First, Sommerbier:
| Sommerbier | ||||||
| Year | Brewer | Beer | FG | OG | ABV | attenuation |
| 1853 | Deigelmeier | Sommerbier | 1022.0 | 1057.8 | 4.62 | 61.94% |
| 1878 | Durst | Sommerbier | 1013.0 | 1045.8 | 4.25 | 71.62% |
| 1878 | Eberle | Sommerbier | 1022.0 | 1062.6 | 5.25 | 64.86% |
| 1886 | Eppelheim, Heidelberg | Sommerbier | 1019.1 | 1050.1 | 4.00 | 61.88% |
| 1853 | Franziskaner Kloster | Sommerbier | 1012.0 | 1062.7 | 6.62 | 80.86% |
| 1878 | Hartmann | Sommerbier | 1018.0 | 1061.3 | 5.62 | 70.64% |
| 1878 | Hauser | Sommerbier | 5.63 | 0.00% | ||
| 1852 | Hofbräu | Sommerbier | 1018.0 | 1059.4 | 5.37 | 69.70% |
| 1846 | Hofbräuhaus, München | Sommerbier | 1011.0 | 1053.2 | 5.50 | 79.32% |
| 1866 | Hofbräuhaus, München | Sommerbier | 1014.1 | 1051.5 | 4.85 | 72.62% |
| 1878 | Hummel Witwe | Sommerbier | 1017.0 | 1065.0 | 6.25 | 73.85% |
| 1878 | Jean Schirmer | Sommerbier | 1018.0 | 1059.4 | 5.37 | 69.70% |
| 1878 | Leibner | Sommerbier | 1021.0 | 1063.4 | 5.49 | 66.88% |
| 1886 | Meclasheim, Heidelberg | Sommerbier | 1020.7 | 1059.4 | 5.00 | 65.12% |
| 1878 | Moos | Sommerbier | 1014.0 | 1055.3 | 5.37 | 74.68% |
| 1878 | Möser | Sommerbier | 1018.0 | 1049.9 | 4.12 | 63.93% |
| 1886 | Neuenheim, Heidelberg | Sommerbier | 1014.7 | 1050.3 | 4.62 | 70.78% |
| 1878 | Reisch Witwe | Sommerbier | 1015.0 | 1057.3 | 5.50 | 73.82% |
| 1886 | Rohrbach, Heidelberg | Sommerbier | 1017.6 | 1049.5 | 4.12 | 64.44% |
| 1878 | Schirmer | Sommerbier | 1016.0 | 1059.3 | 5.63 | 73.02% |
| 1878 | Schultz | Sommerbier | 1021.0 | 1067.2 | 6.00 | 68.75% |
| 1878 | Schwartz | Sommerbier | 1020.0 | 1065.3 | 5.88 | 69.37% |
| 1878 | Schwesinger | Sommerbier | 1019.0 | 1054.8 | 4.62 | 65.30% |
| 1878 | Sick | Sommerbier | 1018.0 | 1059.4 | 5.37 | 69.70% |
| 1878 | Villmann | Sommerbier | 1019.0 | 1063.3 | 5.75 | 69.98% |
| 1886 | Weinheim, Heidelberg | Sommerbier | 1019.9 | 1054.7 | 4.50 | 63.62% |
| 1886 | Weinheim, Heidelberg | Sommerbier | 1016.6 | 1051.4 | 4.50 | 67.67% |
| 1878 | Welz | Sommerbier | 1017.0 | 1062.2 | 5.88 | 72.67% |
| average | 1017.47 | 1057.46 | 5.20 | 69.59% | ||
| Sources: | ||||||
| "Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel" by Joseph König, 1879, pages 147 - 158 | ||||||
| "Handbuch der chemischen technologie mit besonderer berücksichtigung der gewerbestatistik" by Johannes Rudolf Wagner, 1875, page 614 | ||||||
And now Winterbier:
| Winterbier | ||||||
| Year | Brewer | Beer | FG | OG | ABV | attenuation |
| 1854 | Ansbach | Winterbier | 1015.0 | 1045.9 | 4.00 | 67.32% |
| 1854 | Augsburg | Winterbier | 1013.0 | 1051.5 | 5.00 | 74.76% |
| 1849 | Augustinerbräu, München | Winterbier | 1018.0 | 1055.6 | 4.87 | 67.63% |
| 1854 | Bayreuth | Winterbier | 1016.0 | 1038.3 | 2.87 | 58.22% |
| 1879 | Eberle | Winterbier | 1016.0 | 1048.8 | 4.25 | 67.21% |
| 1879 | Friedrich Schirmer | Winterbier | 1010.0 | 1041.8 | 4.13 | 76.08% |
| 1879 | Hartmann | Winterbier | 1018.0 | 1051.8 | 4.37 | 65.25% |
| 1879 | Hauser | Winterbier | 1019.0 | 1058.6 | 5.13 | 67.58% |
| 1879 | Hummel | Winterbier | 1018.0 | 1054.7 | 4.75 | 67.09% |
| 1879 | Jean Schirmer | Winterbier | 1018.0 | 1059.4 | 5.37 | 69.70% |
| 1854 | Landshut | Winterbier | 1018.0 | 1050.9 | 4.25 | 64.64% |
