The far north is not exactly associated with excellent beer. Beer connoisseurs will rather think of large industrial breweries that have driven out all craftsmanship in the north through efficiency and huge quantities sold. The metropolis of Hamburg is like a desert when it comes to good, hand-brewed beer. But little by little, small breweries are springing up that are ready to challenge the industrial giants with excellent (craft) beers. One of these is Simon Siemsglüß with his Buddelship brewery.
At home in the world
Simon Siemsglüß is a textbook Hamburg boy: tall, bearded and very relaxed. Nevertheless, the fishhead was drawn out into the wide world to learn the craft of brewing. Simon learned brewing from international experts in Canada, England, Germany and China and was able to return home in 2014 with excellent training to try his luck with his own brewery. His expertise and experience in breweries everywhere stood him in good stead for his project and Simon started his project full steam ahead. The Buddelship Brewery is based in the hallowed halls of a former fish factory - local patriotism as it is written in the textbook and that from someone who first set out to find happiness and then came back to share his happiness with his hometown.
Crafts for Hamburg
The Buddelship Brewery appears like an oasis in the desert in Hamburg's large brewery landscape. Craft beer for Hamburg, that is Simon's mission. The brewer put all his resources – and all his money – into the brewery project and was rewarded with success. With a lot of passion, a love of experimentation and specialist knowledge, the Hamburg native is making a stand against the mainstream and has already received numerous awards for it. Much more important, however, is that the result is incredibly good beer, which we are happy to have in the Bierothek® range. With beers such as the Great Escape or the Steelyard, the brewer lives out his experimental, international side and shows the wealth of experience that his time in Canada, England and China gave him. Beers such as the Kohlentrimmer or the Mitschnagger Pilsener , which are sold under the Heimathafen label, speak of his Hamburg youth and his great connection to the Hanseatic city. And even if Fettes Brot sings “Büst nich unt'n Nordern is dat schwer to verstohn”, we understand Simon's philosophy very well. Beer is a language that everyone understands.
Here’s to a bottle of beer!
