TheEinbecker Brewery(German:Einbecker Brauhaus) is abrewerylocated inEinbeck,Lower Saxony,Germany. Founded before 1378, it is one of theoldest still operating breweries in the world.The city of Einbeck is noted for itsbockbeer, and Einbecker, the only remaining brewery in town, makes multiple varieties thereof.[2]
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| Location | Einbeck,Germany | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1378 | ||||||||||
| Annual production volume | 0.75 millionhectolitres(640,000US bbl)[1] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Group of investors | ||||||||||
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History
editThe region ofLower Saxonyand the town of Einbeck in particular dominated the European beer market during the fourteenth century, when theHanseatic Leaguehelped distribute Einbeck'sbock beerthroughout Northern Europe.[3]The Einbecker Brewery is the only remaining brewery from that tradition,[4]and was already in operation in 1378: the first city record in Einbeck that mentions beer dates from 28 April 1378, and refers to the sale of two casks of beer ( "Einbecker" ) to the town ofCelle,some 130 kilometres (80 mi) away.[5]The brewery claims the tradition with the inscription "without Einbeck there would be no bock" (ohne Einbeck gäb's kein Bockbier) above its door.[3]Notable drinkers of Einbecker include, reportedly,Martin Luther,who was given a cask of it before the 1521 trial where he was to be excommunicated,[6]and supposedly praised it in a two-line doggerel verse.[7]Luther was also gifted a barrel of Einbecker in June 1525 by the city of Wittenberg on the occasion of his marriage to Katherine von Bora.
Einbeck’s dominance lasted until theThirty Years' War.[8]Brewing rights in Einbeck were owned by the city, and brewing operations were consolidated in 1794 in a publicly owned city brewery, from then on the sole brewery in the city.[9]Its beer was first bottled in 1884, in the "distinctive low-shouldered bottle" that the company still uses.[4]
The brewery, which had taken over two other regional breweries (Göttinger Brauhausand Kassel'sMartini Brauerei,in 1988 and 1997),[2]merged into the brewing consortiumBrau und Brunnen.[9][4]In 2010, Einbecker produced 850,000hectolitres(22 million US gallons) hectoliters per year and employed 200 people.[9]
Products
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Einbecker Brewery produces three "original" bocks,[10]but its best-selling beer is apilsner,Brauherren Pils.[2]Like the Czech beerPilsner Urquell,Einbecker is considered "original" enough to warrant the designationUr,or "original," which it carries in all of its bocks.[11] In 2018, the brewery offersfive bocks(two seasonal) andeight other kinds(inc. one seasonal).
Bock
editround the year:
- Ur-Bock-Hell,a golden bock, 6.5%
- Ur-Bock-Dunkel,a dark bock, 6.5%
- Ainpöckisch Bier 1378,an unfiltered bock, 6.7%. (This is an attempted recreation of the 14th century hit, promoted as "Martin Luthers most beloved beer".)
seasonal:
- Mai-Ur-Bock,a Maibock, 6.5% (available in May only)
- Winter-Bock,a doppelbock, 7.5% and the strongest they brew (available November/December only)
Pilsner
edit- Brauherren Pils,4.8% (also in a non*-alcohol version. *Means less than 0.5%)
- Premium Pils,4.9%
Other
edit- Dunkel,a dark malty lager, 5.3%.
- Landbier Spezial,an amber lager with noted hops, 5.2%
- Weihnachtsbier,an amber lager, 5.3%. This X-mas beer is available in December only.
- Kellerbier,an amber lager, unfiltered, 4.8%.
- Radler,theBrauherren Pilsabove mixed with citrus juices, 2.5%.
References
edit- Notes
- ^"Absatz steigerte sich".hna.de.HNA. n.d.Retrieved2016-01-31.
- ^abcOliver and Colicchio,Oxford Companion320-21.
- ^abOliver,Brewmaster's Table56-57.
- ^abcOliver,Brewmaster's Table278-79.
- ^Oliver and Colicchio,Oxford Companion138.
- ^O'Brien 27.
- ^Eichhorn 59.
- ^Schlüter 20.
- ^abcVoigt 59.
- ^Jackson 29.
- ^Jackson 16.
- Bibliography
- Jackson, Michael (1997).The Simon Schuster Pocket Guide to Beer(6 ed.). Simon and Schuster.ISBN9780684843810.Retrieved24 March2012.
- Eichhorn, Peter (2011).Von Ale bis Zwickel: Das ABC des Bieres.Explorise Grebennikov. p. 59.ISBN9783941784130.Retrieved24 March2012.
- O'Brien, Christopher Mark (2006).Fermenting revolution: how to drink beer and save the world.New Society.ISBN9780865715561.Retrieved24 March2012.
- Oliver, Garrett (2005).The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food.HarperCollins.ISBN9780060005719.Retrieved24 March2012.
- Oliver, Garrett; Colicchio, Tom (2011).The Oxford Companion to Beer.Oxford UP.ISBN9780195367133.Retrieved21 March2012.
- Schlüter, Hermann (1910).The brewing industry and the brewery workers' movement in America.International Union of United Brewery Workmen of America. p.20.Retrieved24 March2012.
- Voigt, Andreas (2010).Weserbergland.DuMont.ISBN9783770192564.Retrieved24 March2012.
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