List of brewing companies in Germany
This is a list of brewing companies in Germany. Beer plays a significant role in the German culture, and for many years, German beer was brewed in strict adherence to the Reinheitsgebot, a regulation that permitted only water, hops, yeast, and malt as beer ingredients. This law also stipulated that beers not exclusively using barley-malts, such as wheat beer, must be top-fermented.[1]
Since 1993, the brewing process has been regulated by the Provisional German Beer Law, which allows a broader range of ingredients and additives in top-fermenting beers. However, these additives must be completely removed, or at least as much as possible, from the final product.[2]
Brewing companies in Germany
- Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren
- Aldersbach brewery
- Augustiner Bräu
- Ayinger Brewery
- Bavaria – St. Pauli Brewery
- Beck's Brewery
- Bitburger Brewery
- Brau Holding International
- Brauerei Bub [de]
- Brauerei Clemens Härle [de]
- Brauerei Gebr. Maisel
- Brauerei Friedmann
- Brauerei Greif [de]
- Brauerei Leikeim [de]
- Brauerei Neder [de]
- Brauerei Paderborner
- Brauerei Rittmayer [de]
- Brauhaus am Kreuzberg
- Bürgerliches Brauhaus
- Cölner Hofbräu Früh
- Diebels
- Dinkelacker
- Dortmunder Actien Brauerei
- Edelweißbrauerei Farny [de]
- Eichbaum
- Einbecker Brewery
- Erdinger
- Ernst Barre Private Brewery
- Familienbrauerei Bauhöfer
- Flensburger Brauerei
- G. Schneider & Sohn
- Gaffel Becker & Co
- Gampertbräu [de]
- Ganter Brewery
- Gardelegener Braugesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
- Gröninger
- Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
- Hasseröder
- Heinrich Reissdorf
- Henninger Brewery
- Herforder Brauerei [de]
- Herrenhäuser Brewery
- Hofbräuhaus
- Holsten Brewery
- Janssen and Bechly Brewery
- Jever Brewery
- Karlsberg
- Klosterbrauerei Andechs
- Klosterbrauerei Weißenohe [de]
- Kommunbräu Rehau
- König Brauerei
- König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei
- Königsbacher
- Köstritzer
- Krombacher Brauerei
- Krug-Bräu [de]
- Kuchlbauer Brewery
- Kulmbacher Brewery
- Licher Privatbrauerei
- Lillebräu
- Lindenbräu
- Löwenbräu
- Maisel Brau Bamberg
- Meckatzer Löwenbräu [de]
- Mönschof
- Neuzeller Kloster Brewery
- Neumarkter Lammsbräu [de]
- Oettinger Beer
- Paulaner Brewery
- Pinkus Müller
- Privatbrauerei Bischoff (Winnweiler) [de]
- Privatbrauerei Hofmühl
- Pyraser Landbrauerei [de]
- Radeberger Brewery
- Ritter St.Georgen-Brauerei [de]
- Rothaus
- Schanzenbräu
- Schwaben Bräu
- Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
- Stadtbrauerei Spalt
- St. Erhard
- Jacob Stauder Brewery [de]
- Sternburg
- Stuttgarter Hofbräu
- Tucher Bräu
- Veltins
- Warsteiner
- Weihenstephaner
- Wernesgrüner
Best-selling brands
Brewery | Output in 2012 in million hectolitres | Location |
---|---|---|
Oettinger | 5.89 | Oettingen |
Krombacher | 5.46 | Kreuztal |
Bitburger | 4.07 | Bitburg |
Beck's | 2.78 | Bremen |
Warsteiner | 2.77 | Warstein |
Hasseröder | 2.75 | Wernigerode |
Veltins | 2.72 | Meschede |
Paulaner | 2.30 | Munich |
Radeberger | 1.91 | Radeberg |
Erdinger | 1.72 | Erding |
See also
- Beer and breweries by region
- Beer in Germany
- German beer culture (category)
- Reinheitsgebot – German Beer Purity Order
References
- ^ "Vorläufiges Biergesetz". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
- ^ "492 Years of Good Beer". Der Spiegel. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ "Inlandsabsatz der führenden Biermarken in Deutschland im Jahr 2020" at Statista, 2013.
External links
- Media related to Breweries in Germany at Wikimedia Commons
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