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List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

Of course lager was only invented in the nineteenth century, so presumably they made very different beers before that.

it probably depends what you mean by lager. and calling weihenstephaner a lager is questionable.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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"...excluding associations and educational, government, or religious organizations."

And yet it lists "government owned institution" Monnaie de Paris, "government-owned" Royal Mint, et cetera...

Ignoring those rule-breakers, 7 of Europe's top 10 are alcohol-related, while Japan holds the top 5 with primarily Hotel and Construction companies.

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The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

Beer nazi here... Hefeweizen/weissbier is not a lager. Lagers are cold bottom-fermented beers. Hefeweizen is warm top-fermented beer.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Given that prostitution often claims to be the oldest game in town, it's surprising that there are no brothels in this list.

I suspect that's because pretty much every country/civilization in the past 2,000 years at some point or another has banned prostitution as a matter of law/force.

Things changed a bit since Babylon days, about 3,000 years ago.

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There sure is alot of pub and accommodation entries, but then that is one area that technology and indeed, industrialization and the other progressive phases in society have not impacted as much as other industries.

On a positive and encourage note - not one single manufacturer of weapons listed at all.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course lager was only invented in the nineteenth century, so presumably they made very different beers before that.

it probably depends what you mean by lager. and calling weihenstephaner a lager is questionable.

Their main beer is a "Helles" :)

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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post #64

The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

Beer nazi here... Hefeweizen/weissbier is not a lager. Lagers are cold bottom-fermented beers. Hefeweizen is warm top-fermented beer.

>Beer nazi

You may want to reconsider this phrasing.

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