Since opening in 2010, Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. has been combining innovative flavor with traditional, European-style beers. They’re among the pioneers that set the standard for the flood of new microbreweries in the 2010s, and their beers still serve to remind drinkers why St. Louis is the beer capital of this hemisphere.
Co-founders Florian Kuplent and David Wolfe honed their craft during tenures at Anheuser-Busch, the former as a brewmaster, the latter as a marketing director. No one does German beers truer to style than Urban Chestnut. Schnickelfritz, their Bavarian Weissbier, is a beautiful pour with a big, eggshell-colored head and unfiltered golden body. Bold banana, bubble gum and clove notes come alive as you sip, with a hint of vanilla in the finish. Many American breweries attempt this style, but few do it this well.
Multiple locations, urbanchestnut.com
This article appears in Sauce Magazine // April 2025.