Visiting Germany's smallest brewery

The city of Halle, birthplace of Handel, is somewhat overshadowed by it's larger neighbour, Leipzig but has plenty to offer from Germany's oldest chocolate maker to what is perhaps the smallest commercial brewery in Germany.

The IBIS Styles Hotel, conveniently situated by the main railway station features this magnificent mural of historic Halle in their car park.

Statue of George Frideric Handel in Halle City Centre

Halle Haupbahnhof or central station

Hidden away in a granite cobblestone street, next to a Deutsche Bahn marshaling yard and behind Saxony's largest brothel, in a former Deutsche Bahn kitchen canteen sits the Spund Brewery at Am Güterbahnhof 13, 06112

Spund Brewery is on the right, past the white building

The view from the brewery

So what is a Spund? It translates as a "bung" but can also mean an airlock as is shown on their logo

The brewery was founded in 2022 by Sebastian Duckstein and Philip Häusler and must rate as the smallest commercial brewery in Germany, with mashing and boiling the wort being done in 60 litre cooking pots as shown below:

Spund maybe small but in the 4 years they have been brewing, they have produced over 100 different types of beer, all bottled in .33 ltr bottles. Brewed with water from the Harz Mountains and malt from Bamberg and other maltings, Spund is not afraid to experiment with different yeast strains to brew their extensive beer range.

Filling the mash tun with grist for another brew

The range of beer styles brewed here also differ from your usual German brews, no standard pils, no usual helles, no normal dunkles, instead Seb and Philip have looked to the wider world for inspiration with black IPA, Bocks with pink peppercorns, Quads and even a brew with Norwegian Farmhouse yeast.

 A black IPA

A bock brewed with pink peppercorns and liquorice, giving a slight aniseed flavour

SBØ, Brewed with Norwegian farmers yeast, slightly funky, dry, fruity grapes flavour

100% Weisse a refreshing wheat beer

Brass, their 5.5% golden ale, brewed with Nelson Sauvin and El Dorado hops

Wit, a ginger-dominated wheat beer

Another Cascadian/Black IPA

















So where are these beers available from? Well only at the brewery which is open every Thursday 1630-1830! Occasionally Spund open at weekends, best check their Facebook site for that and then, once a year, the brewery is home to Spundfest a strong beer and strong music festival

In 2026, Spundfest is on Saturday 5th November and features 16 of their beers