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Distilleries and liquor manufacturers in Germany

849 producers listed, including 3 bulk or neutral spirit.

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Germany at a glance

Population
83.5 million (2025)
GDP
US$5.05 trillion (2025)
GDP per person
US$60,496 (2025)
Capital
Berlin
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Languages
German
Climate
Temperate: oceanic in the north and west, continental in the east and southeast. Winters are cool to cold and often overcast; summers range from hot and dry to cool and rainy. Monthly mean temperatures from February 2019 to February 2020 ranged from 3.3 C (January 2020) to 19.8 C (June 2019).
Alcohol status
legal
Legal drinking age
16 for beer and wine (14 if accompanied by a custodial person); 18 for spirits and drinks containing spirits (Protection of Young Persons Act, section 9)
Alcohol per adult
11 litres of pure alcohol a year (2022, WHO)
Spirits imports
US$1.9 billion (2024); mainly from United Kingdom, Italy, USA, France
Spirits exports
US$1.7 billion (2024); mainly to Netherlands, USA, Austria, Spain
Import duty on spirits
Standard (MFN) rate 2023: whisky 0.0%; vodka 0.0%; rum 0.0% ad valorem on 2 line(s) plus specific duty on 4 line(s) (AVE avg about 0.18%); gin 0.0%
Popular brands
Jagermeister (Mast-Jagermeister SE (family-owned))
Major producers
Mast-Jagermeister SE
State monopoly
None. The German spirits (Branntwein) monopoly ended on 31 December 2017; spirits are now taxed under the Alcohol Tax Act (Alkoholsteuergesetz) from 1 January 2018.
The market
Germany reported USD 1.9 billion of HS 2208 imports in 2024 (UN Comtrade), led by the UK, Italy and the USA, against USD 1.67 billion of exports. WHO puts total consumption near 11 litres of pure alcohol per adult (2022), with beer more than half of recorded consumption (2016). Korn is drunk mainly in central and northern Germany and Obstler in the south (Wikipedia).
Importing
Germany is in the EU customs union and single excise area. The rate of German spirits tax and the EU common external tariff on HS 2208 were not verified in this pass.
Advertising
Legally binding regulations on alcohol advertising and product placement reported (WHO 2018 country profile, status 2016: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/substances-abuse/DEU.pdf)
Sale restrictions
Closing hours for bars are set mostly by state law (many states abolished them; a one-to-two-hour 'Putzstunde' remains in several); serving outside premises is barred after 10 pm federally (11 pm with city permission); public parties banned nationally on Good Friday. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_Germany

Regulators: German Customs (Zoll) - administers alcohol tax and import clearance

Trade bodies and fairs: BSI - Bundesverband der Deutschen Spirituosen-Industrie und -Importeure, BOVB - Bundesverband der Obstverschlussbrenner, ProWein, Dusseldorf (international wine and spirits fair), Bar Convent Berlin, spiritsEUROPE (EU federation of national spirits associations; members list)

Compiled by Distillers Hub in October 2026 from the World Bank, WHO, UN Comtrade, the WITS tariff database and the sources below. Figures change: check with the regulator or a customs broker before you act.

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About Germany

Germany is located in Central Europe, with German as its official and primary language. The country is known for its strong industrial economy, renowned globally for engineering, advanced manufacturing, and automotive production.

The spirits market

Alcohol is legal in Germany with no state retail monopoly, though distilled spirits are restricted to adults aged 18 and older. Registered commercial EU entities holding an EORI number can import spirits, benefiting from 0% customs duties on most spirit types alongside an excise rate of €1,303 per hectolitre of pure alcohol and 19% VAT. Domestic producers primarily produce liqueurs, gin, whisky, fruit brandies, eau-de-vie, and korn. Opportunities exist for exporters supplying premium craft spirits, botanical gins, aged whiskies, and low- or no-alcohol alternatives.

Licences, import duty and labelling rules in Germany

Spirits importers and distributors in Germany

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Who makes liquor in Germany? This list covers 849 liquor manufacturers and distilleries — Weinbrennerei Wilthen, Weidmann & Groh, Weyermann Malz, Weinstube Simon and more: whisky, rum, gin, vodka, brandy, neutral spirit (ENA) and local spirits producers, with their towns, products and websites. See also how to import or export liquor to Germany and the licences needed to make it there.

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