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By: Christoph Sahler
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Bavaria is known for its diverse beer culture. We give an overview and take a journey from south to north through the Free State.
1 / 14Our journey begins in the very south of Bavaria. The Ducal Bavarian Brauhaus Tegernsee has existed since 1675, but sees itself as the successor to a building in the monastery that was supposedly founded around the year 1000. © Marc Müller/dpa
2 / 14We continue to Munich. Bavaria's largest brewery comes from the state capital: Paulaner. The brewery group was founded in 1634 by monks of the Pauline Order. © Matthias Balk/dpa
3 / 14Augustiner Bräu is the oldest brewery in Munich. It was founded in 1328 by Augustinian monks and still exists today. © IMAGO/Manfred Segerer
4 / 14With an annual output of 1.7 million hectoliters, Erdinger Weißbräu is, according to its own information, the largest wheat beer brewery in the world. The only location is Erding. From there, the wheat beer is exported to more than 100 countries worldwide. © IMAGO/xDenisMArtx
5 / 14 “As the oldest existing brewery in the world, our brewery stands almost majestically in Freising on the Weihenstephaner Berg,” writes the Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan from Freising about itself. It was founded in 1040. © IMAGO/Manfred Segerer
6 / 14Oettinger is one of the largest German brewery groups. The family business produces its own brand Oettinger for supermarkets and comes from Swabia in Bavaria. © Peter Steffen/dpa
7 / 14The S. Riegele brewery also comes from Swabia. The brewery is now the largest private brewery in Augsburg with more than 200,000 hectoliters. © Michael Eichhammer/dpa
8 / 14The Neumarkter Lammsbräu from Upper Palatinate is, according to its own taxes, the largest organic brewery in Germany. The range of the family brewery includes classics such as the bottom-fermented Urstoff as well as more unusual ones such as gluten-free. © Armin Weigel/dpa
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9 / 14The Schanzenbräu comes from Bavaria's second largest city Nuremberg, which produces not only light beer but also the Franconian specialty red beer. © Daniel Karmann/dpa
10 / 14The Schlenkerla is a historic brewery restaurant in Bamberg, Franconia. It was first mentioned in documents in 1405 and is the most famous smoked beer brewery in Germany. © imago stock&people
11 / 14The Gebr. Maisel brewery in Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, is best known for the wheat beer brand Maisel's Weisse. © IMAGO / Manfred Segerer
12 / 14The Bayreuther Hell is a typical Bavarian Helles, like it is at home in the beer gardens - drinkable and mild, fresh and spicy. © IMAGO / Manfred Segerer
13 / 14The Kulmbacher Brewery was awarded a medal three times at the World Beer Award 2022. © David Ebener/dpa
14 / 14The Lower Franconia region is actually known more for its wine than its beer. But the Schlappeseppel brewery from Aschaffenburg is popular in the north of Bavaria and also in neighboring Hesse. The “Special” is a mild, non-hoppy beer, brewed in the old tradition from light and with a small addition of dark Munich-style malt. © imago stock&people