Weissbier (Bavarian wheat beer) is a signature dish of Germany; we have verified places to eat it in Munich. Cloudy, yeasty top-fermented wheat beer, typically 50 percent wheat, served in a tall vase glass with a lemon slice (optional). Start with where to eat Weissbier (Bavarian wheat beer) in Munich.
Weissbier (Bavarian wheat beer) · Munich
Cloudy, yeasty top-fermented wheat beer, typically 50 percent wheat, served in a tall vase glass with a lemon slice (optional). The Bavarian breakfast beer.
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.
Where to eat in Munich:
- Schneider Bräuhaus
- Hofbräuhaus am Platzl
- Augustiner Klosterwirt
- Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
Where to eat Weissbier (Bavarian wheat beer) in Munich: the editor picks