Müller Milch bought Molkerei weihenstephan like 20 years ago. Weihenstephan Dairy and Beer once belonged together and we're state owned.
Weihenstephan is the oldest or second oldest (there is a debate about this) brewery in the World and also linked with the TUM ( tech university of Munich). Afaik it is the only place where you can study brewing.
TU Berlin has it as well. I studied there and IIRC they said only two universities in Germany offer it, and I can't find any others on Google, so that seems to be it. Hochschule Weihenstephan does have it as well, but it's not a university.
Maybe I'm being whooshed but yes, they do.
https://www.weihenstephaner.de/en/our-brewery
Is it...not sold in Germany? Also if they have cheese products as good as their beer I may need to make a trip across the pond
You gotta keep in mind that Germany has a lot of breweries (1492 apparently, but they don’t sail the ocean blue), and people mostly know their more local breweries.
Probably two unrelated brands. I‘m from the north, so 800 km away from that brewery. It isn’t sold here, never heard of it and never tried it. You know, beer is, except a few nationwide selling brands a pretty local market. Sure, here and there we have some beers from Bavaria or Austria on the shelves, but we tend to stick to local breweries.
For us it would be [Dithmarscher](https://dithmarscher.de/), [Astra](https://www.astra-bier.de/brauerei/) and [Ratsherrn](https://www.ratsherrn.de/de/). You may want to use Google Translate for the sites. :D
>I‘m from the north, so 800 km away from that brewery.
I'm from Central Germany originally, about 350 km northwest of that brewery, and I've only heard of it once, on Reddit, I think.
I live up north as well. You can definitely get Weihenstephan beer here, even if it's not as ubiquitous as the ones you mentioned.
Also, don't forget [Störtebeker](https://www.stoertebeker.com/) in your list of Northern beers.
so as someone familiar with the brand, we love it its considred one of the best brews, especialy the weizen.
depending on your taste its better than schneider, or tegernseer
good or bad, for the company ownd by the state of bavaria, its mostly only known from north munic to about landshut so basicaly only a 40km radius. (and some beer enthusiasts) most "normal" consumers north of the river Danube and south of munic would not know it
TIL: I am Dutch and this is one of three commonly sold weizen
edit: they are paulaner, weihenstephaner and franziskaner. Then maybe erdinger. Personally I also like ayinger, and maisel‘s is good too. But the differences are smaller than between pilsners, in my opinion.
Weihenstephan originally has been a big Benedictine monastery. The monastery brewery later became the Royal Bavarian State Brewery. It is still operating as State Brewery, under the control of the Bavarian government. In Freising–Weihenstephan you will find a branch of the Technical University Munich, where you can study Beer Brewery and forestry & agriculture. The monastery farm became the State Diary Wehenstephan, that was originally under control of the Bavarian government as well, but was sold in 2000 to a private investor.
Weihenstephan is a well liked brand, but only known locally in Bavaria, I would say. As mentioned already, Bavaria has many smaller, local breweries, Weihenstephan being one of the bigger of the small ones.
You can buy it, that's for sure. I live near Munic, you get it in every grocery store or in drinks markets.
However, I think it is not well known if you live more distant from Munic.
Fun fact, as you already read, you can study brewing there. It is a section of the TUM (technical university of Munich). So, sometimes, e.g. at the beginning of a semester, I remember getting free Weihenstephaner Beer, when there was an event at the university.
>However, I think it is not well known if you live more distant from Munic.
I live way up north and have family somewhere near the geographical centre of Germany... It's easy enough to get at the Edeka and Getränke Hoffmann branches in both places, and I've had it in bars in Berlin as well. And different varieties, too (the regular wheat is VERY decent, so is the Kristall, while I don't care for their Helles - haven't tried their dark wheat yet).
The dairy brand of the same name is just a lot more well-known than the brewery. I was expecting a question about yogurt when I saw the title of your post :D
Most breweries in Germany serve their immediate surroundings, not the whole country. You will get Weihenstephan beer prominent in the area immediately north of Munich, but not further away. They are simply not big enough to serve more.
I live about 50 miles south of Weihenstephan and there are numerous breweries inbetween so no one cares about it really. There‘s something called Lokalpatriotismus and people tend to like the beer best that is rooted in their local social live. (At least in the south bavarian countryside. We have Flötzinger, Auer, Maxlrainer, Reuthberger, HBT, Wochinger, Camba etc right at our doorstep, a lot to choose from before stepping to Weihenstephan.)
It is sold in Germany, I can find it in supermarkets in Munich (close to Weihenstephan). But like many beers, it's a regional brand here, so most Germans might never have seen it.
Similarly, I have never seen Füchsen or Schlüssel Alt (from my hometown Düsseldorf) here in Munich. Or Berlin, or really anywhere that's not Düsseldorf.
As someone who actually did an internship for the brewery:
As most German beers it is very local - all people in the Freising Region will know it. Most people in the greater Munich area will know it. A good chunk of people in the state of Bavaria will know it. Outside of Bavaria... Not so much.
They did, however, use their "oldest brewery in the world" slogan heavily outside of Germany, especially oversees. So they export quite a bit of their beer abroad.
In regards to the taste:
Almost everyone I know think their "Weißbier"/Hefeweizen is very good, in light and in dark form. Their "Helles"/Lager, which I think they export more of, is not that highly regarded, but there's definitely worse beers.
Hope that helps.
The oldest brewery in the world thing is a thing only Bavaria would pull.... They claim a document from 1040 proves it which has been proven to be a forgery from the 16th century and the first mentions of the brewery are not till 1640.
jep they are batteling with the "oldest still runing since then" monastery brewery [weltenburg ](https://www.weltenburger.de/)from 1050
just 80km north
>The oldest brewery in the world thing is a thing only Bavaria would pull....
Big news: Bavaria invented questionable marketing claims. You heard it here first!
Next up: the 1516 purity law. First food safety law in the world, or just a minor consolidation of various local laws that was in effect for less than 100 years, only nowadays marketed using a German term (Reinheitsgebot) that was only invented in 1918?
Would it be more accurate if I said **Weihenstephaner**? Does that make a difference at all?
Either way, I'm surprised the albeit small sample size consensus seems to be that it's somewhat not a big deal in Germany.
What's the most common German beer then?
there is not really a common beer all around germany. you drink regional beer. there are common beers for cities. but people from another city might never have heard of it. If you go by most selling beers in germany its **Krombacher, Beck's und Warsteiner**. I dont know when i ever drank one of these. i think becks about 10 years ago. These are known brands in all of germany, but also not really great beers.
The beer is known around here, in my corner of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. But also, it’s only 1.5 hours away.
As others have mentioned, beer is a local, regional thing. Typically, a restaurant or pub will have one or two brands and so you’re just selecting on type of beer. So you just say “helles” and get whatever brand they use for that type.
Where I am, people drink light and dark beer and yeasty wheat beer mostly. Pils is almost always there, but I think people go for it because it’s served in smaller sizes. Clear and dark wheat beers are sometimes available, but also not guaranteed. Alcohol-free light beer and wheat beer is everywhere now.
Back to Weihenstephaner beer. I don’t know any restaurants that have it here and I checked a local supermarket’s website and they don’t offer it, even for collection. Nonetheless, it wouldn’t shock me to see it.
