Erdinger beers in 2017

Someone asked after my recent series of posts on Bavarian Weizen: why no Erdinger?

I did contemplate being a smartarse and saying; "Because their beers are shit." But that isn't the real reason. Which is that I just hadn't looked up their website. I thought I'd put that right. And luckily they give both the OG and ABV on their website.

They brew quite a range of wheat beers, eight in all. Excluding the alcohol-free versions.

Most have a very high degree of attenuation, which must make them quite light in the mouth. The Urweiss is an amber-coloured version, in case you're wondering. There are a lot of beers around 12º Plato, which I guess is to be expected. German brewers still mostly stick to the old gravity bands. Habit, I guess.

There was one intersting point I noticed. The website also lists the ingredients. For the Dunkles and Pikantus in includes Röstmalzbier - roasted malt beer. Which I'm guessing is either Sinamar or something similar. Effectively it's a type of malt-based caramel. So no actula dark malts in the grist. I told you lots of this goes on in Germany.

Oh, and do you see what it says on the top of the label? Brewed according to the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot of 1516. Which is a downright fucking lie. The original law sys that beer can only be brewed from barley, hops and water. No mention of wheat.

Erdinger beers in 2017
Brewer	Town	Beer	Style	OG Plato	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation
Erdinger	Erding	Weissbier	Hefeweizen	12.60	1050.7	1010.1	5.30	80.19%
Erdinger	Erding	Urweisse	Hefeweizen	11.90	1047.8	1010.1	4.90	78.87%
Erdinger	Erding	Dunkles	Hefeweizen Dunkel	12.80	1051.6	1010.9	5.30	78.87%
Erdinger	Erding	Kristall	Kristallweizen	12.50	1050.3	1009.7	5.30	80.82%
Erdinger	Erding	Pikantus	Weizenbock	16.70	1068.3	1012.6	7.30	81.63%
Erdinger	Erding	Leicht	Hefeweizen	7.90	1031.2	1009.6	2.80	69.26%
Erdinger	Erding	Sommerweiße	Hefeweizen	11.30	1045.3	1009.9	4.60	78.13%
Erdinger	Erding	Schneeweiße	Hefeweizen	12.90	1052.0	1009.1	5.60	82.50%
Source:
https://de.erdinger.de/biere