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By: Gerda Gebel
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City guide Doris Bauer (back, right) had exciting stories to tell about the Erdinger breweries. © Gerda Gebel
Lex, Trindl, Klösterl and Co. – Doris Bauer knows all about the breweries in Erding. Most of them no longer exist.
Erding – Long before Germany's largest family-owned wheat beer brewery, which made Erding famous all over the world, the Herzogstadt was a beer town. This became clear during the lecture “Brauer z'Arding” by Doris Bauer, to which many interested people came to the Erdinger Weißbräu hall at the invitation of the historical association.
The well-known physician Dr. Moritz Henkel had written in 1893: “We also have 8 breweries: Post and Ellmann, Klösterlmaier, Ferstl, Trindl, Haggenmiller, Ebner, Greißl with the Triller.” Bauer, who is known as a city guide, introduced some of these long-defunct breweries. before. She showed old photos and explained the changing ownership relationships. The audience followed the presentations with great interest and contributed their own memories.
For example, you could see the Trindl brewery in what later became the Leibold House on Schrannenplatz, which previously housed a wheat beer tavern and a yeast factory. The Klösterlbräu existed on Bräuhausgasse until 1920, as a historical postcard shows. The “Blauer Hirsch” restaurant is located there today.
Many older visitors were well aware of the Lexbräu with the Lexsaal on Friedrich-Fischer-Straße (today the Müller drugstore). These and other breweries such as Reschbräu owned by Josef Fischer were later incorporated into the foundation brewery. Since their son Friedrich Fischer, who was married to Katharina Wochinger from Rottal-Münster, had no heirs, the couple converted their entire assets into a foundation that also included the brewery. But since it wasn't doing so well economically, it was taken out of the foundation and taken over by Weißbräu in 1992. It has been called “Erdinger Brauhaus” since 2022, which has resulted in a big boost in sales, according to Bauer, who said: “A great marketing strategy.”
In addition to the information about old breweries, Bauer also provided interesting facts about beer itself: the Sumerians 6,000 years ago and later the ancient Egyptians knew the art of brewing, which was firmly in women's hands at the time. It was only in the Middle Ages that men took over the reins, when beer brewing became more and more practiced in monasteries. The motto there was “If it’s liquid, it doesn’t break a fast.” They were happy to oblige.
This is how the history of brewing began in Erding around 1230. A milestone was the adoption of the Bavarian Purity Law in 1516, according to the speaker. This is what made the beer really good, because it could only contain barley, hops and water. This quality feature was required throughout Germany in 1906 and significantly raised the reputation of German brewing. It was not an easy job as a beer inspector, who had to check the high standards “with the help of his taste tools”.
Bauer received a lot of applause for her presentation. This was followed by a lively discussion about the former Erdinger breweries and their products.