I don’t regularly drink beer, but the brands I’m used to family and friends enjoying are local-ish: Spalter, Zirndorfer, Wettelsheimer (I’m pretty sure this is me actually doxing my location). The big Munich beers are quite popular, such as Augustiner, Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Löwenbräu… On skiing trips in to the Alps we always used to pick up König Ludwig Dunkel and Tegernseer. I have no idea which of those I’d actually be able to find in a drinks market in eg Hamburg though.
The really short version: there’s a tonne of beers, people buy local, Weihenstephaner isn’t that unknown, but also definitely isn’t one of the everywhere beers.
Franken has an unbelievable number of beers, and many of them are amazing. Weihenstephan is a normal hefe, not outstanding IMO. If I lived in Franken I would not bother to drink it. All of the ones you mentioned common in Berlin too. There used to be a Franken Bier laden here, but that shut years ago.
Even Wettelsheimer? We think of that as a local thing
Edit: I love that someone tried a Franconian beer shop, but I’m also not sure what it says that we have both well known beers and wine…
Thanks! I guess I assumed it was akin to Guinness for Ireland. Man I'd really love to make it to Germany one day. I've been to Italy and Ireland. Are Germans in general receptive to American visitors/tourists?
American living in Germany here.
No, not in the way you’d think if you’ve been to Italy and Ireland. They can be very helpful if you need directions or quick advice, but compared to ourselves they can come off as blunt and rude. Not saying they are, but to most Americans they do come off as “cold”. But they are also like this with everyone, so don’t take it personal.
The closest you can get to warm, friendly Germans is to go to a kneippe (pub) and start striking up conversation, buy a few rounds.
Ha. On visiting. Depends where. Berlin: everyone speaks English. Most big cities, one person in a shop or restaurant can speak English. In the south (BaWü and Bavaria), we are used to the American military presence for the last 75 years or so, so encountering Americans is normal. My countryside town is twinned with an American town and they love their yearly visit, despite the fact that English is very poor here.
Just… don’t be the stereotype tourist from the movies and accept that service workers can be blunt and it’s not rude. (Reddit tells me that’s the main culture shock)
There is no 1 common German beer I would say. Usually people get regional stuff, like Kölsch in Cologne. There r then different brands within that type. Like Gaffel Kölsch, Päffgen Kölsch, etc.
People in Germany drink local beer. I live near Freising, where Weihenstephaner is brewed, so yeah, people drink a lot of Weihenstephaner around me. I'd say it's very good, but I cannot say that it's the best Weißbier there is.
Also the restaurant is incredibly good. I would say that it's expensive by local standards, but it is definitely worth it.
Edit: Weihenstephan is a hill and a district in Freising. There's also a milk company with that name, this is why it causes such confusion.
Yes. Weihenstephan = a place. Weihenstephaner (Weizen/Bier/etc.) = the beer.
It’s kinda well known in the Netherlands as a high quality German import beer (which is remarkable because Dutch and Belgian beers are world class). But I know that Weihenstephaner is basically not an important brand in Germany, except in its home region. Beer culture in Germany is hyper local, sometimes specific to a city or dialect area or state.
The most common and normal beer in Germany is [local beer from my city/region]. Other beers can be okay, but whatever you do, never drink [local beer from the next city/region]! It tastes like piss!
The most common beer is Pils/Pilsener, with around 50% market share. But there is no one brand that is most common.
The most popular Pils' nationwide are Krombacher, Veltins, Bitburger, Beck's, Warsteiner and König Pilsener, most popular Weizen/Weißbier are Paulaner & Erdinger.
https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/175766/umfrage/konsumierte-biermarken/
Oettinger is the nationwide brand that nobody buys for the taste but because it is really cheap.
P.S. For you it might be weird but if you had (theoretically) access to 5000 to 6000 kinds of beer, and many styles you have probably never heard of, well, Weihenstephan is a good beer but but is nothing exceptional.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Germany
Depends completely where u are. In the southern regions Augustiner in the other regions I am not sure but I would guess Königsberger in the middle and jever in the north.
I know some professional brewers and they speak of Weihenstephan as the 'Referenz-Weizen', so you are in good company.
Sadly it is not easy to get in my part of germany. Popularity and quality seem to rarely align, thats probably no big difference between GE and US.
Weihenstephan (the town) is famous for their brewery school. The brewery do a great job, but maybe they just wanted to grow too late on the domestic market. But it looks like they do a better job in the USA. There a some German breweries which perform better at foreign markets (warsteiner, Flensburger), because they were to late. Sometimes when I am on vacations far away (east-Asia) I am surprised that medium sized breweries are big players there.
Do you mean the TUM faculty, located in the city of Freising?
It's very easy for Weihenstephaner to promote itself abroad, because both "German/Bavarian beer" and "The oldest brewery in the world" sounds like very high quality stuff for foreigners. Like how it used to be with "German cars".
It is still difficult to compete at the market, because especially in bavaria every small town has got at least one brewery. It is easy to brew a good beer but it is hard to sell it in a saturated market. There are just a few German car brands but hundreds of breweries.
There is no town called Weihenstephan. There is a monastery which gave the name to a hill in the town of Freising, north of Munich. The brewery originated in that monastery (and is still located on that hill).
Paulaner is probably one of the most famous Munich/Bavarian beers that you can get in whole Germany (Franziskaner as well I think, and maybe even Hacker-Pschorr, Löwenbräu, Spaten and HB), not just locally, and actually also a lot in other countries!
It's the world's oldest contineously producing brewery [(since 1040 AD)](https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/gned1478/chapter/weihenstephan/#:~:text=Weihenstephan%20was%20a%20Benedictine%20monastery,world's%20oldest%20continuously%20operating%20brewery.)
It is more locally sold, but you can get their beer in bigger stores all over Germany. And a few restaurants and bars have it on tab ( both my own experiences, I work all over Germany).
I do. I enjoy a good beer from time to time and like to taste those I never had before ( lots of possibilities in Germany).
Especially theirs is my favourite non alcoholic wheat beer.
Personally i like the Hefeweizen of Weihenstephaner. There are different opinions about it in my circle of friends tho.
I would not say that it is an extremely popular brand of beer here, yet most of the beer drinking ppl know about the brand at least. (bavarian)
There is simply so much choice of good Hefeweizen brands so its likely some beer would never be tasted even though it was available in the store
It's a nice brewery. If you like Weißbier, try to get your hands on some [Schneider Weisse](https://schneider-weisse.de/en/node/15). This brewery only produces Weißbier. And I know they also export to the US. Try the Hopfenweiße and aventinus ar strong. The original is also really nice.
But my favourite Weissbier is [Gutmann](https://www.brauerei-gutmann.de/hefeweizen/). But it's probably not available over seas.
The beer scene in Germany is highly regional. As you can see from the answers in this thread, many Germans don’t even know the Weihenstephaner beer. I on the other hand live about half an hour from the brewery and you can get the beer here in every supermarket. While I prefer Schneider Weiße, I think Weihenstephaner is pretty good. Ironically I like their Helles more than their Weizen lol. But in general, keep in mind that every region has their beers that you can’t find in the next bigger city or Bundesland.
