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Where is Perlenbacher Lager brewed?

By Mark Porter Last checked 9 September 2026 How we check

Imported, not from the country on the label Verified Last checked 9 September 2026

Perlenbacher Lager is sold as German, but the beer in UK shops is imported from France.

Listed by Lidl when last checked. The product pages are among the sources below.

UK strength by format
Format	UK strength	Units
6 x 330ml bottle	4.7%	1.6 units a bottle

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Brewed for the UK in

Imported from France

Imported

Sold as a beer from

Germany

German name, Germanic crest, green German-style bottle

Brewed in (country)

France

Brand owner

Lidl (own label)

HQ: Germany

UK strength

4.7%

2.7 units a pint

Strength at home (Germany)

Not established

4.7% on the 330ml bottle read in store. This is a different product from the 500ml Perlenbacher Pilsner can at 4.5%, which has its own row. There is no home-market original: Perlenbacher is a Lidl own label whose producer varies by country.

What the UK label says

“Produced in France for: Lidl Great Britain Ltd, Lidl House, 14 Kingston Road, Surbiton, KT5 9NU. Lidl Ireland GmbH, Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.”

More about the brand: rights, style, when it was created, where it is brewed at home

UK rights held by

Lidl Great Britain Ltd (owned)

Style

Lager

Brand created

Not established

Brewed at home in

France (brewer not named on the pack)

In short

Perlenbacher Lager is imported. The UK product is brewed in France. That is not the country the branding suggests: it is sold as German, but the beer comes from France. The UK version is 4.7%; the home-market strength is not established. The brand belongs to Lidl (own label). The label says: "Produced in France for: Lidl Great Britain Ltd, Lidl House, 14 Kingston Road, Surbiton, KT5 9NU. Lidl Ireland GmbH, Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24."

This page is about the packs sold in supermarkets. Draught in pubs can come from a different brewery, and this page does not cover it unless a format table says so.

Formats on record

Every pack format read so far says the same thing. This is what each one says, so you can check the one in your hand against it.

Format	Supply	Label text
6 x 330ml bottle	Imported	Produced in France for: Lidl Great Britain Ltd, Lidl House, 14 Kingston Road, Surbiton, KT5 9NU. Lidl Ireland GmbH, Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

What changed

9 September 2026: evidence photos was not established, now "two photos of the 6 x 330ml pack, carton and bottle label, taken 9 September 2026"
9 September 2026: row was not established, now "added: Perlenbacher Lager 6 x 330ml bottle, 4.7%, "Produced in France for Lidl Great Britain Ltd", read from the pack in store"

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