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I bet you're starting to wish I'd never come across this book. If you're sick now, just think how you'll be feeling in a few months time when I'm still slowly crawling my way through the coal seam of data.
This time we're looking at beers from the Hannover region. So the north central bit of Germany. Once again, they're divided into Lagerbier and Schenkbier. That's a very rough division. Amongst the Lagerbiers there are Dunkles and Pilseners.
I'll say this straight up: these beers confuse the hell out of me. I can't see any clear division between the Schenkbier and Lagerbier. The average OG of the supposedly weaker Schenkbier is only 0.3 points lower than Lagerbier's average OG. That makes absolutely no sense. In terms of ABV, it's even worse. The average ABV of Schenkbier is a little higher than that of Lagerbier.
The Pilsensers, apart from the Städtisches Brauerei one, look pretty much what you expect: a gravity of 12º Plato and 75% attenuation. At least there's something normal in this set.
Only the first four Schenkbiers actually look like the real thing. Most look like Lagerbier, but some are even too strong for that and are wandering off into Bock country. It looks to me like a lot of beers have been misclassified
Hannover region Schenkbier 1878 - 1879
Year
Brewer
OG
FG
OG Plato
ABV
App atten-uation
1879
Harmuth & Worbs (Celle)
1040.6
1012.8
10.18
3.60
68.47%
1879
Achilles (Celle)
1042
1010.8
10.51
4.05
74.29%
1879
A. Schilling (Celle)
1044.7
1010.1
11.16
4.50
77.40%
1878
Bückeburger
1046.6
1014.9
11.62
4.10
68.03%
1879
Nienburger
1049.6
1015.6
12.33
4.40
68.55%
1879
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1050.2
1017
12.47
4.30
66.14%
1878
Schilling (Celle)
1050.8
1012.9
12.61
4.92
74.61%
1879
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1052.1
1015.1
12.92
4.80
71.02%
1878
Anderten (Schaale)
1052.4
1013.5
12.99
5.05
74.24%
1879
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1052.4
1012
12.99
5.26
77.10%
1878
Vlothoer Brauerei
1052.6
1013.4
13.03
5.09
74.50%
1879
Mindener (Brettholz & Denken)
1053.4
1018.6
13.23
4.50
65.17%
1878
Union (Hannover)
1053.5
1015
13.25
5.00
71.96%
1878
Wülfel (Fontaine)
1053.9
1014
13.35
5.18
74.03%
1878
O. Bornemann
1057.5
1011.5
14.19
6.00
80.00%
1878
Osnabrück. Actien-Brauerei
1057.8
1017
14.26
5.29
70.59%
1878
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1058.1
1015
14.33
5.60
74.18%
1878
Leidenroth
1058.1
1015
14.33
5.60
74.18%
1878
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1058.6
1015.5
14.45
5.60
73.55%
1878
Osnabrück. Actien-Brauerei
1058.9
1014
14.52
5.85
76.23%
1878
Oeynhauser
1060.1
1020.8
14.80
5.09
65.39%
1878
Brande & Mayer
1065.3
1019
16.00
6.02
70.90%
Average
1053.1
1014.7
13.16
4.99
72.30%
Source:
Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pages 1102 - 1156
The Lagerbiers at least look to be mostly in the right gravity range. The first two area little light, and a couple at the top end a bit heavy, but they are somewhere in the general neighbourhood of where they should be. Compared to Czech Lagerbiers, the average gravity is about four points higher. While it's generally comparable to the average gravity of Lagerbier from the Dresden area and Lower Austria. The level of acidity is one of the lowest we've seen so far, though still not great by modern standards.
