Schneider Weisse Alcohol-Free Beers

G. Schneider & Sohn, the brewer of Schneider Weisse, is a family-owned Bavarian wheat-beer brewery, founded in Munich in 1872 and brewing in Kelheim since the Second World War. Its alcohol-free wheat beer is in our directory.

Who are Schneider Weisse?

German Wikipedia says Georg Schneider I was the first commoner to receive from King Ludwig II of Bavaria the privilege of brewing wheat beer. He founded G. Schneider & Sohn in Munich in 1872. The brewery says its Mein Original, now sold as TAP7, is still brewed to the 1872 recipe, and that it registered the world’s first wheat-beer trademark, as Schneider puts it.

“The brewery has remained in the Schneider family since its conception in 1872”, English Wikipedia says. We found no larger group involved, so we list it as independent.

From Munich to Kelheim

The Weisses Bräuhaus in Kelheim was founded in 1607 by Duke Maximilian I as a court wheat-beer brewery, German Wikipedia says, and has belonged to the company since 1928; the beer site Beer Tasting dates the family’s purchase to 1924. Schneider calls it the oldest wheat-beer brewery in Bavaria.

The Munich brewery was destroyed in Allied bombing raids in 1944, German Wikipedia says, and after the war production moved to Kelheim, where it has stayed.

What Schneider brews, and how big it is

Schneider is a wheat-beer brewery: English Wikipedia describes its beers as top-fermented wheat beers.

German Wikipedia puts its output at about 250,000 hectolitres a year and English Wikipedia at about 300,000, with about a quarter exported and the beer sold in 27 countries besides Germany; both say it has about 100 staff.

The beer site Beer Tasting reports that Schneider counts itself “among the most frequently awarded wheat beers in the world”, citing 38 awards at the European Beer Star and the World Beer Cup. We couldn’t confirm those with the organisers.

Schneider’s alcohol-free wheat beer

Schneider Weisse is Schneider’s alcohol-free wheat beer, TAP3 Alkoholfrei, formerly Weisse Alkoholfrei, German Wikipedia says; English Wikipedia says it was first brewed in 2002. The UK shops sell it in 500ml bottles. Its strength is listed in different ways: the UK shops give 0.5%, the testberichte.de listing 0.4% and the shop Beergonzo 0.3%. Schneider’s own product page says “less than 0,5 % vol.” It lists wheat malt and barley malt, Hallertauer Tradition hops and 13 IBU, and describes the beer as “non-filtrated, pasteurized”, made with open fermentation.

The review site free-beer.co.uk lists water, wheat malt, barley malt, carbon dioxide, hops and yeast from the label, so it contains wheat and barley (cereals with gluten). It gives 23 kcal per 100ml, about 115 kcal in a 500ml bottle (our sum from the per-100ml figure); a user entry on the food database Fddb gives 24.

The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker describe it as hazy amber with banana, clove and light spice aromas, a smooth body and a refreshing finish. free-beer.co.uk found it cloudy dark golden, with a bready aroma, a hint of clove and an underripe banana note. In its June 2010 test of 20 alcohol-free wheat beers, Stiftung Warentest rated it good (2.0), testberichte.de reports, describing it as fairly dark, noticeably sour and malty, with less clove than Unser Original. Unhopped rates it 7.9 out of 10.

Wise Bartender calls it vegan friendly, and The Alcohol Free Co and Dry Drinker tag it vegan; we found no statement from Schneider.

How Schneider Weisse compares

Alcohol-free wheat beers from German breweries in our directory. Calories as published; checked 1 November 2026. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

The Schneider Weisse beer in our directory

Checked 1 November 2026. The calorie figure is free-beer.co.uk’s. Scores are Unhopped ratings out of 10.

Where to buy Schneider Weisse

On 1 November 2026 The Alcohol Free Co had it at £2.92 a bottle or £16.82 for six, Dry Drinker at £16.71 for six, and Wise Bartender at £2.70 a bottle; those are affiliate links. For more, see our guides to the best alcohol-free wheat beer and the best German alcohol-free beer.

Facts checked against German and English Wikipedia, Beer Tasting, free-beer.co.uk, Fddb, testberichte.de (Stiftung Warentest), Beergonzo, The Alcohol Free Co, Dry Drinker and Wise Bartender. Schneider’s site schneider-weisse.com couldn’t be read (it disallows automated access), 1 November 2026; we read the brewer’s other sites, 148.schneider-weisse.de, faq.schneider-weisse.de and schneider-weisse.de, instead.