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Henninger Brewery was a notable brewery in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

, Germany
Germany
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. The Henninger brewery in Frankfurt traces its roots to 1655 in Eberhard Stein's brew house. It is now owned by the Radeberger Group and still exists as a brand
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. The beer is now filled at the Binding Brauerei also in Frankfurt. The Henninger family is an old noble family from western Bavaria who are recorded as having breweries outside Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Erlangen as early as the 1790s.

The Henninger brands include the following beers:
  • Kaiser Pilsner
  • Export - Spicy, premium beer.
  • Radler - Beer and lemonade mix.
  • Diät-Pils - Low-carbohydrate
    Carbohydrate
    A carbohydrate is an organic compound with the empirical formula ; that is, consists only of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with a hydrogen:oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 . However, there are exceptions to this. One common example would be deoxyribose, a component of DNA, which has the empirical...

     beer.
  • Highlander - Brewed with whisky
    Whisky
    Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and corn...

     malt
    Malt
    Malt is germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as "malting". The grains are made to germinate by soaking in water, and are then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air...

    .

See also

  • Radler
    Radler
    The Radler is a Biermischgetränk with a long history in German-speaking regions. Consisting of a 50%/50% or 60%/40% mixture of various types of beer and German-style soda pop or lemonade, the invention of the Radler has been widely attributed to the Munich gastronomer Franz Xaver Kugler in 1922...

  • Henninger
    Henninger
    Henninger Brewery was a notable brewery in Frankfurt, Germany. The Henninger brewery in Frankfurt traces its roots to 1655 in Eberhard Stein's brew house. It is now owned by the Radeberger Group and still exists as a brand. The beer is now filled at the Binding Brauerei also in Frankfurt...

    Frieherr von Eberg or Seeberg
  • Henninger Original German Lager Beer
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