German beer is highly diverse and an important part of Germany's culture. This article deals with the Culture of Germany as a political state within Europe for a review of the culture of the German-speaking world, see There are around 1,300 breweries in Germany, more than in any other country except the United States which has 1,500. A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of Beer, though beer can be made in the home and has been for much of beer's history ^[1] The German beer market is somewhat sheltered from the rest of the world beer market by the German brewers' adherence to the Reinheitsgebot (order of purity ) dating from 1516 (and most recently updated in the Vorläufiges Biergesetz of 1993), according to which the only allowed ingredients of beer are water, hops and barley-malt. The (literally "purity order" sometimes called the "German Beer Purity Law" or the "Bavarian Purity Law" in English is a regulation concerning the production of Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life. The hop ( Humulus) is a small genus of Flowering plants native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Malting is a process applied to Cereal grains in which the grains are made to Germinate by soaking in water and are then quickly halted from germinating further This law also requires that beers not using only barley-malt (such as wheat and rye) must be top-fermented. Wheat beer is a Beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of Wheat. Rye beer refers to any Beer in which Rye (generally Malted is substituted for some portion of the Barley malt Ale is a type of Beer brewed from Malted Barley using a top-fermenting Brewers' yeast. ^[2] Many breweries worldwide adopted the Reinheitsgebot for their own beers. After its discovery, yeast became the fourth legal ingredient, though for top-fermenting beers the use of sugar is also permitted. Yeasts are a growth form of eukaryotic Microorganisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with about 1500 Species currently described Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. In part because of this law (which since 1988 has not applied to imported beer, but is still compulsory for German brewers), beers from Germany have a reputation for high quality. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Germans are behind only the Czechs and the Irish in their per capita consumption of beer. Czech beer, Beer brewed in the Czech Republic, has a long and important history This is a list of countries ordered by annual Per capita consumption of Beer.

Contents 1 Varieties 2 Brands and breweries 3 Alcohol content 4 Oktoberfest 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

Varieties

There is a variety of different types of German beer, such as:

• Top-fermenting beers
  • Altbier — a dark amber, hoppy beer brewed around Düsseldorf and Lower Rhine. Altbier (often abbreviated to Alt) is the name given to a form of German top-fermenting beer that originated in Westphalia and spread to parts of the Rhineland Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 11-12° Plato, 4. The Plato scale is an empirically derived Hydrometer scale to measure Density of Beer Wort in terms of percentage of extract by weight 5-5% ABV. Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as abv or ABV) is a standard measure of how much alcohol ( Ethanol) is contained in an Alcoholic beverage
  • Kölsch — pale, light-bodied, beer which can only legally be brewed in the Cologne region. Kölsch is a local Beer speciality brewed in Cologne, Germany. 11-12° Plato, 4. 5-5% ABV.
  • Weizen — wheat beer 12-12. Wheat beer is a Beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of Wheat. Wheat beer is a Beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of Wheat. 5° Plato, 5-5. 6% ABV.
  • Weizenbock — strong, dark, wheat beer. Wheat beer is a Beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of Wheat. Wheat beer is a Beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of Wheat. 16-17° Plato, 6. 5-8% ABV.
  • Berliner Weisse — a pale, very sour, wheat beer brewed in Berlin. Berliner Weiße is a type of Wheat beer brewed exclusively in the area of Berlin, Germany. Wheat beer is a Beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of Wheat. Usually drunk with the addition of fruit syrup. 9° Plato, 2. 5-5% ABV.
  • Leipziger Gose — an amber, very sour, wheat beer brewed around Leipzig. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong Gose is a traditional top-fermented pre-lager beer style of Leipzig, Germany. Wheat beer is a Beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of Wheat. It disappeared between 1966 and 1985, when it was revived by Lothar Goldhahn. 10-12° Plato, 4-5% ABV.
  • Roggenbier — a fairly dark beer, somewhat grainy flavour similar to bread, 4. Rye beer refers to any Beer in which Rye (generally Malted is substituted for some portion of the Barley malt 5-6% ABV.