Hannover region Lagerbier 1878 - 1891
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
FG
OG Plato
ABV
App atten-uation
lactic acid %
1884
Schaumburg Brauerei in Stadthagen
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1045.8
1015
11.43
3.99
67.25%
0.127
1879
Schilling (Celle)
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1045.9
1015.1
11.45
3.99
67.10%
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1050.5
1015.8
12.54
4.50
68.71%
1884
Union-Brauerei in Hannover
nach Pilsener Art
Pilsener
1050.7
1013.1
12.59
4.89
74.16%
0.136
1891
National-Aktien-Brauerei
Pilsener
Pilsener
1050.7
1015.2
12.59
4.60
70.02%
1891
Aktien-Brauerei Streitberg
Pilsener
Pilsener
1051.3
1009.9
12.73
5.40
80.70%
1884
Vereins Brauerei Herrenhausen bei Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1051.9
1015.8
12.87
4.68
69.56%
0.118
1891
National-Aktien-Brauerei
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1051.9
1013.6
12.87
4.98
73.80%
1884
Hannoversche Aktien-Brauerei
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1052.3
1014
12.97
4.98
73.23%
0.1711
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1052.4
1016.6
12.99
4.64
68.32%
1884
Schlombs-Brauerei Ahlten bei Lehrte
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1052.4
1015
12.99
4.85
71.37%
0.141
1879
Einbecker
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1053.1
1014.6
13.16
5.00
72.50%
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1053.2
1014.5
13.18
5.03
72.74%
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1053.6
1018.1
13.27
4.60
66.23%
1884
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1053.7
1015.1
13.30
5.01
71.88%
0.132
1884
Hasenburg bei Lüneberg
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1054.4
1017
13.46
4.85
68.75%
0.137
1884
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
nach Pilsener Art
Pilsener
1055.2
1014
13.65
5.36
74.64%
0.147
1891
Aktien-Brauerei Streitberg
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1055.5
1012.5
13.72
5.60
77.48%
1884
Union-Brauerei in Hannover
nach Münchener Art
Dunkles
1056.5
1019
13.96
4.85
66.37%
0.147
1884
Lindener Aktien-Brauerei
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1057.5
1017.1
14.19
5.24
70.26%
0.132
1879
Herrenhauser
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1057.8
1016.2
14.26
5.40
71.97%
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1058.9
1015.8
14.52
5.60
73.17%
1884
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Doppeltlagerbier
Lagerbier
1062.9
1026.2
15.45
4.74
58.35%
0.091
Average
1053.4
1015.6
13.22
4.90
70.81%
0.134
Source:
Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pages 1102 - 1156
I would do some Schenkbier comparisons, were they to make any sense. But they don't, because this set looks wrong.
Westphalen next time, I think.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014/09/hannover-region-beers-1878-1891.html)
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I bet you're starting to wish I'd never come across this book. If you're sick now, just think how you'll be feeling in a few months time when I'm still slowly crawling my way through the coal seam of data.
This time we're looking at beers from the Hannover region. So the north central bit of Germany. Once again, they're divided into Lagerbier and Schenkbier. That's a very rough division. Amongst the Lagerbiers there are Dunkles and Pilseners.
I'll say this straight up: these beers confuse the hell out of me. I can't see any clear division between the Schenkbier and Lagerbier. The average OG of the supposedly weaker Schenkbier is only 0.3 points lower than Lagerbier's average OG. That makes absolutely no sense. In terms of ABV, it's even worse. The average ABV of Schenkbier is a little higher than that of Lagerbier.
The Pilsensers, apart from the Städtisches Brauerei one, look pretty much what you expect: a gravity of 12º Plato and 75% attenuation. At least there's something normal in this set.
