Unverhopft, Vagabund Brauerei

A vagabond is someone who leaves his homeland and travels through world history without a permanent residence or base. An outlaw person, an artist of life who is not sedentary and stationary but rather unattached, independent and unconventional. A handful of brewers from the United States also identify with this description and have therefore simply given their baby the name Vagabund Brewery.

Beer desert Berlin

Matt Walthall, David Spengler and Tom Crozier actually came to Berlin to indulge their love of music. The three had founded a band and wanted to find their rhythm together in the creative melting pot of Berlin. They rented a rehearsal room, collected the necessary instruments and bought a few cases of beer to refresh themselves during breaks and to support the atmosphere. The craft beer-loving Americans did not expect that it would ultimately fail because of the beer. In 2009, the craft beer movement in Germany was still in its infancy, while in the States people were already enjoying pale ale, porter, stout and IPA. Our three musicians found themselves in a land of Pilsner and in Berlin, industrially brewed Pilsner was largely served and sold. In order not to die of an acute thirst for beer in this desert of non-existent beer styles, the band decided to brew their own beer. Good music and tasty beer are a strong symbiosis that should not be underestimated, so this step was unavoidable. Matt's kitchen was converted into a small brewery and the first pale ale from our three musicians saw the light of day, only to be hastily drunk shortly afterwards.

Brewery instead of band

The newcomers' debut work was like a drop in the ocean: the thirsty Berliners welcomed the American Pale Ale with open arms and mouths. Soon the band was no longer known for their music but for their fine beer. The final end of the music group was inevitable, but the next adventure was already on the horizon: in 2011, Tom, David and Matt founded the Vagabund Brewery and made their beer official. Exciting times followed with a crowdfunding campaign, building first one location and then the next, and brewing countless beers and beer styles. Today, the Vagabund Brewery is an established player on the Berlin beer market and, thanks to numerous awards and medals in renowned competitions, has made a good name for itself far beyond the borders of Germany. The brewery is flourishing and not only enriches Berlin's beer scene with delicious creations that are anything but bland Pilseners.


Item No. Product Container Price

10389007

mellow clouds

Unverhopft
Vagabund Brauerei

0,33 L Flasche - € 16,67 / LTR

€ 5,50
MEHRWEG

Too popular

10389006

my saddle, my pony & me

Vagabund Brauerei

0,33 L Flasche - € 9,70 / LTR

€ 3,20
MEHRWEG

Too popular

10389005

three’s a party

Vagabund Brauerei

0,33 L Flasche - € 13,64 / LTR

€ 4,50
MEHRWEG

Too popular

10389004

call it a day

Vagabund Brauerei

0,33 L Flasche - € 9,70 / LTR

€ 3,20
MEHRWEG

Too popular

10389003

bindlestiff ipa

Vagabund Brauerei

0,33 L Flasche - € 9,70 / LTR

€ 3,20
MEHRWEG

Too popular

10389002

sessionable healing

Vagabund Brauerei

0,33 L Flasche - € 9,70 / LTR

€ 3,20
MEHRWEG

Too popular

10389001

hauptstadt Poured

Vagabund Brauerei

0,33 L Flasche - € 8,79 / LTR

€ 2,90
MEHRWEG

Too popular