Moritz Fiege

Never had anything from them, distribution does indeed appear to be local. And I've never been to Bochum.

 

Yes, i had their beers several times..
It's not a really small operation, their beers are rather common in the Ruhrgebiet.
I loved them early on because, way before the term "craft beer" reached germany and brewers were making more diverse beers, they stuck out to me by making an amber beer, Schwarzbier and still making good Export..
Their Pils used to be really good, relatively strong hop presence, but I didn't have it for a really long time now.

Somehow i always compared them to Schwelmer Brauerei from Wuppertal, not too far away, who also made more diverse styles than usual at the time.
Sadly, Schwelmer is no more, so we should be happy that Fiege is still around and still seems to be doing fine.

 

I had their Gründer Dortmunder/Export in '17 and wouldn't bother with it again.

I had the Bernstein in 2015 and the Pils in 2011. Didn't rate either, nor do I recall how they were.

Perhaps Erzengel can chime in.

 

Hey @steveh
I'm living in Bochum and I love Fiege beers I think they're brewing one of the best Pils in Germany but you might remember that I'm not an expert.

If you're crazy enough to pay for the shipping, I'd be honored to send you beers from Fiege @steveh

@Snowcrash000 @Sigmund @Lurchus
If I can help you getting Fiege beers, just let me know I'd love to read what you think about those.

 

If you are still in cologne: trinkgut used to have several ruhrpott beers,,ncluding fiege somemtimes. there is one in frechen.also the place closest to cologne where you could get some of the better düsseldorf alts, dont know if it is still this way though.

I think i will have one or two this summer when i make it to the ruhrgebiet, thanks to the Deutschlandticket

 

@steveh

Gründer was from a bottle while in Brussels, the other two I brought home with me from Germany and drank at home.

 

I was last in Bochum in 2019 before the pandemic and drank their beers at the brewery tap. They are good but perhaps not quite good enough to be worth hunting down from the other side of the Atlantic. I was a little disappointed by the hop aroma of the Pils, I was expecting outstanding but just good.