Only the first four Schenkbiers actually look like the real thing. Most look like Lagerbier, but some are even too strong for that and are wandering off into Bock country. It looks to me like a lot of beers have been misclassified
Hannover region Schenkbier 1878 - 1879
Year
Brewer
OG
FG
OG Plato
ABV
App atten-uation
1879
Harmuth & Worbs (Celle)
1040.6
1012.8
10.18
3.60
68.47%
1879
Achilles (Celle)
1042
1010.8
10.51
4.05
74.29%
1879
A. Schilling (Celle)
1044.7
1010.1
11.16
4.50
77.40%
1878
Bückeburger
1046.6
1014.9
11.62
4.10
68.03%
1879
Nienburger
1049.6
1015.6
12.33
4.40
68.55%
1879
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1050.2
1017
12.47
4.30
66.14%
1878
Schilling (Celle)
1050.8
1012.9
12.61
4.92
74.61%
1879
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1052.1
1015.1
12.92
4.80
71.02%
1878
Anderten (Schaale)
1052.4
1013.5
12.99
5.05
74.24%
1879
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1052.4
1012
12.99
5.26
77.10%
1878
Vlothoer Brauerei
1052.6
1013.4
13.03
5.09
74.50%
1879
Mindener (Brettholz & Denken)
1053.4
1018.6
13.23
4.50
65.17%
1878
Union (Hannover)
1053.5
1015
13.25
5.00
71.96%
1878
Wülfel (Fontaine)
1053.9
1014
13.35
5.18
74.03%
1878
O. Bornemann
1057.5
1011.5
14.19
6.00
80.00%
1878
Osnabrück. Actien-Brauerei
1057.8
1017
14.26
5.29
70.59%
1878
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1058.1
1015
14.33
5.60
74.18%
1878
Leidenroth
1058.1
1015
14.33
5.60
74.18%
1878
Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei
1058.6
1015.5
14.45
5.60
73.55%
1878
Osnabrück. Actien-Brauerei
1058.9
1014
14.52
5.85
76.23%
1878
Oeynhauser
1060.1
1020.8
14.80
5.09
65.39%
1878
Brande & Mayer
1065.3
1019
16.00
6.02
70.90%
Average
1053.1
1014.7
13.16
4.99
72.30%
Source:
Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pages 1102 - 1156
The Lagerbiers at least look to be mostly in the right gravity range. The first two area little light, and a couple at the top end a bit heavy, but they are somewhere in the general neighbourhood of where they should be. Compared to Czech Lagerbiers, the average gravity is about four points higher. While it's generally comparable to the average gravity of Lagerbier from the Dresden area and Lower Austria. The level of acidity is one of the lowest we've seen so far, though still not great by modern standards.
Hannover region Lagerbier 1878 - 1891
Year
Brewer
Beer
Style
OG
FG
OG Plato
ABV
App atten-uation
lactic acid %
1884
Schaumburg Brauerei in Stadthagen
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1045.8
1015
11.43
3.99
67.25%
0.127
1879
Schilling (Celle)
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1045.9
1015.1
11.45
3.99
67.10%
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1050.5
1015.8
12.54
4.50
68.71%
1884
Union-Brauerei in Hannover
nach Pilsener Art
Pilsener
1050.7
1013.1
12.59
4.89
74.16%
0.136
1891
National-Aktien-Brauerei
Pilsener
Pilsener
1050.7
1015.2
12.59
4.60
70.02%
1891
Aktien-Brauerei Streitberg
Pilsener
Pilsener
1051.3
1009.9
12.73
5.40
80.70%
1884
Vereins Brauerei Herrenhausen bei Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1051.9
1015.8
12.87
4.68
69.56%
0.118
1891
National-Aktien-Brauerei
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1051.9
1013.6
12.87
4.98
73.80%
1884
Hannoversche Aktien-Brauerei
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1052.3
1014
12.97
4.98
73.23%
0.1711
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1052.4
1016.6
12.99
4.64
68.32%
1884
Schlombs-Brauerei Ahlten bei Lehrte
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1052.4
1015
12.99
4.85
71.37%
0.141
1879
Einbecker
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1053.1
1014.6
13.16
5.00
72.50%
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1053.2
1014.5
13.18
5.03
72.74%
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1053.6
1018.1
13.27
4.60
66.23%
1884
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1053.7
1015.1
13.30
5.01
71.88%
0.132
1884
Hasenburg bei Lüneberg
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1054.4
1017
13.46
4.85
68.75%
0.137
1884
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
nach Pilsener Art
Pilsener
1055.2
1014
13.65
5.36
74.64%
0.147
1891
Aktien-Brauerei Streitberg
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1055.5
1012.5
13.72
5.60
77.48%
1884
Union-Brauerei in Hannover
nach Münchener Art
Dunkles
1056.5
1019
13.96
4.85
66.37%
0.147
1884
Lindener Aktien-Brauerei
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1057.5
1017.1
14.19
5.24
70.26%
0.132
1879
Herrenhauser
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1057.8
1016.2
14.26
5.40
71.97%
1878
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1058.9
1015.8
14.52
5.60
73.17%
1884
Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover
Doppeltlagerbier
Lagerbier
1062.9
1026.2
15.45
4.74
58.35%
0.091
Average
1053.4
1015.6
13.22
4.90
70.81%
0.134
Source:
Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pages 1102 - 1156
I would do some Schenkbier comparisons, were they to make any sense. But they don't, because this set looks wrong.
Westphalen next time, I think.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2014/09/hannover-region-beers-1878-1891.html)