Germany

Erdinger Hefe Dunkel, Erdinger Hefe Weissbier, Erdinger Kristallklar, Erdinger Pikantus and Erdinger Schneeweisse, Erdinger Urweisse

It was arranged for the Crown Prince of Bavaria, in 1810, it was decided it was an occasion for all of Bavaria to celebrate. The brewmaster of the Hacker-Pschorr brewery was commissioned from one of the Munich brewers, to develop special brews to celebrate the occasion. Oktoberfest was born.

By Munich law, only the six breweries in the city of Munich are invited to supply beer at Oktoberfest. Hacker-Pschorr is one of the chosen ones.

From Bayreuth - famous as the Wagner Festival city - a slightly stronger and darker wheat beer. Still made with 50% wheat and now thankfully back in fashion. Maisels is a spicy weissbier with clove aroma. Served in tall vase shaped glasses with the yeast poured in to give the characteristic cloudy appearance.

Paulaner is a large brewery making a full range of beers. Brewed at their brewery in Munich their wheat beer is well rounded in flavour.

Smoked dark unfiltered wheat beer.

A brewery of great history and tradition, Schneider can be credited with resurrecting a style of beer that came close to extinction in the late 1800's. Schneider has since built up the reputation of being the most distinguished and exclusive purveyor of wheat beers in Germany. Available at BeerHere: Schneider Unser Aventinus, Schneider Weisse Mein Grunes (also called Georg Schneider’s Wiesen Edel-Weisse), Schneider Aventinus Weizen Eisbock, and Schneider Weisse Unser Original.

Just to the north of Munich, the brewery which claims to be the oldest in the world is well known for its fruity tasting wheat beers. Weihenstephan is on a steep hill overlooking the river Amper at the small town of Freising. The brewery claims that there has been a brewery on site since 1040, and there has been a Benedictine settlement from before that. Weihenstephan Hefe Weissbier and Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier.