Trumer Pils Brauerei

A few years ago, I had the good fortune to join in one of their daily brewery tours and got to find out for myself what Trumer Pils is all about. I think the tours are at 3pm, but it’s best to check their website for more details. They do one beer and one beer only — a pilsener that is meant to be had from a long, thin, cylindrical glass that you’re sure to recognize. Their dedication to their one and only beer is admirable and yields high production. Its light and refreshing, easy going. Trumer Pils is a big brand in the Bay Area and California. Next time you have one, remember that it came from Berkeley!

Such a fun and personalized tour of the brewery with very informative and cute! Brew master Jeff.

Came here thinking that they was also serving food judging from the pictures, but they turned out to be from the Unilocal event in the past. I wasn’t too disappointed since our primary objective was to take the free brewery tour anyway, and what a tour it was. Since it was just a friend and I taking the tour, it was very personable and informative. The tour guide who was also a brewer was very friendly and was able to answer any question that we had and of course no brewery tour is complete without a free sample of the good stuff.

Pippy gets very emotional when thinking of this wonderful adult beverage. My local resources in recent months NEVER have it! This angers Pippy. Finally I found stores in a couple nearby towns, all be it 25 minutes from Pippy’s Kingdom it is a small sacrifice to hoard these beautiful little bottles of gold. Hands down, slam dunking, rim rocking long ball over the death valley center field fence at ATT the best BEER, not just the best Pilsner I have ever tasted. Refreshing on the hot day and even more refreshing after a very long day at work, Pippy loves Trumer! I give it my highest rating, Both Pigtails, stockings and even the skirt WAY UP exposing the Pippy thong.
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Trumer Plis turns out some high quality swill! With so many local breweries where I reside in Southern California, it’s a flooded market and a sub-​culture of it’s own right. Regardless of the countless breweries and new releases, it’s only fair to say that Trumer has earned it’s shelf space. Brewed for purity, this is still my favorite Pilsner… and I’ve tried every one I’ve come across. Regularly, I find myself trying the new tap, the newest brewery’s offering, yet I always return on a hot summer day to this excellent product. Bravo Trumer! Nothing else compares.

Pretty good pilsner. Awesome place to visit for a brewery tour and learn about the brewing process.
Specifically established in Berkeley for the local water supply to be just like the original Austrian Brauerei.

I came here last year for the Berkeley Drinks District Hop YEE. I didn’t even know Berkeley had wineries and breweries until my experience with the event.
This brewery was my final stop on our drink hopping tour. My friend and I were ushered over to grab a pint of Trumer beer and then proceeded to follow the tour around the brewery. My favorite part was looking at the bottling machinery and entering the giant freezing room where the beer was stored. I learned so much about what it takes to make beer and lager! Yay for science and drinking XD
It’s really neat how they offer free tours to the public and they are pretty accommodating for larger groups. I think this would be an unconventional, but fun, place to visit if you’re in the Berkeley area.

We went on the 3:15 PM tour this past Friday. Tours are free, and they happen M-​F at 3:15 PM. The tour left right on time, and the group had 12 people in it. You get a tour of the brewing facility which, depending on how many questions your group asks, lasts about 30 minutes. The facility is clean, it isn’t huge, and while you probably won’t see them actually bottling (they only do it once a week, and I would assume it’s dangerous to have tours walking through while they are bottling), it’s pretty neat to see behind the scenes. The tour ends in the tasting room where you get to taste the beer. The beer tasted great (and had no skunky flavor that you sometimes get in a bar!), and our guide hung around to tell us other interesting facts. They only make one thing, but Trumer makes it well.

Great beer and awesome people. Got an amazing tour from Brian and a perfect sample pour from Mark.

I visited the Trumer brewery during a Unilocal Elite event a few months back. I’ve passed by numerous times before on weekend strolls, but the brewery’s normally only open during business hours.
The staff were extremely friendly to the Elite guests. The tour was interesting enough. I didn’t realize that Trumer only brews its Pilsner (which is fine, because I like it!). I think that most people in my group were more interested in the bottling and kegging machinery, rather than the actual brewing equipment.
If you can swing a tour, definitely try it!

Stopped in for a Unilocal!event the other weekend, and I had no idea I lived so close to this place and have only just now made a visit! I’m so glad I was able to taste their fine tasting beer and learn a thing or two about their process while on a tour of the facilities. The staff is knowledgeable and you can tell that they love their craft. They give free tours on weekday afternoons. It’s a great place to bring out-​of-​towners or friends who are new to the Berkeley area to check out.

I really enjoyed my time here at the YEE. This was our first stop, and I’d never tried the beer before. I’m definitely a fan. This is exactly the kind of beer I like– not too heavy on the hops, with a crisp grassy taste and there’s a little pepper as well. I’m thrilled to read, in another review, that I might be able to find this at Costco. Thank you Trumer Pils for being part of the Unilocal event, and I will definitely be a future customer, and I feel pretty certain my friends are going to love your beer too!

Had a very good tour of the brewery today. Tours start at 3:45 PM. I would call and make a reservation to ensure a spot is available. Easier to appreciate the beer now that I met one of the brewers.
Management if you are reading, I would have your bathroom that you let guests use cleaned before the tours. It was trashed today and reflects poorly on the cleanliness of your establishment.

