Bavaria's best breweries - a journey through the beer culture of the Free State in 14 pictures. Erdinger Weißbräu is, according to its own information, the largest wheat beer brewery in the world.

The Lower Franconia region is known more for its wine than its beer. The “Special Hoppy beer’ is a mild, non-hoppy beer brewed in the old tradition from light and dark Munich-style malt. It is drinkable and mild, fresh and spicy.