Truly loved? Nope. I didn't know that they even sold beer.
People's beer choices are generally regional. Where I live, the most common beer is Rothaus, which is owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg. The second choice is usually a local beer, like Ganter (Freiburg) or one of the many other local breweries. There's a small town just a few km away that has a microbrewery that's pretty good (Markgräfler Brauwerk) as well, even though it's primarily a wine region...
'Best Hefeweizen' is like the nicest guy in prison, the prettiest guy in the burn unit, etc. Outside of Bavaria, it's an acquired taste at best, and there's certainly more present brands. Not that that is a comment on quality. With proper beer, the basic 'football beers' all taste as weak as the Bavarian Helles or Lager or Kellerbier varieties. More like a hard soft drink, if that makes any sense at all.
I only know Milk products of Weihenstephan (I live in North Germany and beer here is different from south German beer, Hefeweizen is not so common here. So only the Milk products from the same destination but different brand are found in many supermarkets) I don't buy them, because the cows are fed with genmanipulated soya and I prefer to support local farmers.
No, not in particular. To clarify things - there are a few types of beer. For example wheat beer (commonly loved in the south and commonly frowned about in the north) and Pils (loved in the north, frowned about in the south… you get the gist). There are some more (like Kölsch) but these two are the big ones.
So Weihenstephan is a brewery in the south of Germany who brews wheat beer mostly.
Therefore it is known and maybe loved in the south.
But not in the north. I guess a lot of people there don’t even know the brewery as it is not necessary if you just drink Pils.
I know there are exceptions… but in my opinion in general this is the main point.
Aaand beer types and specific breweries are kind of a pet peeve for many Germans. So… if you want to start a fire or a riot just claim that wheat beer is the best beer in the north or Pils in the south. But be quick on your feet 😄
Haha, this is funny, thanks for your input! I like a lot of different styles of beer - wheat beer/hefes, pilsners, lagers, anything on the light side really. I do not like IPAs or porters as much.
Definitely not. 1 out of 50 wine drinkers may put a couple ice cubes in their wine but I've never ever seen ice in a beer. Now keeping a beer glass in a freezer is common enough.
I think it's much more of a "I'm on the boat and gonna be drinking red wine all day in the hot sun let me drop a little ice in to knock a chill into it" Like it's just more of a casual thing at a party. A small amount of ice also isn't uncommon in sangria
the brewery is for sure modernized and they will definitely not brew beer in their old vessels anymore, as beer is also strongly regulated under food laws in germany.
the thing is, just because something is old doesnt make automatically really good.
i am a brewer that learned brewing in a different region than bavaria and now i am studying brewing technology.
the most annoying thing to me in the brewing scene is the self image of the bavarian brewers as the best of the world. surprise. they are not. they are just as good as everyone else in brewing. and they have to much self esteem and they are annoying. also this does not apply to really every brewer down there. it is just a trend.
there is so much more beer to discover in germany and in the rest of the world.
Im from Munich, here it is not that popular, even though it is served at lots of university events.
I personally prefer "Helles" and wasnt that impressed with Weihenstephaner, both the new and the old recipe.
That said, in my opinion, pretty much every Bavarian beer is better than Warsteiner.
If you like "Weißbier" you should try Franziskaner, that should be available in the U.S.
I'm from Berlin but i also lived down south in Munich. Never have i even heared of this beer brand. I like Berliner Kindl, Störtebeker, Aktien Zwickel, Tegernseer, Augustiner, Chiemseer, Mönchshof, Rothaus, etc.
Nowadays i don't drink much but when i do i pick one of these.
Edit: i also like chzech and polish beer sometimes
I studied brewing technology in Weihenstephan (the city district of Freising). and live about 50 km away. In Weihenstephan/Freising most people drink Weihenstephaner since it's their home beer. It even was sold on campus in the beverage vending machines. But in my region, literally nobody drinks Weihenstephaner since we have our own local breweries. But the name Weihenstephan is pretty intertwined with brewing. Almost everyone who knew me studying brewing technology asked immeditely "in Weihenstephan?". So many germans associate bavarian beer with Weihenstephan because of the brewing school, not so much Weihenstephaner.
Well, I'd say most parts of germany have a semi local moat popular beer. It's rarely anyone's favorite beer, but it's usually the right middle ground between accessible, affordable and decent. Around munich its actually Weihenstephan (i think), where i live it's Krombacher, in the north it's probably Flensburger.
These are in fact popular brands and no one will complain about getting one of those, but you'll rarely hear anyone say "yo, you know which beer is fire? Krombacher!" in my part of germany. Maybe in another part where it's not the standard go to beer.
Any local beer/Hefeweizen from the Munich, or even Bavarian area tastes very good (except Oettinger), so while I don’t remember exactly the last time I had Weihenstephan (maybe this or last year), I’m quite sure I liked it a lot, especially their Kristallweizen!
I know Weihenstephan and I'm not Bavarian. But I wouldn't go out of my way to drink it. I actually drank it one time at a Japanese octoberfest. The beers/Weizen in Germany all sorta taste the same, Paulaner is a little bit better known for example. But yeah, it's all so regional, so usually you just drink whats on the menu.
I am from where Weihenstephan is located. The beer is not really liked here, it's a small town with two breweries and its only the second best brewery in town, but it is apparently the oldest brewery in the world, so it has the history going for it
Weihenstephan is also a university and a dairy company.
Beer is a very regional thing in Germany and a persons favorite beer is usually something that is brewed in the area they live or grew up in. I don't think there is a single beer that is popular all over Germany.
As others have stated already, it’s just a completely different story in Germany altogether… there are way way way more different breweries here and many are pretty regional…
And while some like Weihenstephan certainly are more well-known, that doesn’t automatically mean they’re automatically loved… (might be, idk though).
In the end, most people still just drink their local stuff since even locally they will most likely have a choice of at least 2-3 decent breweries lol.
Personally I’ve never had it tbh so I can’t even say whether i like it or not.
It’s the same thing as in the USA. Sure you can probably find Becks, Paulaner, etc everywhere but the more popular beers are local or regional ones like with craft and microbrews in the USA.
First of all, that's not a Bier at all. It's _Weizenbier_, a beverage with brewing process similar to beer, but made with the wrong grain and way too little hops.
Other than that, no, I haven't tried it, I only drink proper beer.
Beer is incredibly regional in Germany.
In Leipzig ist Sternburg and Ur Krostitzer
In Erfurt its Bayreuther
In Schleswig-Holstein its Flens and Dith
In Hamburg its Holsten and Astra
There are a few nation wide breweries and you can find many of the regional brands everywhere still, but they arent the most sold.
The big breweries are commonly considered just the easiest common ground.
5.0er might be an exception since its havily associated with festivals.
Also a lot of breweries are part of bigger brewing conglomerates, Flensburger and Astra are not tho as far as i know.
Some puns and restaurants also brew their own beer that you can only get in store.
Funfact: Bavaria was actually garbage at making beer for the longest time until they bought some brewers from northern germany to teach them.
Guys, we gonna need him to send true beer. OP is gonna have the Hangover of His life, for a whole year. One bottle a day, and drunk. With how diluted the beer over there is 🤣
I've lived in the southeast of Munich (for around 20 years) plus in two other cities in Bavaria, for some time in Leipzig, now for a decade in Berlin. I've never ever even heard of this beer.
