Looking for Weihenstephaner in Bremen

First, try the 2 major department stores in Germany: Galleria Kaufhof (they sell much of Fullers line.)and Karstadt. They usually have them. 2nd, try Getränkemarkts around where you live. 3rd, the internet is your friend. As for recommendations, have you read any of the Bayernbiere, Bought and Drunk or the Rest of Deutschland Biere Bought and Drunk threads? We've reviewed a helluva lot of beers there, so get busy reading and when you have questions, we'll be happy to help.

Here's another site to add to above mentioned list:
Biertraum, which I've haven't used but their selection looks interesting.

 

Weihenstephaner is widely available, at least it's very easy for me to find here in Heidelberg. I sometimes assume this means it's easy to find everywhere in Deutschland although I guess I shouldn't. I've never been to Bremen, but my gut tells me it shouldn't be hard to find. Otherwise you might want to try some Schneider Weisse wheat beers (their TAP 7 is also widely available). Perhaps Andechs' wheat beer. See if there is anything produced close to Bremen that is worth risking a Euro on.

As far as Fuller's is concerned, there is a possibility that you can find some in the basement grocery section of somewhere like Galeria Kaufhof. These are not often found in typical German Getränkemärkte (drink shops), but may be found at a somewhere that sells "specialty" stuff. It will probably be expensive, though.

Otherwise, check out some online stores, where often you'll find the best variety ready to be shipped directly to your door (at a premium, though). I'm a fan of the Bayern Biershop family of websites. Some breweries (Schlenkerla and Kneitinger, for example) will ship directly to your door as well.

Hopefully you will find some lagers that you can get behind, because that is what Germany does well. Avoid the "macro-swill"* in favor of smaller producers. Try a kellerbier or two and see if they float your boat. You've missed out on Schlenkerla's Fastenbier, which might have been right up your proverbial alley, although you likely would have had to go to Bamberg to try it. Travel can be your friend and online shops can be your friend, but the best thing you can do is not look for beers that Germany doesn't make (well). Do some exploring and find out what is here that you like.

* - I am admittedly a fan of some of the macro-swill here.

Oops! Boddhitree got in before me. Yeah, what he said...

 

What's your field? And if anywhere in the world wouldn't think twice about someone having beer delivered to work it'd be Germany, although don't do anything that will get you in trouble obviously!

 

Give the Haake Beck Kräusen a try - one of my favorite beers from Bremen (albeit from the conglomerate).

 

I've seen beer vending machines in a few companies in Germany. The Porsche factory break room had one.

Besides, beer in Germany is a science.

 

This is off-topic, but your example of Porsche having a beer vending machine reminded me that there is currently a beer poster advertisement nearby that has the heading (in English) "Drink and Drive!" The photo is a woman on a bicycle, and it may be an ad for a non-alcoholic beer, but even so, could you imagine even trying to get such a poster advertisement up in America? I'll try to remember to get a photo of the ad if I can find it again.

 

The irony and humor would be lost on the nouveau-prohibitionists.

I've told the story before, but I knew someone who worked as a liaison between his local company and a German company they sourced from. When he first got the tour of the German company he saw beer vending in the break room and said to the company foreman, "That would never fly in the U.S." The foreman asked, "What?" "Alcohol in the work place." "That's not alcohol, that's beer."

 

My wife (aka die Frau) got her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology and works with drosophila at the university here in HD.

Kellerbiers are generally unfiltered. I'm a big fan on Eck Bräu's Wilderer Dunkel, an unfiltered dunkel that can be purchased at Biershop Bayern. Good luck with your stay here and good luck hunting down some quality beers!