Neumarkter Lammsbräu

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Q: Who owns Neumarkter Lammsbräu?

The Ehrnsperger family, which bought the brewery in 1800 and is still its sole owner, Lammsbräu says; Johannes Ehrnsperger, the seventh generation, runs it. We found no drinks group involved, so we list it as independent.

Q: Is Neumarkter Lammsbräu organic?

Yes, it says: all its beers have been organic since 1995, certified by Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie (DE-ÖKO-001). It says it was the first brewery in Europe certified under the EU organic rules, in 1992.

Q: Which Neumarkter Lammsbräu beers are alcohol-free?

In Germany it lists ten alcohol-free beers and beer mixes, plus two gluten-free alcohol-free beers. The shops we link to sell five, all below 0.5%: Bio Alkoholfrei, Bio NaturRadler, Bio Weiße, Bio Glutenfrei Alkoholfrei and Dunkle Bio Weiße. UK government guidance, which is voluntary, keeps the term alcohol-free for 0.05% ABV or below, though many beers up to 0.5% are sold in the UK as alcohol-free. More in our 0.0% vs 0.5% guide.

Q: How does Lammsbräu make its alcohol-free beer?

With a stopped fermentation, it says. Stiftung Warentest’s 2024 test lists Bio Alkoholfrei as made by stopped fermentation and lactic-acid fermentation, using the malt’s own lactic-acid bacteria.

Q: How much alcohol-free does Lammsbräu sell?

Alcohol-free drinks make up over 60% of its sales, Johannes Ehrnsperger said in March 2026: about 155,000 of the 219,000 hectolitres it sold in 2025. That counts its lemonades and water too; we found no figure for alcohol-free beer alone.

Q: Does Lammsbräu make a gluten-free alcohol-free beer?

Yes: Bio Glutenfrei Alkoholfrei, brewed from barley malt with the gluten removed, by an innovative process, and carrying the crossed-grain symbol, Lammsbräu says. It was sold out at the shops we link to when we checked. More in our gluten-free alcohol-free beer guide.

Q: Are Lammsbräu’s beers vegan?

Lammsbräu doesn’t say on the pages we read. The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker tag the five they sell vegan. Barnivore lists the 17 Lammsbräu products it checked as vegan, but from a 2012 reply, and notes that the label glue contains casein.

Five Neumarkter Lammsbräu beers in our directory, all organic and below 0.5%: Bio Alkoholfrei, NaturRadler, Bio Weiße, Glutenfrei and Dunkle Bio Weiße.

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Neumarkter Lammsbräu is a family-owned organic brewery in Neumarkt, Bavaria, and alcohol-free drinks now make up more than 60% of what it sells, its owner says. The shops we link to sell five of its alcohol-free beers, all below 0.5%, and Lammsbräu publishes calories for each.

Neumarkter Lammsbräu at a glance

Company: Neumarkter Lammsbräu Gebr. Ehrnsperger KG, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria
Owner: The Ehrnsperger family since 1800, it says (first recorded 1628); independent
Organic: The first brewery in Europe certified under the EU organic rules, in 1992, it says; all its beers organic since 1995
Size: About 219,000 hectolitres of drinks and €30.3m turnover in 2025; 139 staff, it says
Alcohol-free: Ten alcohol-free beers and beer mixes in Germany; five at the shops we link to, two of them sold out
How: A stopped fermentation, it says; Stiftung Warentest adds lactic-acid fermentation (2024)
Where to buy: The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker

Who are Neumarkter Lammsbräu?

The brewery and inn “Zum Goldenen Lamm” in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz are first recorded in 1628, Lammsbräu says, and the Ehrnsperger family bought the brewery in 1800 and is still its sole owner. It calls itself a family business in its seventh generation, led by Johannes Ehrnsperger, who joined the management in 2018. It had 139 staff in March 2026. We found no drinks group involved, so we list it as independent.

How Lammsbräu went organic

Dr Franz Ehrnsperger took over the brewery in 1977 with the motto of environmental protection as a company goal, IHK Regensburg reports. Its first organic brewing trials were in 1982, at its Nuremberg subsidiary, the Brauerei im Altstadthof; its first organic beer went on sale in 1987; in 1992 it became the first brewery in Europe certified under the EU organic regulation; and its whole range has been organic since 1995, it says.

In 1989 it founded a producer group for organic brewing ingredients, the EZÖB, which now has more than 160 member farms within 150km of the brewery, and in 2021 it opened its own organic maltings, its factsheet says. It’s a member of Bioland, Naturland and Biokreis. It also lists sustainability awards, its own claims, including the German Sustainability Award (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis) in 2025.

What Lammsbräu brews

Its factsheet counts 20 Lammsbräu organic beers, a winter festival beer included, ten of them alcohol-free, and three gluten-free beers, two of them alcohol-free. It also makes 13 “now” organic lemonades and two BioKristall mineral waters.

The only beer awards we found are BIO HOTELS’ “Best of Bio beer 2016”, which a press release on the yumda portal said went to the Weiße alkoholfrei and three full-strength beers, Urstoff, Festbier and Dunkel. We couldn’t confirm them with the organisers.

How big is Lammsbräu?

It sold about 219,000 hectolitres of drinks in 2025, down from about 230,000 in 2024, on turnover of €30.3m (2024: €31.7m), it said in March 2026. About 155,000 hectolitres of that were alcohol-free organic drinks, a figure that counts its lemonades and water as well as its alcohol-free beers; we found no figure for alcohol-free beer alone.

Johannes Ehrnsperger said that today the alcohol-free drinks make up over 60% of its sales. They first outsold its beer in 2011, the factsheet says. Only about 2% is exported, mainly to Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium and Luxembourg; the factsheet doesn’t name the UK.

Neumarkter Lammsbräu’s alcohol-free beers

Lammsbräu started brewing alcohol-free organic beer about 30 years ago, Johannes Ehrnsperger said in March 2026; we didn’t find the exact year. At first people often smiled at them, he told inFranken in 2025.

It makes them by a special process with a stopped fermentation, Lammsbräu says. Stiftung Warentest’s 2024 test of alcohol-free beers lists Bio Alkoholfrei’s method as stopped fermentation and lactic-acid fermentation, using the malt’s own lactic-acid bacteria, with no added aroma substances, in 0.33-litre returnable bottles. We haven’t seen its grade, which is behind a paywall.

In Germany it lists ten alcohol-free beers and beer mixes: Bio Alkoholfrei, Bio Hell, Bio Dunkel, Bio Naturtrüb, Dunkle Bio Weiße, Bio Weiße, Bio Alkoholfrei Hollerblüte, Bio Dunkel Zitrone, Bio Naturradler and Bio Weiße Grapefruit. Four of the ten are beer mixes, its factsheet says, such as the NaturRadler, half alcohol-free beer and half cloudy lemon lemonade. Two gluten-free beers are alcohol-free too: Bio Glutenfrei alkoholfrei and Bio Glutenfrei Zitrone alkoholfrei.

The shops we link to sell five: Bio Alkoholfrei, Bio NaturRadler, Bio Weiße, Bio Glutenfrei Alkoholfrei and Dunkle Bio Weiße. All are below 0.5%, and Lammsbräu publishes calories for each, from 26 to 29 kcal per 100ml.

How Lammsbräu’s wheat beer compares

Beer	Brewer	Country	ABV	Per 100ml	Unhopped score
Neumarkter Lammsbräu Bio Weiße Alkoholfrei	Neumarkter Lammsbräu	Germany	<0.5%	27 kcal	Not yet rated
Erdinger Alkoholfrei	Erdinger	Germany	0.5%	25 kcal	7.9
Paulaner Weissbier	Paulaner	Germany	0.5%	24 kcal	8
Maisel’s Weisse Alkoholfrei	Maisels	Germany	0.5%	26 kcal	7.8
Schneider Weisse	Schneider	Germany	0.5%	23 kcal	7.9