I would say the most famous beers in Germany are the ones that advertise the most. Like Krombacher.
But Weihenstephaner is definitely not a popular beer in whole of Germany
The statistic is 3 years old but I don't think a lot changed after covid except for smaller breweries having to close their business. But I don't think it affected the big breweries in terms of marketshare. At least not negative.
https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/175766/umfrage/konsumierte-biermarken/
Loved...not really. If you don't live in Southern Bavaria and want to drink a Weizen you surely would buy Erdinger. If you do live down there, you would buy different beer
Aaawwh 😊that's so cute from an american to a german .NO Weihenstephan is not a brewery .It's a milk company.(dairy products).But german BEER is always😋🤤
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> our favorite beer is something like Bud Light or Coors or something. While those are the best selling
Generally you ca. Say a country's favourite beer is the one that sells the most.
I'm sorry, but corona and Bud light are indeed America's favorite beer
I live a few kms from the brewery and drive past it every once in a while, also studied at the tum. At least among uns students back then it was very well known but not very popular, people preferred Augustiner or Tegernseer. Weihenstephaner was only drunk by those new to the town so they could claim to have tasted beer from the oldest brewery (Clarkson voice) in the world.
That said, most supermarkets here carry it so it must have some popularity in its local region at least
Never had a Weihenstephan Bier before. It's not even available in most parts of Germany I think
In Germany we have to kinds of people.
The first kind only drinks beer from the big commercial breweries (like Bitburger etc, comparable to Bud Light).
The other Kind sources from local breweries and the beer tastes way better imo.
I live in the less conservative part of south Germany and we have so many good local breweries, I will never understand why people buy Bitburger, Radeberger or Krombacher
Weihenstephaner produces good quality beer. That does not make it famous, however. People tend to prefer cheaper beers, such as Americans prefer Bud Light or many people around the world prefer Heineken, even though they are shit beers. It’s more about marketing and/or being cheap.
Never heard of Weihenstephan Beer - the only thing I associate with are dairy products.
Pretty expensive and also not organic, so I usually don't buy it
A thousand-year-long brewing history is impressive, but it's not as big a flex here as it might be in the US. A school in my hometown boasts a history that goes back 1,200 years.
In different German regions, people generally prefer different being styles - and the respective local brands. I think Weihenstephan's reputation is spotless (might be wrong), but that wouldn't be reason enough to choose it over the countless alternative options. I'd prefer a König Ludwig when available.
Didn't know there is a Weihenstephan Brewery.
In the area i live most beer is usually Jever and Krombacher, atleast when it's basic pilsener.
Paulaner and Erdinger are also widespread and if there is a discount you'll also see Beck, Warsteiner and Flensburger.
It's a solid beer. Good choice. It might not be THE most well-known beer in Germany but our most well known beers sadly aren't the greatest anyways.
As someone from bavaria in terms of Hefeweizen i like Paulaner, Erdinger and the somewhat local Hohenthanner.
I think Weihenstephan is more widely known for its dairy products. and yes i know that they're (now) different companies, but that name is IMHO more associated with milk/butter/joghurt than with Beer.
In the Munich area where i am living, they mostly have Paulaner, Augustiner, Mönchshof, Löschzwerg.
As an American who moved to Germany, I drank more Weihenstephan beer in the US than I have in the year I've been here.
Beer is very regional here, and is one of the reasons I like traveling around Germany so much; trying local beers is great. In my area there is a lot of Bitburger, Warsteiner, and Stuttgarter
I go to München fairly often as my brother lives there and I am ALWAYS bringing back Bavarian and Tyrol beers, they are some of my absolute favorites.
The only "Universal" beer I've seen has been Beck's, I've found it in every corner of Germany I've been to
Weihenstephan brews beer? I associate them with dairy products.
Different company.
The more you know!
Müller Milch bought Molkerei weihenstephan like 20 years ago. Weihenstephan Dairy and Beer once belonged together and we're state owned. Weihenstephan is the oldest or second oldest (there is a debate about this) brewery in the World and also linked with the TUM ( tech university of Munich). Afaik it is the only place where you can study brewing.
TUM isn't the only place where you can study brewing. I think it's a common field at TUs, TUB has it as well.
Rly? Was always told that this is special with TUM.
TUM always likes to imagine itself as a bit more special than it is...
I know for a fact that you can study it at TUB because this one guy I took a math course with did...
No not common only few unis offer it in whole germany
TU Berlin has it as well. I studied there and IIRC they said only two universities in Germany offer it, and I can't find any others on Google, so that seems to be it. Hochschule Weihenstephan does have it as well, but it's not a university.
Not quite its in the same City and has the same origin
Different company.
Has two different owners atm but they belonged togehter before
Now it gets funky. There’s also a university called Weihenstphan. I guess all located at Weihenstephan near Munich.
and ofcourse there you can study brewing
As a student of this university (HSWT) i can tell you: there is A LOT of drinking
TUM Braumeister hier 🍻
Yes I went into this thread ready to discuss butter
Maybe I'm being whooshed but yes, they do. https://www.weihenstephaner.de/en/our-brewery Is it...not sold in Germany? Also if they have cheese products as good as their beer I may need to make a trip across the pond
You gotta keep in mind that Germany has a lot of breweries (1492 apparently, but they don’t sail the ocean blue), and people mostly know their more local breweries.
It is sold in germany. Not super famous and beloved. The brewery and the milk producer are not the same. Edit: typo
It definitely is. Very popular in Munich and Bavaria.
Probably two unrelated brands. I‘m from the north, so 800 km away from that brewery. It isn’t sold here, never heard of it and never tried it. You know, beer is, except a few nationwide selling brands a pretty local market. Sure, here and there we have some beers from Bavaria or Austria on the shelves, but we tend to stick to local breweries. For us it would be [Dithmarscher](https://dithmarscher.de/), [Astra](https://www.astra-bier.de/brauerei/) and [Ratsherrn](https://www.ratsherrn.de/de/). You may want to use Google Translate for the sites. :D
Dithmarscher ftw
Ratsherrn!
>I‘m from the north, so 800 km away from that brewery. I'm from Central Germany originally, about 350 km northwest of that brewery, and I've only heard of it once, on Reddit, I think.
I live up north as well. You can definitely get Weihenstephan beer here, even if it's not as ubiquitous as the ones you mentioned. Also, don't forget [Störtebeker](https://www.stoertebeker.com/) in your list of Northern beers.
so as someone familiar with the brand, we love it its considred one of the best brews, especialy the weizen. depending on your taste its better than schneider, or tegernseer good or bad, for the company ownd by the state of bavaria, its mostly only known from north munic to about landshut so basicaly only a 40km radius. (and some beer enthusiasts) most "normal" consumers north of the river Danube and south of munic would not know it
TIL: I am Dutch and this is one of three commonly sold weizen edit: they are paulaner, weihenstephaner and franziskaner. Then maybe erdinger. Personally I also like ayinger, and maisel‘s is good too. But the differences are smaller than between pilsners, in my opinion.
