Stadtbrauerei Spalt
| municipal brewery | |
| Industry | Brewery |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Headquarters | Spalt |
Key people | Bürgermeister Udo Weingart |
Number of employees | 50[1] |
| Website | www.spalter-bier.de |
The Stadtbrauerei Spalt (Spalt City Brewery in German) is a brewery in the Middle Franconian town of Spalt which was created in the year 1879 through the merger of numerous smaller breweries.[2]
Since 2006, it is the last municipally owned brewery in Germany. For brewing, the local hop variety "Spalter Aromahopfen" is used,[3][4] which is the town's most important trade good. The history of beer brewing in Spalt can be traced back as far as 1376. The Stadtbrauerei brews in a traditional way without preservatives. The beers are not pasteurised and are kept in cold storage after being filled into bottles.[5] There are 18 different flavours available, brewed after the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516.[6] The ripening takes five to ten weeks.
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References
- ↑ Grundeintrag Stadtbrauerei Spalt on ebn24.de, accessed am 12 May 2014
- ↑ Christian Pfaffinger: Brauerei im Besitz von 5100 Bürgern, tz dated 7 September 2009, accessed on 12 May 2014
- ↑ Gute Aussichten für die Hopfenernte 2011 im Spalter Land, nordbayern.de dated 22 August 2011, accessed on 12 May 2014
- ↑ Aromahopfen Malz- und Bier-Lexikon on bestmalz.de, accessed on 12 May 2014
- ↑ Bierland Franken - Tradition im Glas, WiM – Wirtschaft in Mittelfranken, Issue 05/2010, Page 42 (Magazin der IHK Nürnberg)
- ↑ Handover of membership certification on slow-brewing.com, 3 July 2013, accessed on 13 May 2014
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