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I'm a bit reluctant to say "North Germany" because many of these beers are from places no longer in Germany. They were at the time, though.

One of the columns in my enormous spreadsheet of beer details is country. For place that have switched nationality over the last century or so, my choice is always likely to be arbitrary. More based on my convenience rather than being a political statement. So breweries in Prague and Pilsen I class as Czech, ones in Vienna and Graz as Austrian. It can't possibly be perfect. Where's the right country to assign to Königsberg? Russia? I don't think so.

But I'm wandering off again. As you can see, these are odds and sods or anonymous. Not the best sets ever. You'll probably be delighted to hear that his will be the Lagerbiers done. I've only just started extracting the Exports so there may be a small pause in this series. You know me, I'll get to it eventually.

As I'll eventually get to discussing these beers. Beginning with those from Königsberg, formerly capital of East Prussia, now part of Russia. I wonder if there's a brewery there today? All five beers from Königsberg are towards the top end of the scale. Interesting to see an Autumn beer - Herbstbier - for the first time. It looks like a Bock to me. With that crap degree of attenuation it resembles a Munich Bock of the period



Random Northeast German Lagerbiers 1880 - 1897


Year
Brewer
Town
Beer
Style
OG
FG
OG Plato
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lactic acid %
CO2 %


1880
Wickholder
Königsberg
März-Bräu
Märzen
1054.6
1019.0
13.51
4.60
65.20%

0.230


1880
Ponarther
Königsberg
Sommerbier
Sommerbier
1056.3
1025.0
13.91
4.03
55.60%

0.250


1880
Woriener
Königsberg
Sommerbier
Sommerbier
1056.5
1017.2
13.96
5.10
69.56%

0.180


1880
Schönbuchser
Königsberg
Sommerbier
Sommerbier
1062.0
1018.8
15.23
5.60
69.65%

0.190


1880
Schönbuchser
Königsberg
Herbstbier
Herbstbier
1065.4
1026.5
16.01
5.01
59.45%

0.240



Average



1058.9
1021.3
14.52
4.87
63.89%

0.218


1887
Brauerei-Aktien-Gesellschaft
Berlin Königstadt
Lagerbier Hell
Helles
1056.0
1015.7
13.84
5.24
71.96%
0.141
0.346


1887
Brauerei-Aktien-Gesellschaft
Berlin Königstadt
Lagerbier Dunkel
Dunkles
1061.9
1023.8
15.22
4.93
61.55%
0.148
0.323


1887
Brauerei-Aktien-Gesellschaft
Berlin Friedrichshain
Lagerbier
Lagerbier
1065.8
1024.6
16.12
5.33
62.61%

0.295



Average



1061.2
1021.4
15.06
5.16
65.38%
0.145
0.321


1894
Unknown
Breslau
Lagerbier?
Lagerbier
1045.7
1010.0
11.40
4.64
78.12%

0.247


1897
Unknown
Breslau
Lagerbier?
Lagerbier
1048.7
1014.6
12.10
4.41
69.99%
0.161
0.322



Average



1047.2
1012.3
11.75
4.53
74.05%
0.161
0.285


Source:


Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pages 1102 - 1156



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Talking of Munich Bockbier, there are a whole load of Salvator analyses coming up. Lots from Zacherl, but also other breweries.

Where was I? Königsberg beers. Pretty poor attenuation overall. They must have had a lot of body, these beers. No lactic acid number, so I've no idea how acidic they were. The Märzen actually looks much like a modern version, apart from the crappy attenuation.

Next three random beers from Berlin. Note the big difference between the attenuation of the Helles and the Dunkles. You quite often see that today, too, that Dunkles has a lower degree of attenuation. I suppose because drinkers expect more body. The acidity is, as with just about every other set, quite high. You'll see something very odd when we get to Berliner Weisse. But I won't spoil that now. The CO2 level is the highest we've seen. Does that mean they liked their beer fizzier in Berlin? Too small a sample to really say. Though Berliner Weisse, a very highly-carbonated style, was popular in the city.

Now for the Erfurt beers. Did I mention that I spent my wedding night in Erfurt? The next day we lost Eddie when he was distracted by a group of Russian soldiers. The Erfurt beer was really good. Angerbräu Pils was one of my favourite DDR beers. Lovely stuff, especially on draught, Really nice and hoppy.



