Bavaria, Germany
Schneider Weisse
Kelheim brewery specialising entirely in wheat beer, and holder of the rights that allowed commercial weissbier brewing when it was a royal monopoly.
Also known as G. Schneider & Sohn.
Wheat beer brewing in Bavaria was for a long period a monopoly held by the crown. Georg Schneider acquired the right to brew it commercially in the early 1870s, and the brewery has made almost nothing else since.
Why it matters
Preserved commercial weissbier through the period when the style had fallen out of fashion, and its darker Aventinus defines the weizenbock category.
Details
| Founded | 1872 |
|---|---|
| Where | Bavaria, Germany |
| Status | Operating |
Reference beers
- Schneider Aventinus
The reference weizenbock: a strong dark wheat beer of banana, dried fruit and clove that reads far more like a Belgian dark ale than most drinkers expect.
- Schneider Aventinus Eisbock
The same brewery’s weizenbock concentrated by freezing, and the most widely available demonstration of what freeze concentration actually does.
- Schneider Weisse Original
A Bavarian wheat beer from the brewery that kept the style alive when it was out of fashion, and darker than most modern examples.
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Styles it is associated with
- Weissbier — Bavarian wheat beer defined by its yeast: pronounced banana and clove over a soft, cloudy, highly carbonated body.
- Weizenbock — A strong wheat beer combining Weissbier yeast character with bock malt depth — banana and clove over dark fruit and bread.
- Dunkelweizen — A dark Bavarian wheat beer where banana and clove meet bread crust and light caramel from Munich malt.
Traditions
- Bavarian lager brewing — Cold fermentation and extended cold storage, developed in Bavarian cellars long before refrigeration and later exported worldwide.
Other breweries in Germany
Aecht Schlenkerla · Augustiner · Ayinger · Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus · Berliner Kindl · Bitburger Brauerei · Cölner Hofbräu Früh · Dortmunder Actien-Brauerei
Last reviewed 2026-08-16.