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]
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 |