With 266 comercial and mostly independent breweries Franconia possesses the highest density of breweries in the whole world.
In addition a lot of this, partially small, breweries belong to the best worldwide.
In Franconia bottom-fermented beers play a bigger role than in the rest of Bavaria thus during the last years more and more breweries have added the top-fermented Hefeweizen, a beer brewed from wheat, to their portfolio.
Dark and light lagers are the typical beers of Franconia.
These are often unstrained, this means they are a little bit naturally clouded with a higher content of mineral nutrients, vitamins and micronutrients.
All franconian beers are brewed free of additives according to the bavarian Law of Purity from 1516 AD.
