List of brewing companies in Germany


This is a list of brewing companies in Germany. Beer is a major part of German culture. For many years German beer was brewed in adherence to the Reinheitsgebot order or law which only permitted water, hops, yeast and malt as beer ingredients. The order also required that beers not exclusively using barley-malts, such as wheat beer, must be top-fermented.
Since 1993, the production of beer has been governed by the Provisional German Beer Law which allows a greater range of ingredients and additives that have to be completely, or at least as much as possible, removed from the final product.

Brewing companies in Germany

BreweryOutput in 2012 in million hectolitresLocation
Oettinger5.89Oettingen
Krombacher5.46Kreuztal
Bitburger4.07Bitburg
Beck's2.78Bremen
Warsteiner2.77Warstein
Hasseröder2.75Wernigerode
Veltins2.72Meschede
Paulaner2.30Munich
Radeberger1.91Radeberg
Erdinger1.72Erding