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You may have noticed that the 1980 version of TGL 7764 includes more information than the one from 1960. One of those extra bits of information is lagering times. It's a topic close to my heart. On one tour of Franconia I asked about lagering times at every brewery I visited. I think the shortest time was 6 weeks and the longest 16 weeks.
Turning to the DDR, the shortest time was given to Aubi, non-alcoholic beer. Just 3 days minimum. Though I'm surprised they bothered lagering it at all. Next shortest were the low-alcohol beers Eifachbier Dunkel and Doppel-KarameI. Which makes sense.
Lagering time is one of the distinguishing factors between Edel-Bräu Hell and standard Hell. The former spending twice as long lagering. We see exactly the same difference between the posh Pilsners and the standard Deutsches Pilsner.
Rather surprisingly, pale and dark Bock only got a maximum of 30 days. Which seems odd. Usually strong beers get the longest lagering.
1980 DDR lagering times
Type
Standard time days
min time days
Aubi
6
3
Dunkel (Einfachbier)
8
5
Weißbier
30
25
Extra
40
25
Hell
20
12
Edel-Bräu Hell
40
25
Dunkel (Vollbier)
20
12
Doppel-KarameIbier
8
5
Schwarzbier
20
12
Deutsches Pilsner
25
15
Diabetiker-Pils
50
30
Deutsches Pilsator
50
30
Deutsches Pilsner Spezial
50
30
Märzen
50
30
Weizenbier
20
8
Weißer Bock or Bockbier Hell
30
18
Dunkler Bock or Bockbier Dunkel
30
18
Deutscher Porter
40
25
Source:
1980 TGL 7764, page 8.
I've just noticed that I almost all the examples of Edel-Bräu Hell labels I have are pretty much identical, save for the brewery name. The label for this type seems to have been standard everywhere.
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You may have noticed that the 1980 version of TGL 7764 includes more information than the one from 1960. One of those extra bits of information is lagering times. It's a topic close to my heart. On one tour of Franconia I asked about lagering times at every brewery I visited. I think the shortest time was 6 weeks and the longest 16 weeks.
Turning to the DDR, the shortest time was given to Aubi, non-alcoholic beer. Just 3 days minimum. Though I'm surprised they bothered lagering it at all. Next shortest were the low-alcohol beers Eifachbier Dunkel and Doppel-KarameI. Which makes sense.
Lagering time is one of the distinguishing factors between Edel-Bräu Hell and standard Hell. The former spending twice as long lagering. We see exactly the same difference between the posh Pilsners and the standard Deutsches Pilsner.
Rather surprisingly, pale and dark Bock only got a maximum of 30 days. Which seems odd. Usually strong beers get the longest lagering.
1980 DDR lagering times
Type
Standard time days
min time days
Aubi
6
3
Dunkel (Einfachbier)
8
5
Weißbier
30
25
Extra
40
25
Hell
20
12
Edel-Bräu Hell
40
25
Dunkel (Vollbier)
20
12
Doppel-KarameIbier
8
5
Schwarzbier
20
12
Deutsches Pilsner
25
15
Diabetiker-Pils
50
30
Deutsches Pilsator
50
30
Deutsches Pilsner Spezial
50
30
Märzen
50
30
Weizenbier
20
8
Weißer Bock or Bockbier Hell
30
18
Dunkler Bock or Bockbier Dunkel
30
18
Deutscher Porter
40
25
Source:
1980 TGL 7764, page 8.
I've just noticed that I almost all the examples of Edel-Bräu Hell labels I have are pretty much identical, save for the brewery name. The label for this type seems to have been standard everywhere.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/07/1980-ddr-lagering-times.html)