Bayern Brewing “Reinheitsgebot” or “the Bavarian Purity Law” which states that only water, hops, grain, and yeast may be used to brew beer and additives like fruits are to be left out. The inclusion of this German tradition adds to the authenticity of the brewhouse. Knöller went on to hire the current master brewer, Thorsten Geuer, in 2002 after his years as an apprentice at the prestigious Hasbro Früh brewery in Cologne, Germany, his internship at Bayern, and finally his formal study at Berlin’s famous brewing college, VLB Berlin, where Thorsten received his Bachelor’s degree. Bayern has been situated in three separate
Central German Metropolitan Region Central German Metropolitan Region The Central German Metropolitan Region () is one of the so-called metropolitan regions in Germany. It is centered on the major cities of Leipzig and Halle, extending over Central German parts of the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. The Central German metropolitan region is the only one located entirely within the former East Germany. Due to its poly-centric nature, it is not actually one metropolitan area in the geographic sense of the word as an agglomeration of nearby urban areas, rather it is a registered association, the "Europäische Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland e.V" whose membership is composed