Germany has over 1,250 breweries offering over 5,000 different brands. That’s four times the number of the rest of the EU combined. Germany also boasts quite a number of the oldest breweries in world dating back to the early 11th century, among the most famous of which are the Weihenstephan brewery in the town of Freising in Bavaria, and the Weltenburg Abbey brewery in Kelkheim on the Danube also in Bavaria. There is also no shortage of varieties with an array of different ty