Schaefer

Old beer brand

Schaefer is a German surname meaning "shepherd," common among Americans of German descent.

It appears as a brand name for various products, most notably Schaefer beer, once popular in the northeastern United States.

Spelling variants include Schafer, Shafer, and Schäfer.

brewery

hops

Bittering agent for ale

  • barleyGrain for malt
  • maltSprouted grain for brewing
  • lagerCold-conditioned beer

pilsner · fermentation · yeast · keg · tap · bottle · brewmaster · craft · ale · wort

surname

family

Related people together

clan · bloodline · descendants · relatives · heritage · pedigree · dynasty · kin · forebears · kindred

German

Bavaria

Southeastern German state

Rhine · Saxon · Prussian · Swabian · Hesse · Oktoberfest · Sauerkraut · Autobahn · Weimar · Hanseatic

Categories
Opposites
beer production scale and philosophy

Schaefercraft beer

Small-batch artisanal beer

Sierra Nevada · homebrew

beer origin and provenance

SchaeferHeineken

Dutch pilsner brand

Beck's · Stella Artois · Guinness · Belgian ale · Sapporo

beer market positioning

SchaeferDom Pérignon

Legendary French bubbly

Family

shepherd, sheepherder

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G