| 1879 | Leibner | Winterbier | 1019.0 | 1058.6 | 5.13 | 67.58% |
| 1853 | Leistbräu, München | Winterbier | 1019.0 | 1050.9 | 4.12 | 62.67% |
| 1866 | Löwenbräu, München | Winterbier | 1017.0 | 1046.1 | 3.75 | 63.08% |
| 1879 | Moos | Winterbier | 1021.0 | 1061.5 | 5.24 | 65.85% |
| 1879 | Möser | Winterbier | 1014.0 | 1050.6 | 4.75 | 72.33% |
| 1879 | Pöhe | Winterbier | 1015.0 | 1050.7 | 4.63 | 70.41% |
| 1880 | Ponarther, Königsberg | Winterbier | 1022.2 | 1056.5 | 4.43 | 60.71% |
| 1880 | Schönbuscher, Königsberg | Winterbier | 1029.0 | 1067.8 | 5.00 | 57.23% |
| 1879 | Schultz | Winterbier | 1021.0 | 1060.6 | 5.13 | 65.35% |
| 1879 | Schultz (Wiener Brauerei) | Winterbier | 1023.0 | 1064.5 | 5.37 | 64.34% |
| 1879 | Schwartz | Winterbier | 1019.0 | 1054.8 | 4.63 | 65.33% |
| 1879 | Schwesinger | Winterbier | 1015.0 | 1048.8 | 4.38 | 69.26% |
| 1879 | Sick | Winterbier | 1020.0 | 1054.8 | 4.50 | 63.50% |
| 1879 | Sick | Winterbier | 1017.0 | 1057.5 | 5.26 | 70.43% |
| 1879 | Sick (Wiener Brauerei) | Winterbier | 1021.0 | 1059.6 | 4.99 | 64.77% |
| 1879 | Villmann | Winterbier | 1020.0 | 1062.4 | 5.50 | 67.95% |
| 1879 | Weltz | Winterbier | 1018.0 | 1054.7 | 4.75 | 67.09% |
| average | 1018.19 | 1054.20 | 4.66 | 0.67 | ||
| Sources: | ||||||
| "Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel" by Joseph König, 1879, pages 147 - 158 | ||||||
| "Handbuch der chemischen technologie mit besonderer berücksichtigung der gewerbestatistik" by Johannes Rudolf Wagner, 1875, page 614 | ||||||
As the books stated, Sommerbier really was stronger than Winterbier. In the samples above, Sommerbier averaged 1057.46 and Winterbier 1054.2. Because the degree of attenuation was slightly higher in Sommerbier, there's an even bigger difference in the ABV: 4.66% for Winterbier and 5.2% for Sommerbier.
By modern standards, most of these beers have high OG's and rather poor attenuation. Only six beers have gravities below 1050. Few everday modern German Lagers are over 1048.
That's it, I think for Winterbier and Sommerbier. Unless I find anything else I beleive might tickle your fancy. Should you want your fancy tickled.
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3 comments:
The brewer's name Sick, which appeared in both the summer beer and winter beer columns, was also a name well known in Western Canadian and American brewing circles in the mid-1900's. The businesses started in Alberta Province in the later 1800's. Emil Sicks, born in Washington State but with Canadian roots, was a scion of the family, a dynamic brewery owner and civic supporter who at one time owned a Seattle baseball team. He was active from the mid-1930's until about 1960.
I wonder if there was a connection between the German and Canadian Sicks.
Gary
Funny what connections brewery history throws up.
(Look, somebody had to say it …)
Very true. Check these links out:
http://www.stubby.ca/bottles-view.php?id=071
http://www.brewerygems.com/emil.htm
I think the Canadian Sicks must be related to the ones in Ron's table. But I doubt that 1970's Pilsener from Lethbridge, Alberta resembled the beers from Sick's in the tables.
Gary
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