Germany

Augustiner Brau

Located in Munich, Germany

Making Beer since 1328. Its first 500 years been a monestary. It is Germanies oldest Brewery. All beers
brewed according to the strict stipulations of the Bavarian "Reinheitsgebot" (Purity Law) of 1516 - which fulfill the highest requirements.

Ayinger Brewery
Munich

Johann Liebhard  founded the brewery in 1876
Their new plant was opened in1999 using its own certified mineral well

“flagship” beers are “Jahrhundert-Bier” (century beer) and “Bräu-Hell” (light-colored beer).

Erdinger

 

Located in Erding, Germany

The beginnings of Erdinger Weissbräu date back to 1886, the year in which construction of a brewery in Erding was officially recorded for the first time. As the first wheat beer brewery, Erdinger went on to expand beyond Bavaria's boundaries. Today, connoisseurs throughout the world appreciate their specialty beers.

Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
Munich Germany

Hacker-Pschorr Brewery traces its ancestry back to 1417 when the Hacker brewery was founded in Munich , Germany , 99 years before the enactment of the Reinheitsgebot Purity Law of 1516 .

In the late 18th century, Joseph Pschorr bought the Hacker brewery from his father-in-law. He subsequently founded a separate brewery under his own name. His two sons divided his estate by each taking control of one of the two separate breweries. In 1972, Hacker and Pschorr merged to form Hacker-Pschorr, but the beers were sold as separate brands well after 1975.

The brewing process has remained virtually unchanged for over 580 years.

The land on which the city of Munich holds the Oktoberfest celebration was donated by the Pschorr family!

Harle

Located in Leutkirch Germany

The Haerle Brewery, a family-owned business making beer since 1822 in the southern town of Koenigseggwald near the Bodensee Lake

Makers of Clemens ohne Filter, Clemens-Spezial and Feine Weisse

Weissbierbrauerei Hopf

Located in Miesbach, Bayern Germany

Founded in 1892 . They brew nine white beers

Schussenrieder Erlebnisbrauerei
Bad Schussenried, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The Otto family traces its beer traditions back to 1183

 

Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu GmbH
Marketing Division
Marsstrasse 46+48
D-80335 Munich, Germany

One of Germany's most successful breweries, Spaten is deeply rooted in Munich's venerable beer-brewing tradition, yet it remains modern and dynamic. They trace their history back to 1300's

They claim that the Spaten Oktoberfest Beer, created in 1872, is the world's first Oktoberfest beer, brewed for the greatest folk festival in the world.

Mahr's Bräu
Wunderburg 10
96050 Bamberg

a medium seized enterprise, a private regional brewery using the handicraft art of brewing since 1670, in connection with the most modern brewing technology . Their beers get good reviews world wide.

Pinkus Mueller

Located in Münster Germany

Claims to be the oldest bio-brewery in the world

Tucher

Located in Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany

The history of the Tucher Bräu started in the year of 1672 with the "Freiherrlich von Tucher'schen Familie" (the family of the Barons of Tucher), an ancient patrician family who settled in Nuremberg already in the 11th century.

In 1855, when the independent city of Nuremberg had long since become part of the Bavarian Kingdom and Tucher was the very first Brewery entitled to call itself "Königlich bayerisches Weizenbräuhaus" (Royal Bavarian Brewery of Wheat Beers), a roaring success began with the purchase of just this Brewery.

Warsteiner Brewery

The Brewery (Brauerei im Waldpark), built in a forest and park-like surrounding is Germany's largest, privately owned brewery

The Cramer family has been brewing beer since 1753, from the hand blown bottles and crude copper pots of the Cramer family's German kitchen to the current brewery which stands as a benchmark in modern brewing

Schlenkerla
Dominikanerstrasse 6
96049 Bamberg

A 500-year-old brewery in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany. "Rauchbier" means "smoked beer."

The beer can befound in most European and North American countries

Smokebeer from Schlenkerla is a dark, aromatic, bottom fermented beer with 13.5 percent original extract, which is equivalent to an alcohol content of 5.1 percent. No doubt: there are stronger beers, but nevertheless, one should not underestimate