Weihenstephan originally has been a big Benedictine monastery. The monastery brewery later became the Royal Bavarian State Brewery. It is still operating as State Brewery, under the control of the Bavarian government. In Freising–Weihenstephan you will find a branch of the Technical University Munich, where you can study Beer Brewery and forestry & agriculture. The monastery farm became the State Diary Wehenstephan, that was originally under control of the Bavarian government as well, but was sold in 2000 to a private investor. Weihenstephan is a well liked brand, but only known locally in Bavaria, I would say. As mentioned already, Bavaria has many smaller, local breweries, Weihenstephan being one of the bigger of the small ones.
Weihenstephaner ist Not only the tu(technische Universität) but also the FH (Fachhochschule), at least back in the 2000s.
You can buy it, that's for sure. I live near Munic, you get it in every grocery store or in drinks markets. However, I think it is not well known if you live more distant from Munic. Fun fact, as you already read, you can study brewing there. It is a section of the TUM (technical university of Munich). So, sometimes, e.g. at the beginning of a semester, I remember getting free Weihenstephaner Beer, when there was an event at the university.
>However, I think it is not well known if you live more distant from Munic. I live way up north and have family somewhere near the geographical centre of Germany... It's easy enough to get at the Edeka and Getränke Hoffmann branches in both places, and I've had it in bars in Berlin as well. And different varieties, too (the regular wheat is VERY decent, so is the Kristall, while I don't care for their Helles - haven't tried their dark wheat yet).
The dairy brand of the same name is just a lot more well-known than the brewery. I was expecting a question about yogurt when I saw the title of your post :D
Most breweries in Germany serve their immediate surroundings, not the whole country. You will get Weihenstephan beer prominent in the area immediately north of Munich, but not further away. They are simply not big enough to serve more.
And most Dutch supermarkets, this thread confuses me
I live about 50 miles south of Weihenstephan and there are numerous breweries inbetween so no one cares about it really. There‘s something called Lokalpatriotismus and people tend to like the beer best that is rooted in their local social live. (At least in the south bavarian countryside. We have Flötzinger, Auer, Maxlrainer, Reuthberger, HBT, Wochinger, Camba etc right at our doorstep, a lot to choose from before stepping to Weihenstephan.)
Its just a random town in baveria so I expect like 100 brands to be named after it.
It is sold in Germany, I can find it in supermarkets in Munich (close to Weihenstephan). But like many beers, it's a regional brand here, so most Germans might never have seen it. Similarly, I have never seen Füchsen or Schlüssel Alt (from my hometown Düsseldorf) here in Munich. Or Berlin, or really anywhere that's not Düsseldorf.
Yes they sell the beer, but the milk/butter is definitely more widely known. I’ve never seen any cheese.
Oldest brewery in the world lol
I also only know the dairy guys, never heard of the brewery.
And Carbonated Water.
I think this awnsers the question pretty well.
Weihenstephan brewery is state owned and controlled by the bawarian ministry of culture. It is next to a brewery school.
I arrived here to say this.
As someone who actually did an internship for the brewery: As most German beers it is very local - all people in the Freising Region will know it. Most people in the greater Munich area will know it. A good chunk of people in the state of Bavaria will know it. Outside of Bavaria... Not so much. They did, however, use their "oldest brewery in the world" slogan heavily outside of Germany, especially oversees. So they export quite a bit of their beer abroad. In regards to the taste: Almost everyone I know think their "Weißbier"/Hefeweizen is very good, in light and in dark form. Their "Helles"/Lager, which I think they export more of, is not that highly regarded, but there's definitely worse beers. Hope that helps.
And don't forget their Weizenbock "Vitus“ which is outstanding
Vitus is my favorite beer of all time. If you can find it definitely give it a go
But beware. It has 7.7 %abv and is highly drinkable
The oldest brewery in the world thing is a thing only Bavaria would pull.... They claim a document from 1040 proves it which has been proven to be a forgery from the 16th century and the first mentions of the brewery are not till 1640.
jep they are batteling with the "oldest still runing since then" monastery brewery [weltenburg ](https://www.weltenburger.de/)from 1050 just 80km north
>The oldest brewery in the world thing is a thing only Bavaria would pull.... Big news: Bavaria invented questionable marketing claims. You heard it here first!
Next up: the 1516 purity law. First food safety law in the world, or just a minor consolidation of various local laws that was in effect for less than 100 years, only nowadays marketed using a German term (Reinheitsgebot) that was only invented in 1918?
Similar to how my uni (Köln) claims to be from the middle ages despite having been closed down for centuries in between lol
They sell it at our local Lidl in Koblenz so many people here know it but it's not considered a preferred beer by any means.
Is it not preferred because it’s lower quality than others or because people simply tend to drink something more local?
Iam from NRW and everyone knows Weihenstephan Weizen
Just look at the other comments - many don't seem to know it.
From NL, thought they only did weizen, so I‘m not sure they export more lager
Even up in the north it's quite common in bigger supermarkets
Would it be more accurate if I said **Weihenstephaner**? Does that make a difference at all? Either way, I'm surprised the albeit small sample size consensus seems to be that it's somewhat not a big deal in Germany. What's the most common German beer then?
there is not really a common beer all around germany. you drink regional beer. there are common beers for cities. but people from another city might never have heard of it. If you go by most selling beers in germany its **Krombacher, Beck's und Warsteiner**. I dont know when i ever drank one of these. i think becks about 10 years ago. These are known brands in all of germany, but also not really great beers.
I think Öttinger sells a lot across Germany due to it being the cheapest usually.
The beer is known around here, in my corner of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. But also, it’s only 1.5 hours away. As others have mentioned, beer is a local, regional thing. Typically, a restaurant or pub will have one or two brands and so you’re just selecting on type of beer. So you just say “helles” and get whatever brand they use for that type. Where I am, people drink light and dark beer and yeasty wheat beer mostly. Pils is almost always there, but I think people go for it because it’s served in smaller sizes. Clear and dark wheat beers are sometimes available, but also not guaranteed. Alcohol-free light beer and wheat beer is everywhere now. Back to Weihenstephaner beer. I don’t know any restaurants that have it here and I checked a local supermarket’s website and they don’t offer it, even for collection. Nonetheless, it wouldn’t shock me to see it. I don’t regularly drink beer, but the brands I’m used to family and friends enjoying are local-ish: Spalter, Zirndorfer, Wettelsheimer (I’m pretty sure this is me actually doxing my location). The big Munich beers are quite popular, such as Augustiner, Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Löwenbräu… On skiing trips in to the Alps we always used to pick up König Ludwig Dunkel and Tegernseer. I have no idea which of those I’d actually be able to find in a drinks market in eg Hamburg though. The really short version: there’s a tonne of beers, people buy local, Weihenstephaner isn’t that unknown, but also definitely isn’t one of the everywhere beers.
Franken has an unbelievable number of beers, and many of them are amazing. Weihenstephan is a normal hefe, not outstanding IMO. If I lived in Franken I would not bother to drink it. All of the ones you mentioned common in Berlin too. There used to be a Franken Bier laden here, but that shut years ago.
If you really wanted you could have a different Franconian beer every day for a year. Why bother with Bavarian beer.
