List of brewing companies in Germany
This is a list of brewing companies in Germany. Beer is a major part of German culture. For many years German beer was brewed in adherence to the Reinheitsgebot order or law which only permitted water, hops, yeast and malt as beer ingredients. The order also required that beers not exclusively using barley-malts, such as wheat beer, must be top-fermented.[1]
Since 1993, the production of beer has been governed by the Provisional German Beer Law which allows a greater range of ingredients (only in top-fermenting beers) and additives that have to be completely, or at least as much as possible, removed 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 Gebr. Maisel
- Brauerei Paderborner
- Brauhaus am Kreuzberg
- Bürgerliches Brauhaus
- Cölner Hofbräu Früh
- Diebels
- Dinkelacker
- Dortmunder Actien Brauerei
- Eichbaum
- Einbecker Brewery
- Erdinger
- Ernst Barre Private Brewery
- Familienbrauerei Bauhöfer
- Flensburger Brauerei
- G. Schneider & Sohn
- Gaffel Becker & Co
- Ganter Brewery
- Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
- Hasseröder
- Heinrich Reissdorf
- Henninger Brewery
- Herrenhäuser Brewery
- Hofbräuhaus
- Holsten Brewery
- Janssen and Bechly Brewery
- Jever Brewery
- Karlsberg
- Klosterbrauerei Andechs
- König Brauerei
- König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei
- Königsbacher
- Köstritzer
- Krombacher Brauerei
- Kulmbacher Brewery
- Licher Privatbrauerei
- Löwenbräu
- Maisel Brau Bamberg
- Neuzeller Kloster Brewery
- Oettinger Beer
- Paulaner Brewery
- Pinkus Müller
- Privatbrauerei Hofmühl
- Radeberger Brewery
- Rothaus
- Schwaben Bräu
- Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
- Stadtbrauerei Spalt
- St. Erhard
- 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". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ Table Statista, 2013.
External links[]
- Media related to Breweries in Germany at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Beer in Germany
- Lists of breweries by country
- Lists of companies of Germany
- Beer brands of Germany