Unser Bier

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Unser Bier
Location Basel, CH
Opened1997
Annual production volume6,000 hectolitres (5,100  US bbl)
Owned byUnser Bier AG
Active beers
NameType
Naturblond Pale ale
Weizen Wheat beer
Schwarzbier Porter
Amber Lager
Seasonal beers
NameType
Drummler Pilsner
Weihnachts-Bier Bock

Unser Bier is a small local brewery in Basel, Switzerland.

Unser Bier is most widely known for its amber beer, a simple lager. They also produce a wheat beer (Weizen) and a pale ale (Natur Blond) and a dark porter style beer (Schwarz Bier), as well as a number of specialty and seasonal beers such as a Christmas beer and the "Meister" beer, produced when the FC Basel football team wins the national championship. 2010 the brewery moved to the Gundeldinger Feld and invested 5 million Swiss francs to enlarge its capacity and for a new bottling station.

On May 6, 2006, Unser Bier become the biggest brewery in Basel following the merger of Ziegelhof with Eichhof. [1]

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