Franconian Beer Message Board
Vollbier? (Schankiber, Einfachbier, Starkbier) |
| Posted by JosB on 2008-05-28 12:08:54 |
| Some breweries produce(d) a "Vollbier" (11-14 P) and a "Schankbier" - the latter being a lighter version, the (now obsolete) Cat-II band (7-8 P), IIRC. They might also have an "Einfachbier" (2-5.5 P; cat III). And of course a "Starkbier", (>=16 P). There was a time, not even /that/ long ago when beers between the categories (5.5-7 P, 8-11 P or 14-16 P) were illegal, "Lückenbier" (beer in the gap [between the categories]). But since the measurement equipment has been refined, the gaps have been abandoned AFAIK. But I guess you'll still have a hard time to find a beer with 15 P Stammwürze. Following globalisation, "Light" became of course more fashionable than "Schankbier", and might even be somewhere between a Schankbier and a Vollbier... Note that the Czech 10 B beers (Desitka) also were illegal in D. |