Franconian Beer Message Board
Ungespundet Kellerbier |
| Posted by Bjarke Bundgaard on 2002-08-19 07:18:32 |
| I've been making some homework on the subject. The following is 'freely' translated from the St.Georgen website http://www.kellerbier.de "The word Â’ungespundetÂ’ derives from the bung hole on the upper side of the cask. I the earlier days these casks were all made of wood. During lagering there was an increasing build-up of CO2 pressure. If one sealed off the cask entirely, one would risk the CO2 pressure to crack open the cask from the inside. Consequently it was necessary to remove the bung before the kellerbier was actually ready to be served. The result was of course that the CO2 content in the beer was not as high as contemporary beer - but that only eases digestion and makes room for more... (the last sentence is my own) Anyway... They didn't have some romantic dream about letting wild yeast infiltrate the kellerbier. They opened the cask from pure necessity. They could risk loosing a load of beer - but the sure culdn't risk loosing the cask and kegs. Bjarke |
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 Ungespundet Kellerbier by Fred Waltman on 2002-08-19 23:43:09 |