Franconian Beer Message Board
What exactly does "Zwickel" mean? |
| Posted by JosB on 2008-02-04 12:31:00 |
| Actually it goes back to the "Zwickelhahn". This is the tap to take samples from the lager tank. As the beer that is "gezwickelt" is an unfiltered beer, I can only assume that is has become a generic name for any unfiltered beer (however not being an "ungespundetes" or kellerbier). I guess it is more a marketing concept nowadays than something true to the facts (like so many other empty marketing phrases). BTW: how many ungespundete and kellerbiere do actually come from a "real" keller? (How many lager cellars do you know that are really a keller/cellar, not a room with lager tanks, sometimes even upstairs in the brewery?) |
| Followups: |
 What exactly does by Uncle Jimbo on 2008-02-04 12:50:26 |
| What exactly does by JosB on 2008-02-04 12:53:43 |
| What exactly does by Nick B. on 2008-02-04 13:42:17 |
| What exactly does by JosB on 2008-02-04 13:56:27 |
| What exactly does by JosB on 2008-02-04 14:08:09 |