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.
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.
Brewing companies in Germany
Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren Aldersbach brewery Augustiner Bräu Ayinger Brewery Beck's Brewery Benediktiner Weissbrau Bitburger Brewery
Brauerei Gebr. Maisel
Brauerei Paderborner
Brauhaus am Kreuzberg Cölner Hofbräu Früh Diebels Dinkelacker Dortmunder Actien Brauerei
Eichbaum Einbecker Brewery Erdinger Ernst Barre Private Brewery Familienbrauerei Bauhöfer Flensburger Brauerei G. Schneider & Sohn Gaffel Becker & Co
Ganter Brewery Gardelegener Braugesellschaft
Hacker-Pschorr Brewery Hasseröder Heinrich Reissdorf
Herrenhäuser Brewery Hofbräuhaus Holsten Brewery Jever Brewery Karlsberg Klosterbrauerei Andechs
Kommunbräu Rehau König Brauerei König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei Königsbacher Köstritzer Krombacher Brauerei
Kuchlbauer Brewery Kulmbacher Brewery Licher Privatbrauerei Lillebräu Lindenbräu Löwenbräu Maisel Brau Bamberg
Mönschof Neuzeller Kloster Brewery
Oettinger Beer Paulaner Brauerei Gruppe Paulaner Brewery Pinkus Müller
Privatbrauerei Hofmühl
Radeberger Brewery
Rothaus Schanzenbräu Schwaben Bräu Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu Stadtbrauerei Spalt * St. Erhard
Sternburg Stuttgarter Hofbräu Tucher Bräu Veltins Warsteiner Weihenstephaner Wernesgrüner
Former Bavaria – St. Pauli Brewery Henninger Brewery Janssen and Bechly Brewery
Best-selling brands
+ Top ten best-selling German beer brands (2011–2012)"Inlandsabsatz der führenden Biermarken in Deutschland im Jahr 2020" at Statista, 2013. Brewery Output in 2012 in million hectolitres Location 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
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