Today we traveled to the Erdinger Weissbier brewery in Erding, just outside Muenchen. This is the largest wheatbeer brewery in the world. They make more than 4 times the volume of beer that Hofbraeu produces!
The tour was really interesting, but the best part was that they fed us white sausages, pretzels, and all the beer we could drink for one hour!
I tried only one (weissbier is really filling) called the Scheeweiss Winterbier. Awesome.
Here is the start of the tour with our guide in the eating area.
The giant globe made of Erdinger bottle caps. They let us take some for free ... free, shiny? All over that!!
Look at all of those beer bottles heading for storage!!
One brewery, nine varieties of tasty wheat beers!
The giant computer-controlled warehouse where the beer ages. Whitebeer is a little different type of beer, as it has to age in the bottle for 4-6 weeks before shipping. The computer figures out when the batch is ready and a automated "thing" removes each pallet for shipment when it is ready. Kinda like "Rise of the Machines!"
3 comments:
I'm loving that I got a shout-out in the TITLE of the blog. Kim's so jealous. That place looks awesome. Any glassware for your collection from there? Can't wait to see you guys soon. I'm working on the deer jerky for ya and going out again on Saturday--needless to say....I'm hooked.
I love those shows where you get to see how the factory works - so cool that you got to check this one out. And free food & drink till your full - cool!
well, maybe not free...but guilford college paid. my college never paid for me to drink beer...
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