Fürst Wallerstein Alcohol-Free Beers

Fürst Wallerstein is the princely brewery of Wallerstein, near Nördlingen in Bavaria, and its owner is Carl-Eugen Prinz zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, the Schwäbische reported in 2026. Its alcohol-free beer in our directory is a Helles, below 0.49%, The Alcohol Free Co says.

Who are Fürst Wallerstein?

Fürst Wallerstein brews in Wallerstein, near Nördlingen in the Swabian part of Bavaria. The beer site beertasting.com dates it to 1598 and describes “the Princely Brewery, which is based on the medieval Schlossberg in Wallerstein”; the travel site rexby says it has “over 400 years of history” and is “located in a castle”. We couldn’t read the brewery’s own website, so we haven’t checked those dates with it.

The company is Fürst Wallerstein Brauhaus GmbH, registered in Augsburg in 1999, with Reinhard Holz as managing director, according to the company register (via Implisense); a Bavarian business database lists it as an AG instead, with 36 staff at the site. In July 2026 the Schwäbische called Carl-Eugen Prinz zu Oettingen-Wallerstein the owner of the brewery, and Hola reported in 2025 that he is chief executive of the Fürst Wallerstein group, the family company that runs the brewery and manages forests and natural resources. We couldn’t see the shareholder list, but we found no drinks group involved, so we list it as independent.

A new brewing team took over in 2023 and 2024, the Schwäbische reported: the longtime master brewer Volker Röthinger retired at the end of January 2024; Bastian Ziegler, a master brewer who trained at the Hirschbrauerei in Heubach, became technical director on 1 January 2024; and Martin Lechner, who trained at the Oettinger Brauerei, joined in August 2023.

What Fürst Wallerstein brews

beertasting.com lists 31 Fürst Wallerstein beers and shows ten, among them Hell Original (5%), Zwickel (4.9%), Landsknecht Dark (5.2%), Weißbier Original Hell (5.2%), Classic Pils (4.9%), Winter-Böckle (7.5%) and a Radler Naturtrüb (2%). None of the ten it shows is alcohol-free.

Its Ipfmess-Bier is brewed only once a year, solely for the Ipfmesse fair in Bopfingen, the Schwäbische reported in July 2026: a golden Festbier at 5.5%, with 13.6% original gravity and aroma hops from the Spalt growing area.

We found no awards we could name: beertasting.com marks Landsknecht as an awarded beer in 2024 without saying which award.

Fürst Wallerstein’s alcohol-free beer

Hell Alkoholfrei is the only Fürst Wallerstein alcohol-free beer we found. The Alcohol Free Co describes a Bavarian Helles, “a traditional German lager” with a “mild, balanced character”, made from water, barley malt, hops and carbon dioxide and kept below 0.49%. It says the brewery “uses its own Cuvée process, combining two carefully composed brews to create the finished beer”, as “a distinctive approach to creating a fuller alcohol free beer”.

We couldn’t find the brewer’s own description of it, its strength in the brewer’s words, its calories or when it was launched, and we couldn’t read the brewery’s website, which may list other alcohol-free beers.

Alcohol-free was growing at the brewery in 2024. Reinhard Holz told the Schwäbische in March 2024 that the area is developing very positively at the brewery too, against a general beer market that is rather in decline. Bastian Ziegler told the paper the trend was currently towards alcohol-free.

How Fürst Wallerstein’s Hell compares

Alcohol-free Helles and lagers from German breweries in our directory. Calories as published; checked 31 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Fürst Wallerstein beer in our directory

Checked 30 October 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Fürst Wallerstein

On 30 October 2026 The Alcohol Free Co listed Hell Alkoholfrei, but with a best-before date of 22 September 2026, which had passed, so we don’t link to it. Wise Bartender doesn’t list it, and Dry Drinker’s listing wouldn’t load. The trade site EEBRIA Trade has a Fürst Wallerstein producer page, but it showed no products. For alcohol-free Helles you can buy, see our guide to the best German alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against the company register (via Implisense), keytobavaria, beertasting.com, rexby, Hola, the Schwäbische, EEBRIA Trade and The Alcohol Free Co, 31 October 2026.