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.
4 editor picks for Weissbier (Bavarian wheat beer) in Munich, ranked by editorial score. All Munich signature dishes · Weissbier (Bavarian wheat beer) across every city.
Schneider Bräuhaus ★ 4.3
altstadt-lehel · Tal 7, 80331 München
Weisses Bräuhaus on Tal is the Schneider Weisse flagship in Munich's Altstadt, in business since 1872; this is one of the city's strongest pre-noon Weisswurst rooms.
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu ★ 4.3
maxvorstadt · Marsstrasse 46-48, 80335 München
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu on Munich's Marsstrasse traces back to 1397; Spaten Münchner Hell and Franziskaner Weissbier are the houses' two main pours.
Augustiner Klosterwirt ★ 4.1
altstadt-lehel · Augustinerstrasse 1, 80331 München
Augustiner Klosterwirt sits under the towers of Munich's Frauenkirche in the Altstadt; the gasthaus pours Augustiner Helles vom Holzfass to 400 indoor seats.
Hofbräuhaus am Platzl ★ 3.8
altstadt-lehel · Platzl 9, 80331 München
Hofbräuhaus on Platzl has poured Hofbräu beer in Munich's Altstadt since 1589; the ground-floor Schwemme hall seats 1,000, the upstairs Festsaal handles groups.