Dear ERDINGER friends and visitors,
thank you for your interest in our brewery tour.
A tour at the ERDINGER Weissbier brewery means "bayerische Lebensfreude" (Bavarian joy of life).
Out of concern for the well-being of our guests and employees, we are taking the current situation this as an opportunity to temporarily not offer our famous brewery tours.
We are aware that our visitors cannot fully enjoy the “ERDINGER Weissbier private brewery” experience at the moment.
We therefore ask for your patience. We will observe the development of the current situation and set appointments for you again at the appropriate time.
We would be delighted to see you again soon at our ERDINGER premises.
With best regards from Erding
Welcome
Enjoy a virtual tour of our brewery in just a few clicks. We’ll show you the most important stations.
Raw materials
Water, malt, hops and yeast – that’s all our brewmasters need. Experts have calculated that there are over a million ways to brew beer in accordance with the German Purity Law. One of them – and an incomparably good one – is the recipe for our famous beer ERDINGER Weissbier with Fine Yeast. But shhhh…. it’s a valuable and carefully guarded secret.
Brewhouse
The heart of our brewery. Crushed malt is mixed with our brewing water in the mash copper and then heated. The malt sugar is dissolved. The resulting first wort is separated from the undissolved malt parts in the lauter tun and then boiled in the brew kettle together with the hops.
Fermentation cellar
The fermentation cellar is where the special yeast of ERDINGER Weissbräu is added to the wort. This brewing yeast transforms the malt sugar of the original wort into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The main fermentation takes about a week. The wheat beer yeast in the fermentation tank rises to the top – hence the name “top-fermenting”. The result: young or “green” beer!
Filter cellar
All impure sediment is removed from the young beer in the filtration cellar. For traditional bottle fermentation, we then add fresh wort and pure yeast.
Bottling plant
Plenty of action here: our modern bottling machines can fill up to 170,000 bottles per hour. First, the bottles are thoroughly cleaned. Broken, cracked or third-party bottles are removed by the bottle inspectors. The filled bottles are labeled, packed into boxes, and transported underground to the high-bay warehouse.
High-bay warehouse
A spectacular sight! 15 million bottles mature here for about four weeks on air-conditioned, meter-high shelves. This gives our wheat beer the finishing touch and its typical liveliness. Following rigorous quality control, the wheat beer bottles are finally released for sale.
Shipping
We are well-known for our fast and precise delivery! Every day, around 50 trucks loaded with 54,000 beer crates, i.e. about 1 million bottles, leave our warehouse. Thanks to a sophisticated logistics system, our beer reaches all wheat beer connoisseurs and retailers in perfect condition.
Tasting
Our short virtual tour of the brewery ends here. At the end of the real-life tour, we invite our guests to sample ERDINGER’s wheat beer specialties in our cozy Visitor Center.
Booking
We are delighted that you’re interested in taking a look behind the scenes at our brewery. You can look forward to an interesting and exciting few hours.
Please note that it is essential to book your tour in advance.
A registration is not possible due to the current situation!
Please note that the bottling plant is never in operation on Fridays – from midday onward – and Saturdays. For production reasons, there are also other times when we cannot guarantee that bottling will be in progress during your tour.
But don't worry, you won’t miss anything! If production has stopped, we’ll show you a highly informative film in the plant which describes the bottling process in great detail.
We are delighted that you’re interested in taking a look behind the scenes at our brewery. You can look forward to an interesting and exciting few hours.
Prices
- Adults: € 17
- Reduced price: € 8.50 for School children, students, apprentices, young people aged 14 to 17 (ID/proof required)
- Free: Children under 14, one coach driver, one group leader, and registered ERDINGER Fan Club members (members for at least 12 months with membership card), members of Team ERDINGER Alkoholfrei.
Specials
Book together with your friends and small groups of 10 or more will receive a free souvenir photo of the group in the brewhouse.
Get us mentioned in your local press and you’ll receive an ERDINGER 3L Exclusive Glass or a voucher of equivalent value for the ERDINGER Fan Shop. A souvenir photo of your group in the brewhouse is made during every brewery tour. If this photo and/or a report about your ERDINGER brewery tour appears in your local press, you’ll receive an ERDINGER 3L Exclusive Glass or a voucher of equivalent value for the ERDINGER Fan Shop.
You can also download the brewhouse photo for free. Simply send the newspaper article to our Visitor Center and you’ll receive your gift immediately.
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