Löwenbräu
The long-used founding year 1383 is held to be wrong: a possible predecessor is first recorded in 1524 and the Löwenbräu name in 1746. By 1863 it was Munich’s largest brewery, and around 1900 the biggest in Germany. It joined Spaten in 1997, Interbrew, now AB InBev, bought the group in 2003, and the Munich brands are brewed in the old Löwenbräu brewhouse. Löwenbräu runs its own Oktoberfest tent; its Original is a Munich Helles and its Oktoberfestbier a Festbier.
Styles brewed by Löwenbräu
Munich Helles
LagerMunich Helles: a gold Bavarian lager, soft and malty with a dry finish, created in Munich in 1894. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
Festbier
LagerFestbier: the golden lager poured at Munich's Oktoberfest since 1990, smooth and malty, stronger than a Helles. Strength, bitterness and classic examples.
At a glance
- Country
- Germany
- Brews in
- Munich, Bavaria
- Owner
- AB InBev
- Best-known beers
- Löwenbräu Original, Löwenbräu Oktoberfestbier, Löwenbräu Triumphator
- Visit
- Visitor centre
- Website
- loewenbraeu.de
Sources
Checked .
- Löwenbräu – Wikipedia — Wikipedia
- Beer Judge Certification Program — BJCP
Image credits
- Brewing kettle of the Löwenbräu brewery, Munich — Bbb. CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP
