List of brewing companies in Germany

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]

## Brewing companies in Germany

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

* Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren
* Aldersbach brewery
* Augustiner Bräu
* Ayinger Brewery
* Bavaria – St. Pauli Brewery
* Beck's Brewery
* Benediktiner Weissbrau
* Bitburger Brewery
* Brau Holding International
* Brauerei Bub [de]
* Brauerei Clemens Härle [de]
* Brauerei Gebr. Maisel
* Brauerei Friedmann
* Brauerei Greif [de]
* Brauerei Leikeim [de]
* Brauerei Neder [de]
* Brauerei Paderborner
* Brauerei Rittmayer [de]
* Brauhaus am Kreuzberg
* Bürgerliches Brauhaus
* Cölner Hofbräu Früh
* Diebels
* Dinkelacker
* Dortmunder Actien Brauerei
* Edelweißbrauerei Farny [de]
* Eichbaum
* Einbecker Brewery
* Erdinger
* Ernst Barre Private Brewery
* Familienbrauerei Bauhöfer
* Flensburger Brauerei
* G. Schneider & Sohn
* Gaffel Becker & Co
* Gampertbräu [de]
* Ganter Brewery
* Gardelegener Braugesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
* Gröninger
* Hacker-Pschorr Brewery
* Hasseröder
* Heinrich Reissdorf
* Henninger Brewery
* Herforder Brauerei [de]
* Herrenhäuser Brewery
* Hofbräuhaus
* Holsten Brewery
* Janssen and Bechly Brewery
* Jever Brewery
* Karlsberg
* Klosterbrauerei Andechs
* Klosterbrauerei Weißenohe [de]
* Kommunbräu Rehau
* König Brauerei
* König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei
* Königsbacher
* Köstritzer
* Krombacher Brauerei
* Krug-Bräu [de]
* Kuchlbauer Brewery
* Kulmbacher Brewery
* Licher Privatbrauerei
* Lillebräu
* Lindenbräu
* Löwenbräu
* Maisel Brau Bamberg
* Meckatzer Löwenbräu [de]
* Mönschof
* Neuzeller Kloster Brewery
* Neumarkter Lammsbräu [de]
* Oettinger Beer
* Paulaner Brewery
* Pinkus Müller
* Privatbrauerei Bischoff (Winnweiler) [de]
* Privatbrauerei Hofmühl
* Pyraser Landbrauerei [de]
* Radeberger Brewery
* Ritter St.Georgen-Brauerei [de]
* Rothaus
* Schanzenbräu
* Schwaben Bräu
* Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
* Stadtbrauerei Spalt
* St. Erhard
* Jacob Stauder Brewery [de]
* Sternburg
* Stuttgarter Hofbräu
* Tucher Bräu
* Veltins
* Warsteiner
* Weihenstephaner
* Wernesgrüner

## Best-selling brands

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The Beck's Brewery in Bremen, Germany Top ten best-selling German beer brands (2011–2012)[3] 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

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* Beer portal
* Companies portal
* Germany portal
* Lists portal

* Beer and breweries by region
* Beer in Germany
* German beer culture (category)
* Reinheitsgebot – German Beer Purity Order

## References

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1. ^ "Vorläufiges Biergesetz". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
2. ^ "492 Years of Good Beer". Der Spiegel. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
3. ^ "Inlandsabsatz der führenden Biermarken in Deutschland im Jahr 2020" at Statista, 2013.

## External links

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* Media related to Breweries in Germany at Wikimedia Commons

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