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Privatbrauerei Erdinger Weissbräu

Werner Brombach GmbH

Lange Zeile 1+3
D-85435 Erding
Telephone: +49 (0)8122 / 4090
Brewer: Thomas Faber
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Notes

Opened: 1853

Annual Production: 2,000,000 hl

Contributors: Mario Kornmesser, Da Sepp, Goar Wieden

Erdinger is the world's largest producer of wheat beer.

Updated: August 1, 2023

2009-06-10: Biogas-fuelled fuel cell cogen unit supplies German brewery (PennEnergy)

5.30% abv.

Date: May 1, 1996 (#1420)

Package: bottled

Place: Kamuela Liquor Store, Kamuela HI

Score: 19 points

Overall Impression (3½)
Bright golden, high carbonation, thick head. Good clove nose, hint of banana. Very high carbonation. Good wheat and clove flavors and reasonably clean finish.

5.70% abv.

Date: October 28, 2007 (#6670)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden-amber. Hazy with yeast. Thick foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Very bready, fresh yeast.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, fizzy. Big sweet toasty maltiness. Some yeast flavor.

Overall Impression (2)
Oktoberfest flavor and Weizen fizz, but no Weizen yeast character.

7.30% abv.

Date: September 29, 2002 (#4449)

Package: bottled

Place: Pick'n Save, Oshkosh WI

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
Red-brown, and full of yeast, with a big bubbly head. Mild Munich malt aroma with a hint of clove. Big body, rich toasty malt flavor. Very mild clove Weizen character. Drying and warming and fizzy.
Date: May 1, 1996 (#1422)

Package: bottled

Place: Kamuela Liquor Store, Kamuela HI

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Half a glass of foam on top of a brown fizzy beer. Clove and caramel aroma. Fairly thick. Good mix of wheat, clove, alcoholic, caramel, hop flavors. Carbonation is way too high.