G. Schneider & Sohn
| Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH |
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| Location |
Kelheim, Germany |
| Owner(s) |
Georg Schneider VI (independent) |
| Year opened |
1872 |
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G. Schneider & Sohn is a Bavarian brewery company founded in 1872 by Georg Schneider I and his son of the same name, after they acquired the Weisses Brauhaus in Munich, the oldest wheat beer brewery in the city. In 1927 the owners, who to this day are descendants of Georg Schneider I, expanded their brewing operations into Kelheim and Straubing. After the breweries in Munich were destroyed in 1944 by bombing, the entire production was relocated to Kelheim.
Products
The entire product line consists of top-fermented wheat beers, Aventinus and Original are also bottle conditioned. The wheat comes from the upper Altmühltal, lower Bavaria, and Upper Palatinate regions. The malting barley is grown in the Kelheim and Riedenburg areas. Hallertau hops are used to give the beers their bittering and aromatic properties.
- Schneider Weisse Original: Amber-mahogany hefeweizen wheat beer (5.4% ABV)
- Schneider Weisse WeizenHell: Light honey color (5.2% ABV)
- Schneider Weisse Kristall: Filtered version of the original beer to remove the yeast cloud. Golden color (5.3% ABV)
- Schneider Weisse Leicht: Low calories version (27 kcal/100 mL) of the original beer (3.3% ABV)
- Schneider Weisse Alcoholfrei: Non-alcoholic wheat beer. Reddish-amber color (0.3% ABV)
- Schneider Wiesen Edel-Weisse: A certified organic wheat beer (6.2% ABV)
- Aventinus: Created by Mathilde Schneider in 1907, it is a strong, dark, wheat doppelbock. Named after Johannes Aventinus (8.2% ABV)
- Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock: Extra-strong version of the Aventinus, established by brewmaster Hans-Peter Drexler. (12% ABV)
The Schneider Dynasty
- Georg Schneider I (1817–1890) Also called 'Georg I Schneider' and is the patron of 'De Prutsers'(the bunglers) a group of friends within the Canisius Scouting group in Kloosterzande, The Netherlands.
- Georg Schneider II (1846–1890)
- Georg Schneider III (1870–1905)
- Mathilde Schneider (1877–1973)
- Georg Schneider IV (1900–1991)
- Georg Schneider V (born 1928)
- Georg Schneider VI (born 1965)
| Schneider Weisse brewery in Kelheim, Germany |
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Schneider Weisse sign at the brewery
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Schneider Weisse original recipe book
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