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

The Neumarkter Lammsbräu beers in our directory

Beer	Style	ABV	Per 100ml	Unhopped score	UK status
Bio Alkoholfrei	A pale beer: Lammsbräu gives no style name (we file it with our lagers)	<0.5%	26 kcal	Not yet rated	In stock at The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker
Bio NaturRadler	Radler: half alcohol-free beer, half cloudy lemon lemonade, Lammsbräu says (we file radlers by their beer)	<0.5%	28 kcal	Not yet rated	In stock at The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker
Bio Weiße	Wheat beer (Weißbier)	<0.5%	27 kcal	Not yet rated	In stock at The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker
Bio Glutenfrei Alkoholfrei	A pale beer: Lammsbräu gives no style name (we file it with our lagers)	<0.5%	29 kcal	Not yet rated	Listed by The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, but sold out at both
Dunkle Bio Weiße	Dark wheat beer (dunkles Weißbier)	<0.5%	29 kcal	Not yet rated	Listed by The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, but sold out at both

Checked 30 October 2026. Calories are from Lammsbräu’s website. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Neumarkter Lammsbräu

On 30 October 2026 The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker had Bio Alkoholfrei, Bio NaturRadler and Bio Weiße at £21.86 for six (affiliate links). Both had sold out of the gluten-free beer and the dark wheat beer, and we found no UK supermarket or pub chain selling it. For more, see our guides to the best alcohol-free wheat beer and the best German alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against Lammsbräu’s own website, factsheet and March 2026 press release, Stiftung Warentest, inFranken, IHK Regensburg, yumda, Kiwa, Barnivore, The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker, 31 October 2026.

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Neumarkter Lammsbräu Beers in Our Directory

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Neumarkter Lammsbräu Bio Alkoholfrei

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Neumarkter Lammsbräu Bio NaturRadler

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Neumarkter Lammsbräu Bio Weiße Alkoholfrei

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Neumarkter Lammsbräu Bio Glutenfrei Alkoholfrei

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Neumarkter Lammsbräu Dunkle Bio Weiße Alkoholfrei

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Frequently asked questions

Who owns Neumarkter Lammsbräu?

The Ehrnsperger family, which bought the brewery in 1800 and is still its sole owner, Lammsbräu says; Johannes Ehrnsperger, the seventh generation, runs it. We found no drinks group involved, so we list it as independent.

Is Neumarkter Lammsbräu organic?

Yes, it says: all its beers have been organic since 1995, certified by Kiwa BCS Öko-Garantie (DE-ÖKO-001). It says it was the first brewery in Europe certified under the EU organic rules, in 1992.

Which Neumarkter Lammsbräu beers are alcohol-free?

In Germany it lists ten alcohol-free beers and beer mixes, plus two gluten-free alcohol-free beers. The shops we link to sell five, all below 0.5%: Bio Alkoholfrei, Bio NaturRadler, Bio Weiße, Bio Glutenfrei Alkoholfrei and Dunkle Bio Weiße. UK government guidance, which is voluntary, keeps the term alcohol-free for 0.05% ABV or below, though many beers up to 0.5% are sold in the UK as alcohol-free. More in our 0.0% vs 0.5% guide.

How does Lammsbräu make its alcohol-free beer?

With a stopped fermentation, it says. Stiftung Warentest’s 2024 test lists Bio Alkoholfrei as made by stopped fermentation and lactic-acid fermentation, using the malt’s own lactic-acid bacteria.

How much alcohol-free does Lammsbräu sell?

Alcohol-free drinks make up over 60% of its sales, Johannes Ehrnsperger said in March 2026: about 155,000 of the 219,000 hectolitres it sold in 2025. That counts its lemonades and water too; we found no figure for alcohol-free beer alone.

Does Lammsbräu make a gluten-free alcohol-free beer?

Yes: Bio Glutenfrei Alkoholfrei, brewed from barley malt with the gluten removed, by an innovative process, and carrying the crossed-grain symbol, Lammsbräu says. It was sold out at the shops we link to when we checked. More in our gluten-free alcohol-free beer guide.

Are Lammsbräu’s beers vegan?

Lammsbräu doesn’t say on the pages we read. The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker tag the five they sell vegan. Barnivore lists the 17 Lammsbräu products it checked as vegan, but from a 2012 reply, and notes that the label glue contains casein.