List of brewing companies in Germany
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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]
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Brewing companies in Germany
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- Augustiner Bräu
- Ayinger Brewery
- Bavaria – St. Pauli Brewery
- Beck's Brewery
- Berg Brauerei
- Bitburger brewery
- Bönnsch
- Brau Holding International
- Brauerei Paderborner
- Bürgerliches Brauhaus
- Cölner Hofbräu Früh
- Dinkelacker
- Dortmunder Actien Brauerei
- Eichbaum
- Einbecker Brewery
- Erdinger
- 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
- Karlsberg
- König Brauerei
- König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei
- Königsbacher
- Köstritzer
- Krombacher Brauerei
- Kulmbacher Brewery
- Licher Privatbrauerei
- Löwenbräu
- Lübzer Brewery
- Maisel Brau Bamberg
- Neuzeller Kloster Brewery
- Oettinger Beer
- Paulaner Brewery
- Pinkus Müller
- Privatbrauerei Hofmühl
- Radeberger Brewery
- Rothaus
- Schwaben Bräu
- Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
- St. Erhard
- Sternburg
- Störtebeker
- Stuttgarter Hofbräu
- Tucher Bräu
- Ur Krostitzer
- Veltins
- Warsteiner
- Wernesgrüner
- Winterberg Gruppe
Best-selling brands
Brewery | Output in 2012 in million hectolitres | Location |
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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
External links
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