Kellerbier

Zwickelbier (or Zwickl, also called cellar beer) is an unfiltered beer. It is " unfiltered ".

Nature

The beer is usually offered directly after the Nachgärungsprozess in pubs or alternatively comes as bottles of beer on the market. There can be so not the usual cold maturation. The Zwickelbier one of the ungespundeten beers and therefore has a low carbonation. Overall Zwickelbier is of low durability and should be drunk fresh. There is a compatible, spicy and " drinkable " beer. It retains all the natural suspended and sediment particles in the beer, so it is nutritionally valuable than filtered beer.

Origin

It was originally meant by the Zwickelbier before filtering removed from the barrel by means of the so-called " gusset rooster" from the brewmaster sample. Meanwhile, it is commercially available in large quantities, usually. Than light bottom-fermented beer, as well as top-fermented, such as the basement wheat The term is dependent upon the region of the brewery. In addition to the terms gusset or cellar beer, it is referred to in parts of the Upper Palatinate as Zoigl. There are beers from different approaches: wheat, dark ( malted ) or light, but it is always directly from the storage cellar, without filtration, drink or bottled. The range of varieties is extremely diverse.