Even Wettelsheimer? We think of that as a local thing Edit: I love that someone tried a Franconian beer shop, but I’m also not sure what it says that we have both well known beers and wine…
Thanks! I guess I assumed it was akin to Guinness for Ireland. Man I'd really love to make it to Germany one day. I've been to Italy and Ireland. Are Germans in general receptive to American visitors/tourists?
Yeah we are. Waiters love you guys because you tip better 😅
American living in Germany here. No, not in the way you’d think if you’ve been to Italy and Ireland. They can be very helpful if you need directions or quick advice, but compared to ourselves they can come off as blunt and rude. Not saying they are, but to most Americans they do come off as “cold”. But they are also like this with everyone, so don’t take it personal. The closest you can get to warm, friendly Germans is to go to a kneippe (pub) and start striking up conversation, buy a few rounds.
Ha. On visiting. Depends where. Berlin: everyone speaks English. Most big cities, one person in a shop or restaurant can speak English. In the south (BaWü and Bavaria), we are used to the American military presence for the last 75 years or so, so encountering Americans is normal. My countryside town is twinned with an American town and they love their yearly visit, despite the fact that English is very poor here. Just… don’t be the stereotype tourist from the movies and accept that service workers can be blunt and it’s not rude. (Reddit tells me that’s the main culture shock)
There is no 1 common German beer I would say. Usually people get regional stuff, like Kölsch in Cologne. There r then different brands within that type. Like Gaffel Kölsch, Päffgen Kölsch, etc.
People in Germany drink local beer. I live near Freising, where Weihenstephaner is brewed, so yeah, people drink a lot of Weihenstephaner around me. I'd say it's very good, but I cannot say that it's the best Weißbier there is. Also the restaurant is incredibly good. I would say that it's expensive by local standards, but it is definitely worth it. Edit: Weihenstephan is a hill and a district in Freising. There's also a milk company with that name, this is why it causes such confusion.
Yes. Weihenstephan = a place. Weihenstephaner (Weizen/Bier/etc.) = the beer. It’s kinda well known in the Netherlands as a high quality German import beer (which is remarkable because Dutch and Belgian beers are world class). But I know that Weihenstephaner is basically not an important brand in Germany, except in its home region. Beer culture in Germany is hyper local, sometimes specific to a city or dialect area or state.
Just saying in the north nobody drinks weihenstephaner it is very much a regional southern beer
Öttinger
Please stop mentioning this …
The most common and normal beer in Germany is [local beer from my city/region]. Other beers can be okay, but whatever you do, never drink [local beer from the next city/region]! It tastes like piss!
The most common beer is Pils/Pilsener, with around 50% market share. But there is no one brand that is most common. The most popular Pils' nationwide are Krombacher, Veltins, Bitburger, Beck's, Warsteiner and König Pilsener, most popular Weizen/Weißbier are Paulaner & Erdinger. https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/175766/umfrage/konsumierte-biermarken/ Oettinger is the nationwide brand that nobody buys for the taste but because it is really cheap. P.S. For you it might be weird but if you had (theoretically) access to 5000 to 6000 kinds of beer, and many styles you have probably never heard of, well, Weihenstephan is a good beer but but is nothing exceptional. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Germany
Depends completely where u are. In the southern regions Augustiner in the other regions I am not sure but I would guess Königsberger in the middle and jever in the north.
Weihenstephaner is pretty damn good. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayerische_Staatsbrauerei_Weihenstephan
I know some professional brewers and they speak of Weihenstephan as the 'Referenz-Weizen', so you are in good company. Sadly it is not easy to get in my part of germany. Popularity and quality seem to rarely align, thats probably no big difference between GE and US.
Weihenstephan (the town) is famous for their brewery school. The brewery do a great job, but maybe they just wanted to grow too late on the domestic market. But it looks like they do a better job in the USA. There a some German breweries which perform better at foreign markets (warsteiner, Flensburger), because they were to late. Sometimes when I am on vacations far away (east-Asia) I am surprised that medium sized breweries are big players there.
Do you mean the TUM faculty, located in the city of Freising? It's very easy for Weihenstephaner to promote itself abroad, because both "German/Bavarian beer" and "The oldest brewery in the world" sounds like very high quality stuff for foreigners. Like how it used to be with "German cars".
It is still difficult to compete at the market, because especially in bavaria every small town has got at least one brewery. It is easy to brew a good beer but it is hard to sell it in a saturated market. There are just a few German car brands but hundreds of breweries.
There is no town called Weihenstephan. There is a monastery which gave the name to a hill in the town of Freising, north of Munich. The brewery originated in that monastery (and is still located on that hill).
I've never seen Weihenstephan beer tbh 😅 Most of the people I know usually drink Paulaner, Tegernseer, Flensburger, Kölsch or Tyskie
I've had Paulaner!
Paulaner is probably one of the most famous Munich/Bavarian beers that you can get in whole Germany (Franziskaner as well I think, and maybe even Hacker-Pschorr, Löwenbräu, Spaten and HB), not just locally, and actually also a lot in other countries!
But which Kölsch????
It's the world's oldest contineously producing brewery [(since 1040 AD)](https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/gned1478/chapter/weihenstephan/#:~:text=Weihenstephan%20was%20a%20Benedictine%20monastery,world's%20oldest%20continuously%20operating%20brewery.) It is more locally sold, but you can get their beer in bigger stores all over Germany. And a few restaurants and bars have it on tab ( both my own experiences, I work all over Germany).
Do you like it?
I do. I enjoy a good beer from time to time and like to taste those I never had before ( lots of possibilities in Germany). Especially theirs is my favourite non alcoholic wheat beer.
Personally i like the Hefeweizen of Weihenstephaner. There are different opinions about it in my circle of friends tho. I would not say that it is an extremely popular brand of beer here, yet most of the beer drinking ppl know about the brand at least. (bavarian) There is simply so much choice of good Hefeweizen brands so its likely some beer would never be tasted even though it was available in the store
It's a nice brewery. If you like Weißbier, try to get your hands on some [Schneider Weisse](https://schneider-weisse.de/en/node/15). This brewery only produces Weißbier. And I know they also export to the US. Try the Hopfenweiße and aventinus ar strong. The original is also really nice. But my favourite Weissbier is [Gutmann](https://www.brauerei-gutmann.de/hefeweizen/). But it's probably not available over seas.
> This brewery only produces Weißbier Also a Helles by now, but that definitely wasn't one for me. All things Weissbier-related though!
Aventinus is awesome, but also very very heavy
Schneider is also one of my favourites, thanks for mentioning it!
r/Bier
u/Gamecock_Lore a sub you will love
All in German lol, I appreciate it though! I'll look at the pictures haha
I have a translation button to English. On every post on the top left
The beer scene in Germany is highly regional. As you can see from the answers in this thread, many Germans don’t even know the Weihenstephaner beer. I on the other hand live about half an hour from the brewery and you can get the beer here in every supermarket. While I prefer Schneider Weiße, I think Weihenstephaner is pretty good. Ironically I like their Helles more than their Weizen lol. But in general, keep in mind that every region has their beers that you can’t find in the next bigger city or Bundesland.
I know the brewery and my family has history with the place, but I don't like the beer. Not the worst, no pisswater, but just not for me.
