Dolly is a sheep. In this case, Dolly is the debut work of four brewers who never looked for each other and still found each other. The Freiburg brewing collective is an international brewers' association and an absolute dream team when it comes to exceptional, creative craft beers. And they also have a monkey, or so they claim.
The Freiburg brewing collective is the crazy idea of four beer fanatics, as press spokesman, CEO and mascot Spanky revealed to us in exchange for some bananas. Chris, Gil, Bernhard (called Børn) and James are true beer lovers who started their beer careers independently of each other and on different continents. The four boys started their first brewing attempts at home in the basement, Gil and Bernhard in Germany, Chris in Australia and James in sunny California. Since all roads eventually lead to Rome, or in our case to Freiburg, the four homebrewers ran into each other's arms. At a brewing seminar they tied the knot by founding their own label, the Braukollektiv Freiburg. Before that, however, it was determined who among them made the best pale ale. On this basis, the four alchemists developed the recipe for their first beer together, Dolly . Dolly was supposed to bring craft beer to Freiburg and be the lifeline in the flood of classic beers for everyone who likes to try something new in addition to Pilsner and the like. As a gypsy brewer, they went into marketing with Dolly and their lamb was well received. And since brewing with other brewers is even more fun, the guys teamed up with Freigeist Bierkultur and Emma - Biere ohne Beard and conjured up a fantastic Mexican Standoff Stout .
Because Dolly was such a well-behaved pet, the brewing collective quickly expanded its zoo. From then on, Horst the bear and Laird the great white shark also frolicked alongside the sheep. The four initially surprised their brewing hosts with a lot of hops, but were able to convince them of their skills and expertise. After all, good beer speaks for itself and neither the most traditional brewer nor the most convinced wine drinker could escape the animal charm of the Braukollektiv beers. Freiburg is actually a wine stronghold. Traditionally, brewers have a rather poor hand in this regard. But Gil, Bernhard, Chris and James see their niche here: wine connoisseurs with trained palates. They can definitely tell whether an aroma hop, a green hop or the classic bitter hop has gone into the kettle. Craft beer is the self-proclaimed hop headquarters and the perfect playground for wine connoisseurs who want to surprise and challenge their palate every now and then. Ziggy is happy to volunteer as a guinea pig!
Braukollektiv KG
Runszstr. 50
79102 Freiburg im Breisgau
Deutschland 
