Malzbier

Root beer is a top-fermented beer with an average original gravity of 11.7%. It has a dark, almost black color produced by the mixture of light and dark barley malt.

Production

When malt beer is the yeast added in contrast to the normal brewing process, at approximately 0 ° C. Wherein there is no alcoholic fermentation, it is practically no alcohol is formed. Therefore Malt allowed (<0.5% by volume ) are placed on the market as " alcohol-free". In addition, carbonic acid and sugar are still (mostly in the form of glucose syrup ) is added. As another caramel is used as a dye and flavoring. Some manufacturers (eg Karamalz, Flensburg malt ) also offer low-calorie Malt. This also strongly malty Nährbier contains, in contrast to 1 to 1.4 % by volume

History

A precursor of today's Malzbiers is the " Braunschweiger Mumme ," which has its origins as alcoholic strong beer in the medieval Brunswick and is still produced today.

The actual root beer was invented in 1920 by Ferdinand Glaab in Weihenstephan, after it was the Swiss food technologists Fritz Lux previously succeeded expose vitamin B1 from the plasma of yeast cells. On this basis, the root beer was developed and brewed in the company Glaabsbräu. In 1931 it was finally patented by the Vita -Lux company under the name Vitamalz.

Since the judgment of the Federal Court from 1958 malt beer should not be called beer with added sugar in Germany, so it has since been traded under names such as malted drink or the like. Well-known brands are Vitamalz and Karamalz. In opposition to this legislation is still used today in the vernacular malt beer for it. However, there are still a few real Malt, for example, the Koch'sches malt beer of Cologne Brewery Schwartz KG, which has an alcohol content of 2% by volume.

In the GDR, malt beer was produced until 1990 and sold as such, including the variant Double Caramel.

Malted drink the Oettinger Brauerei GmbH

Braunschweiger Mumme

Label Sagittarius Bräu by double - Caramel

Label Burger Star Brewery by double - Caramel

Mangomalzbier from Trinidad

Consumption

Malt beer, as most beers, cool drink. Also it can be used as a "shot" in light beers. In addition, there are countless variations of root beer as Malzbierbowle, malt beer with fruit, brewing lemonade. Malt beer has a similar calorific value as cola or apple juice (1840 kJ / L or 440 kcal / L).

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