# The best German beers

Germany's top-rated beers according to Falstaff's beer test and beer rankings: lots of Bavaria, but also Kölsch, Pils and smoked beer.

- 7 votes · 15 items
- Apr 15, 2023 · Michael Koch
- https://even.best/en/l/156/the-best-german-beers

## Top 12

1. **Augustiner Edelstoff** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Export lager from Munich's oldest independent brewery (1328); 99 points in the Falstaff test.
2. **Augustiner Lagerbier Hell** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Munich's cult helles, mild and golden.
3. **Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bamberg smoked beer made with beechwood-smoked malt.
4. **Ayinger Celebrator** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Doppelbock from Aying, award-winning worldwide.
5. **Früh Kölsch** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kölsch from the brewhouse by Cologne Cathedral, served in a stange glass.
6. **Paulaner Salvator** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The first doppelbock (1835), the strong beer classic of the Nockherberg.
7. **Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fruity, spicy wheat beer from the world's oldest brewery (c. 1040), 96 Falstaff points.
8. **Tegernseer Hell** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Soft helles from the Ducal Brewery of Tegernsee, 96 points.
9. **Schneider Weisse Tap 7** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The original wheat beer from Kelheim, dark and spicy.
10. **Jever Pilsener** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bitter Frisian pils.
11. **Andechser Doppelbock Dunkel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Monastery beer from the Holy Mountain of Andechs.
12. **Rothaus Tannenzäpfle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Baden State Brewery pils in the small bottle, a cult beer in Berlin.
13. **Spaten Munich Hell** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Helles from the Munich Spaten brewery, which was one of the first to brew Munich Hell in 1894.
14. **Erdinger wheat beer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wheat beer from the Erdinger private brewery from Erding in Upper Bavaria, one of the largest wheat beer breweries in the world.
15. **Uerige Alt** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Top-fermented altbier from Düsseldorf's old town.

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