Private brewery in Grafing near Munich – authentic Bavarian beers according to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516
Wildbräu Grafing GmbH
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About Wildbräu Grafing
Wildbräu Grafing GmbH is a private brewery in Grafing near Munich (Ebersberg district). With 18 employees, the company produces around 12,000 hectoliters of beer per year and offers 11 classic authentic Bavarian beer varieties as well as 3 seasonal beers. The beer is brewed according to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516 with the raw materials water, malt and hops as well as its own yeast propagation; the beers mature over a storage period of seven weeks. The brewery is a member of Brauring, a cooperation association of private breweries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Its range of services includes brewery tours, festival and pub service, private labels, export as well as online ordering and beverage delivery. Customers are found primarily in gastronomy and the beverage retail trade.
- Site
- Grafing bei München
- Processes
- Beer brewing (brewing process with own yeast propagation, 7 weeks storage period), Brewery tours, Festival service, Pub service, Export, Online ordering/beverage delivery, Private labels, Ramp sales
- Materials
- Water, malt, hops, Brewer's yeast (own yeast propagation)
- Founded
- 1616
- Employees
- 18
- Industries
- Brewing industry, Gastronomy, Beverage retail trade
- 01
Brewing process with own yeast propagation
- 02
Fermentation
- 03
7 weeks storage period
- 04
Bottling
- 05
Delivery (beverage service, export, ramp sales)
Raw Materials & Brewing Process
Water, malt, hops
Raw materials according to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516 as the basis of all beers.
Brewer's yeast (own yeast propagation)
Own yeast cultivation as a closely guarded basis of the beer varieties.
Location
Grafing near Munich
DEBrewery/Headquarters
- Materials
- Water, malt, hops, brewer's yeast
- Storage tank with Zwickel tap system
Product Range
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beer brewing (brewing process with own yeast propagation, 7 weeks storage period)Other (food/beer production) | – | – | – | – | Water, malt, hops (Bavarian Purity Law 1516), |
Additional services
History
- 1060
Document (discovered 2021 in the Munich city archives) attests beer brewing in Grafing since 1060
- 1536
Reconstruction of the brewery after a fire by Hildebrand von Kitscher
- 1616
Judgment by Duke Maximilian I. regulating the competition among the four breweries; tracing back of today's Wildbräu to this year
- 1819
Sale to master brewer Melchior Kleinmaier; transition to bourgeois family ownership
- 19. Jh.
Korbinian Wild expands the brewery (beer cellar, steam engine, water tower); name 'Wildbraü'
- 1901
Josef Schlederer takes over management after the death of Korbinian Wild
- 1932
First wood gas truck in Bavaria for the brewery
- 1950/60er
Economic build-up, relocation of the operation to the edge of town
- 1993
Acquisition of the competitor Grandauerbräu
- 2004
First registration of Wildbräu Grafing GmbH in the commercial register