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
A view of the older parts of the Karlsberg brewery on Karlsbergstraße
Krombacher Brauerei

Best-selling brands
The Beck's Brewery in Bremen, Germany
Top ten best-selling German beer brands (2011-2012)[3]
BreweryOutput in 2012 in million hectolitresLocation
Oettinger5.89Oettingen
Krombacher5.46Kreuztal
Bitburger4.07Bitburg
Beck's2.78Bremen
Warsteiner2.77Warstein
Hasseröder2.75Wernigerode
Veltins2.72Meschede
Paulaner2.30Munich
Radeberger1.91Radeberg
Erdinger1.72Erding

See also

References
  1. "Vorläufiges Biergesetz". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
  2. "492 Years of Good Beer". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  3. Table Statista, 2013.
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