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Kitzmann, Erlangen closes
Posted by barry on 2018-10-08 09:38:11
Hi, sorry don't know your first name to respond in a friendly fashion!

Yes, I know that it's not all Zoigl but I was only talking about the communal brewing area that I know.  AFAIK, Sesslach is the only place outside the Oberpfalz where the communal brewing tradtion is easily regularly accessible.  I have a list of the other communal breweries, kindly supplied by Gernot Wildung but have never managed to visit any because of the logisitical problems.  Like with so many other things, to really know about them takes a lot of detailed study and, as Echte Zoigl is the only really operating tradition outside of Sesslach, it's worth concentrating on. I would actually like to know more details about the way that things developed but I have a pretty good idea of the general outline.

My observations on Zoigl are based on a combination of personal experience (I have spent a lot of time there), talking with the Zoigl brewers (particularly in Eschawo/Neuhaus, where I think that I know most of them fairly well) and also with lots of Zoigl enthusiasts. I've spent a lot of time in the brew houses, specially Eschawo, and also read all (AFAIK) of the books and relevant documents on Zoigl (what a wasted life!) and also the history (very complex, all in German - and I'm no export on the language).  

The relationship between the commercial brewery in Eschawo (Wuerth) and the Zoigl brewers is quite complex and interesting: a sort of a mutual dependency!  

Sadly, I missed the Neuhaus kommunbrauerei by a couple of years and it is sad that the tradition should have been so wantonly squandered.

 
 
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                                       Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jason  on  2018-10-08 10:33:57
                                         Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-08 11:09:58
                                         Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by TomM on  2018-10-08 15:23:24
                                           Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jason on  2018-10-08 22:33:28
                                             Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jürgen Wening on  2018-10-09 00:30:59
                                               Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by barry on  2018-10-09 00:46:26
                                                 Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jürgen Wening on  2018-10-09 00:54:29
                                               Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-09 01:34:35
                                                 Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jürgen Wening on  2018-10-09 02:23:49
                                                   Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-09 02:53:22
                                                     Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jürgen Wening on  2018-10-09 03:11:24
                                                       Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-09 03:43:21
                                                         Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jürgen Wening on  2018-10-09 04:53:54
                                                           Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-09 05:29:14
                                                             Beer at Reindl by Mark Andersen on  2018-10-09 06:04:15
                                                             Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jürgen Wening on  2018-10-09 07:21:39
                                                               Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-09 08:27:20
                                                               Beer at Reindl by barry on  2018-10-09 09:24:39
                                                                 Beer at Reindl by Mark Andersen on  2018-10-09 12:18:31
                                                                   Beer at Reindl by Barry on  2018-10-10 01:14:01
                                                                     Beer at Reindl by Mark Andersen on  2018-10-10 03:33:16
                                                                       Beer at Reindl by barry on  2018-10-10 04:42:12
                                                               Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-11 00:45:53
                                                                 Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jürgen Wening on  2018-10-11 01:06:25
                                                                   Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Mark Andersen on  2018-10-11 04:37:12
                                                                     Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-11 06:01:59
                                                                   Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-11 06:04:08
                                                                     Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Jürgen Wening on  2018-10-11 06:28:45
                                                                       Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by M. Berger on  2018-10-11 07:17:08
                                                                       Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by Mark Andersen on  2018-10-11 08:13:00
                                                                         Kitzmann, Erlangen closes by barry on  2018-10-11 09:44:36
                                                                           Spielbach by Mark Andersen on  2018-10-11 11:29:22
                                                                         Beer at Reindl by AndyH on  2018-12-05 03:50:00