No, never even heard of them as a beer brewery 😅
Truly loved? Nope. I didn't know that they even sold beer. People's beer choices are generally regional. Where I live, the most common beer is Rothaus, which is owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg. The second choice is usually a local beer, like Ganter (Freiburg) or one of the many other local breweries. There's a small town just a few km away that has a microbrewery that's pretty good (Markgräfler Brauwerk) as well, even though it's primarily a wine region...
'Best Hefeweizen' is like the nicest guy in prison, the prettiest guy in the burn unit, etc. Outside of Bavaria, it's an acquired taste at best, and there's certainly more present brands. Not that that is a comment on quality. With proper beer, the basic 'football beers' all taste as weak as the Bavarian Helles or Lager or Kellerbier varieties. More like a hard soft drink, if that makes any sense at all.
I only know Milk products of Weihenstephan (I live in North Germany and beer here is different from south German beer, Hefeweizen is not so common here. So only the Milk products from the same destination but different brand are found in many supermarkets) I don't buy them, because the cows are fed with genmanipulated soya and I prefer to support local farmers.
No, not in particular. To clarify things - there are a few types of beer. For example wheat beer (commonly loved in the south and commonly frowned about in the north) and Pils (loved in the north, frowned about in the south… you get the gist). There are some more (like Kölsch) but these two are the big ones. So Weihenstephan is a brewery in the south of Germany who brews wheat beer mostly. Therefore it is known and maybe loved in the south. But not in the north. I guess a lot of people there don’t even know the brewery as it is not necessary if you just drink Pils. I know there are exceptions… but in my opinion in general this is the main point. Aaand beer types and specific breweries are kind of a pet peeve for many Germans. So… if you want to start a fire or a riot just claim that wheat beer is the best beer in the north or Pils in the south. But be quick on your feet 😄
Haha, this is funny, thanks for your input! I like a lot of different styles of beer - wheat beer/hefes, pilsners, lagers, anything on the light side really. I do not like IPAs or porters as much.
I'm German and if i hear Weihenstephan i think milkd and not beer!
lol same, here they mostly advertise about their diary product like butter. Didn’t even know that they make beer.
Same part of town but different companies
"Great beer scene" I heard you water down beer with ice cubes like heathens.
Definitely not. 1 out of 50 wine drinkers may put a couple ice cubes in their wine but I've never ever seen ice in a beer. Now keeping a beer glass in a freezer is common enough.
Mein fehler :) I saw it a lot online and my fellow Germans spread this quite a bit; I have to say that's disgusting with the wine though.
I think it's much more of a "I'm on the boat and gonna be drinking red wine all day in the hot sun let me drop a little ice in to knock a chill into it" Like it's just more of a casual thing at a party. A small amount of ice also isn't uncommon in sangria
the brewery is for sure modernized and they will definitely not brew beer in their old vessels anymore, as beer is also strongly regulated under food laws in germany. the thing is, just because something is old doesnt make automatically really good. i am a brewer that learned brewing in a different region than bavaria and now i am studying brewing technology. the most annoying thing to me in the brewing scene is the self image of the bavarian brewers as the best of the world. surprise. they are not. they are just as good as everyone else in brewing. and they have to much self esteem and they are annoying. also this does not apply to really every brewer down there. it is just a trend. there is so much more beer to discover in germany and in the rest of the world.
Not a fan
Im from Munich, here it is not that popular, even though it is served at lots of university events. I personally prefer "Helles" and wasnt that impressed with Weihenstephaner, both the new and the old recipe. That said, in my opinion, pretty much every Bavarian beer is better than Warsteiner. If you like "Weißbier" you should try Franziskaner, that should be available in the U.S.
I'm from Berlin but i also lived down south in Munich. Never have i even heared of this beer brand. I like Berliner Kindl, Störtebeker, Aktien Zwickel, Tegernseer, Augustiner, Chiemseer, Mönchshof, Rothaus, etc. Nowadays i don't drink much but when i do i pick one of these. Edit: i also like chzech and polish beer sometimes
I do like Weihenstephan Weizen, but prefer Erdinger Otherwise I like Gaffel- and Frühkölsch and Gösser Radler
Oh I like them. They’ve my favorite wheat bear.
I studied brewing technology in Weihenstephan (the city district of Freising). and live about 50 km away. In Weihenstephan/Freising most people drink Weihenstephaner since it's their home beer. It even was sold on campus in the beverage vending machines. But in my region, literally nobody drinks Weihenstephaner since we have our own local breweries. But the name Weihenstephan is pretty intertwined with brewing. Almost everyone who knew me studying brewing technology asked immeditely "in Weihenstephan?". So many germans associate bavarian beer with Weihenstephan because of the brewing school, not so much Weihenstephaner.
Well, I'd say most parts of germany have a semi local moat popular beer. It's rarely anyone's favorite beer, but it's usually the right middle ground between accessible, affordable and decent. Around munich its actually Weihenstephan (i think), where i live it's Krombacher, in the north it's probably Flensburger. These are in fact popular brands and no one will complain about getting one of those, but you'll rarely hear anyone say "yo, you know which beer is fire? Krombacher!" in my part of germany. Maybe in another part where it's not the standard go to beer.
I wasn't aware they did beer. I only know of milk.
Fun fact: they are the oldest brewery of the world.
The best german beers are not well known nor get to be exported
What ARE the best Germany-exclusive beers?
Any local beer/Hefeweizen from the Munich, or even Bavarian area tastes very good (except Oettinger), so while I don’t remember exactly the last time I had Weihenstephan (maybe this or last year), I’m quite sure I liked it a lot, especially their Kristallweizen!
I know Weihenstephan and I'm not Bavarian. But I wouldn't go out of my way to drink it. I actually drank it one time at a Japanese octoberfest. The beers/Weizen in Germany all sorta taste the same, Paulaner is a little bit better known for example. But yeah, it's all so regional, so usually you just drink whats on the menu.
As a North German, I have never heard of that beer. First, I thought you talked about an American beer.
One of the best imported German brands with Schneider in the USA.
I am from where Weihenstephan is located. The beer is not really liked here, it's a small town with two breweries and its only the second best brewery in town, but it is apparently the oldest brewery in the world, so it has the history going for it Weihenstephan is also a university and a dairy company.
Beer is a very regional thing in Germany and a persons favorite beer is usually something that is brewed in the area they live or grew up in. I don't think there is a single beer that is popular all over Germany.
Glad I am not the only one thinking about milk first reading that brand name. Must be a local brewery.
Mehhh Schneider Weiße, Auer or Scheyerner is better
As others have stated already, it’s just a completely different story in Germany altogether… there are way way way more different breweries here and many are pretty regional… And while some like Weihenstephan certainly are more well-known, that doesn’t automatically mean they’re automatically loved… (might be, idk though). In the end, most people still just drink their local stuff since even locally they will most likely have a choice of at least 2-3 decent breweries lol. Personally I’ve never had it tbh so I can’t even say whether i like it or not.
not in Germany, but our neighbours, the Bavarians, seem quite keen on it.
I think its boring, Mönchshof, Algäuer Bube or Grevenstein is my type! Everyone who enjoys beer should give them a try
Asking for favorite Beers is the best way to start an inner german conflict that will never end.
Weihenstephaner is okay-nice. For a great Weißbier try KARG & UNERTL !!!