• Bottom-fermenting beers
  • Helles — a pale, malty lager from Bavaria of 11-12° Plato, 4. Pale lager is a very pale to golden -coloured Beer with a well attenuated body and noble hop bitterness Lager (storage camp bearing etc is the more popular of two main types of Beer; the other being Ale. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 5-5% ABV
  • Schwarzbier — a bottom-fermented, dark lager beer with a full, roasty, chocolatey flavor. de '''Schwarzbier''' or "black beer" is a German dark lager beer 11-12° Plato, 4. 5-5% ABV.
  • Pilsener — a pale lager with a light body and a more prominent hop character. Pilsner, sometimes pilsener or simply pils, is a Pale lager, developed in the 19th century in the city of Pilsen, Bohemia ( 11-12° Plato, 4. 5-5% ABV. By far the most popular style, with around two thirds of the market.
  • Export — a pale lager that is fuller, maltier and less hoppy than Pilsner. Dortmunder Export or Dortmunder is a Pale lager that originated in the then industrial city of Dortmund in Germany. 12-12. 5° Plato, 5-5. 5% ABV. Germany's most popular style in the 1950s and 1960's, it's becoming increasingly rare.
  • Spezial — a pale, full, bitter-sweet and delicately hopped lager. Pale lager is a very pale to golden -coloured Beer with a well attenuated body and noble hop bitterness 13-13. 5° Plato, 5. 5-5. 7% ABV.
  • Kellerbier — any of the other styles served unfiltered. Kellerbier or Zwickelbier (sometimes Zoigl(bier) is an unfiltered Beer, often a Lager which is not clarified or pasteurised It comes in a wide variety of colours and strengths.
  • Dunkel — dark lager which comes in two main varieties: the sweetish, malty Munich style and the drier, hoppy Franconian style
  • Rauchbier — usually dark in color and smoky in taste from the use of smoked malt. Dunkel (or Dunkles) is a dark German beer Dunkel is the German word meaning dark, and dunkel beers typically range in colour from amber to dark Smoked beer ( German: Rauchbier) is a type of Beer with a distinctive smoke Flavor, which can be imparted either by using Malted A speciality of the Bamberg region. 12-13° Plato, 5-5. 5% ABV.
  • Bock — an amber, heavy-bodied, bitter-sweet lager. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. 16-17° Plato, 6. 5-7% ABV.
  • Dunkles Bock — a dark, heavy bodied lager darkened by high-coloured malts. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. 16-17° Plato, 6. 5-7% ABV.
  • Maibock — a pale, strong lager darkened brewed in the Spring. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. 16-17° Plato, 6. 5-7% ABV.
  • Doppelbock — a powerful, very full-bodied lager darkened by high-coloured malts. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. 18-28° Plato, 8-12% ABV.
  • Eisbock — a freeze distilled variation of Doppelbock. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany. Fractional freezing is a process used in Process engineering and Chemistry to separate two liquids with different melting points 18-28° Plato, 9-15% ABV.
  • Märzen — medium body, malty lagers that come in pale, amber and dark varieties. Märzen or Märzenbier (March beer has its origins in Bavaria probably before the 16th century 13-14° Plato, 5. 2-6% ABV. The type of beer traditionally served at the Munich Oktoberfest.

Many of the kinds of beer are also available with the alcohol content reduced or added.

Brands and breweries

While the beer market is weaker but more centralized in northern Germany (the biggest brands being Beck's, Krombacher, Veltins, Warsteiner, and Bitburger), the south has lots of very small, local breweries. Beck's is a brand of the Brewery Brauerei Beck & Co in the north German city of Bremen. Brauerei C & A Veltins, is a German Brewery in the west German city of Meschede-Grevenstein. Warsteiner Beer is brewed in the Arnsberger Forestpark outside of Warstein, Germany Bitburger brewery (Bitburger Brauerei Th Simon GmbH is a large German Brewery founded in 1817 by Johann Wallenborn The highest density of breweries in the world is found near the city of Bamberg, in the Franconia region of Bavaria. Bamberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main Franconia (Franken is a historic region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria and the area to its immediate west Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 In total, there are approximately 1300 breweries in Germany producing over 5000 brands of beer. One of these breweries, the Benedictine abbey Weihenstephan (established in 725) is reputedly the oldest existing brewery in the world (brewing since 1040). Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or Weihenstephan is a small city near Freising (48500 inhabitants north of Munich, Upper Bavaria Events By Place Europe Bede publishes On the reckoning of time ( De temporum ratione) calculating dates

Alcohol content

The alcohol content is usually between 4. In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon 7% and 5. 4% for most traditional brews. Bockbier or Doppelbock (double Bockbier) however can have an alcohol content of up to 12%, making it stronger than many wines. Bock is a strong Lager which has origins in the Hanseatic town Einbeck, Germany.

Oktoberfest

Main article: Oktoberfest

The Munich Oktoberfest is well known for the quantity of beer drunk as well as the friendly, social atmosphere created by the massive marqees with long tables and bench seating. The Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September (and running to early October Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. The Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September (and running to early October More than 6,100,000 litres of beer are served every year at the festival. The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of Volume.

See also

• Beer and nationality
• Czech beer
• Austrian beer
• Polish beer
• Belgian beer

External links

• German beer statistics
• The history of lager styles
• Deutscher Brauer-Bund
• [1]

References

1. ^ Don't Fear Big Beer. What follows is a list of Beers of the world by the country within which they originate and the beer drinking and Brewing practices within those countries Czech beer, Beer brewed in the Czech Republic, has a long and important history It is claimed that Belgian beer comprises the most diverse national collection of quality beer in the world and varies from the popular Pale lager to Lambic Retrieved on 2007-10-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
2. ^ Vorläufiges Biergesetz. Retrieved on 2007-09-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself

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