Brauerei Päffgen GmbH & Co. KG

Name: Brauerei Päffgen GmbH & Co. KG
Address: Friesenstraße 64-66, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 50670, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)221 / 135461

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Place Category: BreweriesPlace Tags: Beer

The top-fermenting home brewery PÄFFGEN was founded in 1883 by Hermann Päffgen. It is the oldest brewery in Cologne and still brews today in its original location in the Friesenviertel. The heart of the business beats in the brewhouse behind the beer garden. The fermentation cellar is deep down. Here the beer ferments in open vats, the foaming yeast settles on the surface – top fermentation. It is then allowed to store and mature for a long time before being bottled in oak barrels. Päffgen-Kölsch is still brewed by hand today and has therefore retained its own character. Until the 1950s, the only route to the brewery was through the pub and beer garden. Even today you can fold the small tables against the wall in the tavern, where horse-drawn carts used to rumble through the bar. And in summer, guests can enjoy the warm season in the shade of two hundred-year-old chestnut trees.