Erfurt Lagerbiers 1879


Year
Brewer
Style
OG
FG
OG Plato
ABV
App. Atten-uation
lactic acid %
CO2 %


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1045.9
1010.6
11.45
4.59
76.91%
0.16
0.25


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1047.0
1016.5
11.71
3.94
64.89%
0.15
0.15


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1047.5
1014.1
11.83
4.33
70.32%
0.15
0.20


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1048.7
1013.9
12.12
4.51
71.46%
0.09
0.15


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1048.7
1015.0
12.12
4.36
69.20%
0.15
0.21


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1049.1
1011.5
12.21
4.89
76.58%
0.12
0.27


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1050.6
1016.4
12.57
4.43
67.59%
0.06
0.20


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1050.8
1017.6
12.61
4.30
65.35%
0.10
0.18


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1051.0
1019.0
12.66
4.14
62.75%
0.11



1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1051.3
1015.3
12.73
4.66
70.18%
0.11
0.25


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1051.7
1021.2
12.83
3.94
58.99%
0.09
0.10


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1052.0
1013.7
12.90
4.98
73.65%
0.13
0.20


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1054.1
1015.6
13.39
5.00
71.16%
0.06
0.15


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1054.2
1013.3
13.40
5.31
75.44%

0.15


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1055.2
1016.7
13.65
4.99
69.75%
0.15



1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1055.4
1016.3
13.70
5.08
70.58%
0.11
0.10


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1055.5
1016.3
13.72
5.09
70.63%
0.10
0.20


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1057.5
1018.7
14.19
5.03
67.48%
0.09
0.20


1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1063.7
1015.1
15.63
6.34
76.30%




1879
Unknown
Lagerbier
1067.6
1022.8
16.53
5.80
66.27%
0.09
0.08



Average

1052.9
1016.0
13.10
4.78
69.77%
0.11
0.18


Source:


Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pages 1102 - 1156



Right, Erfurt Lagerbiers. There's a fair spread of gravities but, once again, the average comes out to about 1053. Attenuation, at just under 70%, is a bit worse than most other sets. Though for once, at 0.11%, the lactic acid content is almost reasonable. Interesting how much lower the CO2 content is compared to the Berlin samples.

As a special treat, here are some modern beers from Erfurt - including Angerbräu Pils:



Walhaus-Bräu, Erfurt beers in 2014


Beer
Style
OG
FG
OG Plato
ABV
App. Atten-uation


Waldhaus-Bräu
Helles?
1048.6
1010.2
12.1
5.00
79.03%


Stock-Dunkel
Dunkles
1049.1
1009.9
12.2
5.10
79.82%


Märzenbier
Märzen
1056.7
1015.9
14
5.30
71.95%


Weizen
Weizen
1050.3
1011.9
12.5
5.00
76.35%


Maibock
Maibock
1069.2
1020.7
16.9
6.30
70.09%


Rotbier
Rotbier
1049.1
1013.6
12.2
4.60
72.28%


Rauchbier
Rauchbier
1050.3
1011.9
12.5
5.00
76.35%


EM-Festbier
Helles
1048.2
1009.8
12
5.00
79.67%


Oktoberbock
Bock
1067.5
1017.6
16.5
6.50
73.98%


Doppelbock
Doppelbock
1076.2
1018.8
18.5
7.50
75.33%


Weihnachtsbier
Festbier
1058.8
1016.5
14.5
5.50
72.04%


Rauchbierbock
Bock Rauch
1067.9
1019.5
16.6
6.30
71.35%


Rauchweizendoppelbock
Doppelbock Rauchweizen
1079.3
1025.5
19.2
7.00
67.91%


Waldhaus WM-Bier
Festbier
1055.4
1015.4
13.7
5.20
72.30%



Average




74.17%


Source:


Waldhaus website


http://www.waldhaus-erfurt.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=50





Braugold, Erfurt beers in 2014


Beer
Style
OG
FG
OG Plato
ABV
App. Atten-uation


Braugold Festbier
Festbier
1052.01
1007.6
12.9
5.80
85.39%


Braugold Spezial
Spezial
1046.95
1009.3
11.7
4.90
80.19%


Braugold 1888
Helles
1050.32
1011.1
12.5
5.10
77.94%


Braugold Hell
Helles
1046.11
1009.2
11.5
4.80
80.05%


Braugold Bock
Bock
1068.33
1018.4
16.7
6.50
73.07%


Erfurter Angerbräu Premium Pils
Pilsener
1050.32
1010.4
12.5
5.20
79.33%


Riebeck Premium Pilsener
Pilsener
1046.53
1008.9
11.6
4.90
80.87%


Braugold Porter
Porter
1048.21
1017.3
12
4.00
64.22%



Average




77.63%


Source:


Braugold website


http://www.braugold.de/produkte.html



The degree of attenuation is far higher, with the exception of the Waldhaus Märzen and the Braugold Porter.

As I said, there will probably be a gap before the next set. I'll maybe fill in with stuff from an 1960 article of Danish and German brewing.

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