Boilermaker (beer cocktail)

A Herrengedeck (sometimes short Gedeck) is a specific combination of two alcoholic beverages. It differs from the ladies setting that usually combined with a sparkling non-alcoholic beverage.

Regional variations

( A Killepitsch in Dusseldorf ) a Pils ( in Bavaria, a light beer, in Cologne Kölsch, in Dusseldorf one beer ) and a grain served - If a Herrengedeck ordered in a pub, as in most regions of Western and Northern Germany is a beer, that is a "long " and " Short ."

In parts of eastern Germany is called Herrengedeck a beer cocktail. It is made with sparkling wine A bottle of Pilsner beer is served with a 0.2 -liter bottle of dry or semi-dry sparkling wine. First, the beer is poured into the glass, the champagne is then inserted carefully.

In Hamburg was understood earlier under a Herrengedeck a bottle of beer and a 0.2 -liter bottle of dry or semi-dry sparkling wine. In many bars around the Reeperbahn a Herrengedeck was up in the 1970s as a mandatory minimum consumption if advertised with free admission. The price for this first appointment was generally two to four times higher than for the second drink or reordering. These were explicitly marked on the beverage cards as such.