Erdinger Weissbrau
Erdinger Weissbier is brewed by Erdinger Weissbrau, founded in 1886 in Erding, Germany. The brewery brews a variety of beers, including Dunkel, Oktoberfest, Non Alcoholic and more, but its flagship is Erdinger Weissbier, a wheat beer. Erdinger is the world’s largest wheat beer brewery. The brewery offers tours in German and English 5 days a week with a sampling of wheat beers and Bavarian snacks at the end.
Erdinger Weissbier
Erdinger describes Erdinger Weissbier as “This classic wheat beer blends gently spicy malt aromas with mildly bitter hops. Its secret lies in our unique ERDINGER brewing yeasts. They provide the fruity notes and unmistakably fresh flavour. The finishing touch for every ERDINGER Weissbier is a further specialty: the “Bayerische Edelreifung” or double maturity method. After the main fermentation process, we give our beer the time it needs to mature a second time in the bottle. And we are happy to give it this time. Because this allows its delicious lively nature and the harmonious interplay of its various aromas to fully unfold…Brewed according to the Bavarian Purity Law.” Erdinger goes into significant detail about the quality of its wheat beers and the fermentation process.
Erdinger Weissbier has a 5.3% ABV, 2.1g protein, 9.2 carbs, 13 IBU and 156 calories. There is minimal or 0 fat. It has a “Good” rating on Beer Advocate. Beer Advocate calls the beer a Hefeweizen, but the brewery does not, and one rater criticized Beer Advocate for that description.
Our Review of Erdinger Weissbier
I have tried several German beers, mainly lagers, pilsners, wheat beers and marzens. They have ranged from very good to spectacular. I am almost ready to give up on American beers and solely drink German beers. Well not really. So next up is Erdinger Weissbier. I have never had anything from Erdinger and I generally like wheat beers, so I assumed it would be good.
It was. I am not a big one for describing beers by the “nose” “notes” “aroma” etc. I leave those descriptions to the brewery and focus on whether a beer is smooth, drinkable and absent a bad aftertaste. Even more importantly, would I drink another one. In this case, I very much wanted a second one after finishing the first. The only problem was that I didn’t have another one. I enjoyed this beer a lot and rate it maybe just a tick below Franzikaner Weissbier. I strongly recommend it.
For other excellent German beer recommendations, try Ayinger OktoberFest, Warsteiner German Pilsener, Franziskaner Weissbier, Weihenstephaner Original Premium Lager and Weihenstephaner Vitus.
For beer nutritional information of all beers we have reviewed see Beer Nutritional Information.
