Zoigl

The Zoigl (also zeugl or Kommunbier ) is a bottom-fermented beer, which is widespread in the northern Oberpfalz and is brewed jointly by private individuals. The mash for the Zoigl is boiled and hopped in the so-called Kommunbrauhaus. The wort won the individual Zoiglbrauer take home with them, and put them in the fermenting room with yeast. Since there every Zoiglbrauer acts by his own recipe, variations in the taste of Zoigl from village to village, but also from host to host are typical.

The beer

Zoigl is a bottom-fermented beer that is brewed light or dark. It has the same leavening, the same wort and the same alcohol content as beer brewery, but a lower proportion of carbonic acid. Many of the beers are not filtered nor gespundet and thus Zwickelbier.

Dissemination

The Zoigl is brewed mainly in the northern Upper Palatinate in local Kommunbrauhaus of individuals. The brewing right often for generations is on properties and property and is recorded in the land register. It could thus originally only the owners of these houses brew. From the church a " boiler money " is often collected are paid to the light, water, insurance and wear and tear. In addition, a master brewer must be present to accompany the brewing process from start to finish. Last turns to the competent customs office, which must be informed by the brewmaster about every brewing process, the collection of tax on beer to the brewer.

Tradition

The beer produced in Kommunbrauhaus is served in a particular period. If a brewery owner in just at the turn, he indicates this by hanging out a rod from the gable window of his house. At this either ( see also Besenwirtschaft ) or a spruce bushes is a Zoiglstern ( " brewer's "), a broom attached. Hence the name of the beer, Zoigl derived ( from the north Bavarian for show ), what high German means nothing else as a sign or signboard.

Together with the Zoigl offer their customers Zoiglwirte bread hours on, often from our own production. In Franconia, a similar tradition has received as Hausbräu today. Zoigl but is brewed not only for the public serving, but also for private home use only. In this case, connect several brewing entitled together to a " Sud", the Zoigl is divided after the brewing process, spent with barrels in the cellar and pulled after fermentation to bottle.

Zoigl towns

Once it was to brew custom Zoigl in 75 villages of Upper Palatinate. In addition to including the following five places exist restaurants that have Zoiglbier in the range. These have in common with the original Zoigltradition nothing, because they are open all year round and the Zoiglausschank comprises only a portion of the actual offer.

Zoigl of their own Kommunbrauhaus

This unique position is advertised under the seal "Genuine Zoigl from Kommunbrauer ". Under the seal of quality is 20 Zoiglwirte have joined.

Outside the Upper Palatinate Zoigltradition

  • Municipality in Neuhaus an der Pegnitz
  • Beckn beer, obtained in Bayreuth beer brewing tradition out of the house
  • The Flinderer, seasonal beer in the tradition of Kommunbrauer in Pegnitz
  • Communebrauerei in Kaufbeuren
  • Producing a beer called Zoiglstar, Gettysburg, United States
  • Zoiglstube Three Crowns in Straßgiech
  • Kommunbrauhaus in Sesslach
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