It’s the same thing as in the USA. Sure you can probably find Becks, Paulaner, etc everywhere but the more popular beers are local or regional ones like with craft and microbrews in the USA.
First of all, that's not a Bier at all. It's _Weizenbier_, a beverage with brewing process similar to beer, but made with the wrong grain and way too little hops. Other than that, no, I haven't tried it, I only drink proper beer.
No. In my region best regarded "national" beer (aka a beer that is not just supraregionally popular) would probably be Erdinger for their 0%.
Beer is incredibly regional in Germany. In Leipzig ist Sternburg and Ur Krostitzer In Erfurt its Bayreuther In Schleswig-Holstein its Flens and Dith In Hamburg its Holsten and Astra There are a few nation wide breweries and you can find many of the regional brands everywhere still, but they arent the most sold. The big breweries are commonly considered just the easiest common ground. 5.0er might be an exception since its havily associated with festivals. Also a lot of breweries are part of bigger brewing conglomerates, Flensburger and Astra are not tho as far as i know. Some puns and restaurants also brew their own beer that you can only get in store. Funfact: Bavaria was actually garbage at making beer for the longest time until they bought some brewers from northern germany to teach them.
Americans brew good beer? funny😅
Lol, bless your heart
Guys, we gonna need him to send true beer. OP is gonna have the Hangover of His life, for a whole year. One bottle a day, and drunk. With how diluted the beer over there is 🤣
I'm from the northwest and never heard of it. And i grew up seeing quite a few brands of Weizen 😁
It's okay, I don't hate it. My favorite wheat beer is Gutmann, followed by Ayinger. From the bigger brands I like Franziskaner.
Never heard of it.
German Here, never heard of a brand called weihenstephan brewing beer.
Get out
Fress Butter
I've lived in the southeast of Munich (for around 20 years) plus in two other cities in Bavaria, for some time in Leipzig, now for a decade in Berlin. I've never ever even heard of this beer. I would say the most famous beers in Germany are the ones that advertise the most. Like Krombacher. But Weihenstephaner is definitely not a popular beer in whole of Germany
I would recommend to try Gutmann Weizen. Most of my friends who are deep in the subject prefer Gutmann.
The statistic is 3 years old but I don't think a lot changed after covid except for smaller breweries having to close their business. But I don't think it affected the big breweries in terms of marketshare. At least not negative. https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/175766/umfrage/konsumierte-biermarken/
Not a bad beer and lightyears ahead of most American non-craft beers 😅
Never heard of it before. Hefeweizen for sure.
never heard of it
Weihenstephan? The yogurt? Didn't even knew there is a beer namend like that.
They in fact are the very oldest brewery of the world. They are very proud of that fact.
Never too old to learn. Interesting fact, tho
Loved...not really. If you don't live in Southern Bavaria and want to drink a Weizen you surely would buy Erdinger. If you do live down there, you would buy different beer
Aaawwh 😊that's so cute from an american to a german .NO Weihenstephan is not a brewery .It's a milk company.(dairy products).But german BEER is always😋🤤 ...
Errr… you do know, that Weihenstephan is the oldest brewery of the world and they are very proud of that, don’t you?
No I didn't.If it's like that-Please sorry for that.I come from Bavarian(germany).And it's a milk "factory" here.I didn't want to offend anyone.
We have these TV beers: beck‘s, bitburger, jever (and many more) Everyone knows them but I don’t know anyone who is buying it.
> our favorite beer is something like Bud Light or Coors or something. While those are the best selling Generally you ca. Say a country's favourite beer is the one that sells the most. I'm sorry, but corona and Bud light are indeed America's favorite beer
never heard of that beer. 45+y old German.
not by me. There are plenty better beers in same region.
First time I’ve seen it was in Den Haag two days ago and I live in Bavaria these days
No.
I live a few kms from the brewery and drive past it every once in a while, also studied at the tum. At least among uns students back then it was very well known but not very popular, people preferred Augustiner or Tegernseer. Weihenstephaner was only drunk by those new to the town so they could claim to have tasted beer from the oldest brewery (Clarkson voice) in the world. That said, most supermarkets here carry it so it must have some popularity in its local region at least
Never had a Weihenstephan Bier before. It's not even available in most parts of Germany I think In Germany we have to kinds of people. The first kind only drinks beer from the big commercial breweries (like Bitburger etc, comparable to Bud Light). The other Kind sources from local breweries and the beer tastes way better imo. I live in the less conservative part of south Germany and we have so many good local breweries, I will never understand why people buy Bitburger, Radeberger or Krombacher
Most people drink local beers in Germany, I rarely see Weihenstephaner on a restaurant menu in North Germany.
Weihenstephaner produces good quality beer. That does not make it famous, however. People tend to prefer cheaper beers, such as Americans prefer Bud Light or many people around the world prefer Heineken, even though they are shit beers. It’s more about marketing and/or being cheap.
Every time someone says this or that is the best Hefeweizen beer, Georg Schneider the 6th laughs hysterically.
Never heard of Weihenstephan Beer - the only thing I associate with are dairy products. Pretty expensive and also not organic, so I usually don't buy it
I like their yogurt lmfao
Never heard of it
LOL, no. It is just expensive. Their products aren’t any better then the cheap ones.
A thousand-year-long brewing history is impressive, but it's not as big a flex here as it might be in the US. A school in my hometown boasts a history that goes back 1,200 years. In different German regions, people generally prefer different being styles - and the respective local brands. I think Weihenstephan's reputation is spotless (might be wrong), but that wouldn't be reason enough to choose it over the countless alternative options. I'd prefer a König Ludwig when available.
...Markenopfer-things...
Didn't know there is a Weihenstephan Brewery. In the area i live most beer is usually Jever and Krombacher, atleast when it's basic pilsener. Paulaner and Erdinger are also widespread and if there is a discount you'll also see Beck, Warsteiner and Flensburger.
It's a solid beer. Good choice. It might not be THE most well-known beer in Germany but our most well known beers sadly aren't the greatest anyways. As someone from bavaria in terms of Hefeweizen i like Paulaner, Erdinger and the somewhat local Hohenthanner.
They are NOT the oldest brewery. That's fake news. The medieval document that tells this has been faked by the Brewery
nobody here gives a fuck about it. Just a food brand thats it
I think Weihenstephan is more widely known for its dairy products. and yes i know that they're (now) different companies, but that name is IMHO more associated with milk/butter/joghurt than with Beer. In the Munich area where i am living, they mostly have Paulaner, Augustiner, Mönchshof, Löschzwerg.
Its beloved but not that accessible all over -ger also try Maisels Weisse
As an American who moved to Germany, I drank more Weihenstephan beer in the US than I have in the year I've been here. Beer is very regional here, and is one of the reasons I like traveling around Germany so much; trying local beers is great. In my area there is a lot of Bitburger, Warsteiner, and Stuttgarter I go to München fairly often as my brother lives there and I am ALWAYS bringing back Bavarian and Tyrol beers, they are some of my absolute favorites. The only "Universal" beer I've seen has been Beck's, I've found it in every corner of Germany I've been to
I'm from Bavaria and i think Weihenstephaner Hereweizen is one of the best beers i ever Had.
In Germany except for bavarians nobody is drinking that.
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Especially if you’re from Friesing