125 controversial , as wheat was important to the bread baking process . From 1567 onward , the use of wheat for brewing beer was even forbidden throughout Bavaria . Over time , a number of electoral breweries emerged throughout the country in which the local rulers were allowed to have wheat beer brewed on payment of a special duty . However , it was only when new brewing techniques led to an improvement in the quality of brown beers in the mid- 18th century that wheat beer became
‘ common ,’ and no longer the province of the aristocracy . Noble or common , wheat beer ’ s spiritual home has always been IN Bavaria , where 90 % of all wheat beer sold in Germany is brewed . Today , the state is home to more than 1,000 different beer brands .
The most prominent of those brands , Erdinger Weissbräu , can trace its origins back to 1886 , the year in which the construction of a wheat beer brewery in the Bavarian town of Erding was first officially recorded . Today , the mid-size
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