Rolled to Trumer for a Unilocal Elite Event. We were given a Souvenir Trumer Pint glass
and a few pours of Trumer. It was a very refreshing event. It was held in the Outside Courtyard.
Trumer was also giving Guided Tours of The Brewery. During the Tour the Brew Master explained the Brewing Process.
They also have a Gift Shop with Trumer Logo-​ed Swag.
They also offer the Brewery tour Mon– Fri.

This place is so awesome it needs a Unilocal review in it’s own glory. Who doesn’t love a nice cold pint of beer, along with a great story of how it came to be.
This place is awesome and would make a great corporate or group event for any beer lover. The facility is really cool and learning about the beer making process was awesome. I now want to do my own brew, on a much smaller scale of course!

This was my first visit to Trumer Pils, but it won’t be my last! They participated in a Unilocal event that I attended and provided a definite highlight with their crisp, clean, and refreshing, beer. I’d be thrilled to return and enjoy their tour. Those that took the time to do so had a great time. For some reason, I was happiest in the sun of their courtyard with my (full-​size) beer! I’ll think fondly of that experience when I order it in bars, or buy it in stores.

Trumer Pils was my first stop during yesterday’s YEE and I must say the beer is amazing! It’s light, citrusy and paired nicely with the complementary fish tacos from Rubios. The process in which they make the beer is so meticulous and I was shocked to find out that there were only 3 batches that gone bad out of the whole time Trumer has been in operation at this location. I wished I paid more attention to the tour though, but after a pint and half of beer later (and thank you to the very generous staff who gave my guest and I extra), I was buzzing.
Unfortunately they weren’t selling the beer on site at the time, but they do sell six packs at Bev-​Mo for about $ 7 and a 24 pack at Costco for about $ 20. Let’s just say I’m making a trip down to Costco.

I went on the Brauerei tour with a few friends on Monday, and definitely recommend it. Although the tour was a little bit heavy on the jargon (a lot of stats thrown around that didn’t mean much to me, not having a sense of what a lot of barrels of unfiltered lager is, or how much hops any other brewery goes through), it was also fun (and relatively short) and informative (and free!). The dude giving the tour was really friendly (although if you’re used to slick Napa tours, you won’t forget that giving tours is not this guy’s primary occupation), and you get to see the entire operation, from hops coming in to bottles going out (unfortunately, the bottling machine – which seemed to be by far the coolest contraption – was not operating. I think Thursday is the day to go for that). And best of all, a complimentary Trumer Pils in their chic thin-​and-​tall 0.3L glasses. (Keep an eye out, also, for the beer-​colored columns with white foam tops.)
Would I go again? Probably not, but I would definitely tell other people to go if you have a free afternoon and want to start your day drinking with a little knowledge. How often do you get to tour a production facility of any kind? Not very. And since it’s so convenient to Berkeleyites, it seems a shame to pass up the chance.

Don’t ask me why but I have no recollection of ever really giving this beer a chance — and tonight, at a Unilocal event — these folks were on hand to pour beer (and hand out these nifty motorcycle seat towels with a grommet and clippy thing so you don’t lose it on the freeway!). Jim and his partner listened to my stories of bison at Custer SP with interest and then I got to learn all about the what makes Trumer Pils special.
This was a seriously tasty pilsner — I was even more impressed after I had a few bites of Rotten City’s delicious vegan pizza and then tried more beer — crazy thing is that combination just opened up a lot of floral notes in the beer. It went really well with pizza!
I was excited to hear that they have a brewery right down on 4^th, not far from Takara — and they do tours every day at 3:30 — I’ve never been to a beer brewery (just wineries!) and neither had my friend. We’re now very excited to go have a tour and enjoy some tasty beer at Trumer in Berkeley!

Oooh… wow!
Not been over to the brewery yet (so darn close!), but just had a fresh, crisp pilsner bottle in the hot sun today. and it was the perfect beer that bullseyed ‘the spot’ for me…
YUM. Surprisingly clean and great smooth taste. light, as pilsners go. Bottled slurp-​it savory pilsner beer.
I’ve had many many pints of Czech pilsners on various vacations in the CR (peeps… stop calling it Czechoslovakia! affront to the folks. Velvet Revolution was a reality!)… definitely doesn’t beat Urquell, in my opinion… but it’s remarkably fresh and a quality brew.

What’s an Austrian pilsner doing with a brewery in Berkeley? For one thing, keeping it fresh and local, while doing a stand-​up job of preserving the original Trumer Pils process.
Trumer makes just this one pilsner, but they do it right: crisp and clean, just a slight bitter aftertaste, bubbles like champagne.
I’ve started to see Trumer pop up in places like NOPA, Foreign Cinema and A16, a good indication that this is beer is all class.
I had the opportunity to visit the Berkeley Brewery this past Sunday. The tasting room is reminiscent of something up in Sonoma or Napa — modern trappings mixed with old world grace.
The staff and brewers are good people, of course very knowledgeable, but more importantly friendly and approachable about the brand, it’s history and style. I’d highly recommend going on a tour, or for one of their special events.
Here’s to the first 400 years, Trumer, my friend!