramic bottle 0.33 l**Icebock process · Beer specialities

**Schorschbock 43%**Icebock process · Beer specialities

**Schorschbock 25% Oak Aged**Icebock, barrel maturation · Beer specialities

**Schorschweizen ICE 30%**Wheat icebock · Beer specialities

**Schorschbräu Kriek 15.16%**Cherry beer (ale) · limited special edition

**World's Strongest Beer 57% tasting bottle 40 ml**Icebock process · Small format

**Schorschbräu Mördertinte**Collab brew (stout/doppelbock) · Beer specialities

**FAT RED SCHORSCH 14%**Special brew · Beer specialities

**FAT RED SCHORSCH ICE 17%**Special brew with icebock process · Beer specialities

**Schorschbock ICE 13%**Icebock · Beer specialities

**Kegs of special brew**Keg filling · Special brews

Inside the production

Industries

Brewing / beverage industryBeer specialities (strong beers/icebocks)

Additional services

Online shop / direct salesSupply of business customers (B2B)Limited and collaborative beer specialities (collab brews)

Reference customers

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (coverage of 'the strongest beer in the world', 2010)Galileo / Jumbo Schreiner (TV feature 2009)

History

1996
Georg Tscheuschner decided to build a small, fine brewery in Gunzenhausen – at a time of declining beer consumption and strong concentration in the beer market.
2009
TV star Jumbo Schreiner went in search of the strongest beer in the world on Galileo; after the shoot, a wheat beer with 13% vol. was created together.
2010
In June, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE reported on the strongest beer in the world (Schorschbräu) in the daily check of 'Abenteuer leben'.