Schneider Bräuhaus ★ 4.2
Schneider Bräuhaus on Tal pours Schneider Weisse until 23:30; the kitchen runs Bavarian classics through 22:30 for the post-show crowd in Munich's Altstadt.
Try: Weisswurst, Kronfleisch, late-night Bavarian
History
Wheat beer was a royal monopoly in Bavaria from 1602 to 1798, when only the Wittelsbach court could brew it; Schneider Weisse in the Tal acquired the brewing licence in 1872 and remains Germany's oldest wheat-beer brewery. Weihenstephan in Freising, north of Munich, has brewed wheat beer continuously since 1040 and is the world's oldest brewery.
Common allergens: Gluten
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 5kg Pilsner malt (50%)
- 5kg wheat malt (50%)
- 20L brewing water
- 30g Hallertau Tradition hops, 4% AA
- Weihenstephan WLP 300 or Wyeast 3068 wheat yeast
- 100g priming sugar (for bottling)
Method
- Mash the malts at 50 degrees C for 15 min (ferulic acid rest), then 64 degrees C for 60 min.
- Sparge with 75 degrees C water until you collect 23 litres of wort.
- Boil 60 minutes. Add the hops at the start of the boil only (low IBU, ~12).
- Cool the wort to 19 degrees C, transfer to a fermenter, pitch the yeast.
- Ferment at 20 to 22 degrees C for 7 days; the warmer the fermentation, the more banana ester.
- Bottle with priming sugar, condition 14 days at 20 degrees C. Serve in a Weizen vase at 6 degrees C.
Tip from the editors. Bavarian wheat beer should taste of banana and clove from yeast esters; don't ferment too cool or those flavours disappear.
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Signature: Schweinshaxe, Mass Hofbräu Original
Order: Mass of Hofbräu Original (one litre) with Schweinshaxe and a pretzel.
Tip: The ground-floor Schwemme is walk-in only; reserve the Bräustüberl upstairs for parties of four or more.
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Try: Schweinshaxe and Augustiner Helles
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