Saturday 8 May 2010

Anton Dreher's beers

No. I hadn't finished with Austrian beer. Or even Anton Dreher.

Here are some of his beers. I hope you enjoy them.

Dreher beers in the 19th century
Year Brewer Beer Style Acidity FG OG Colour ABV attenuation
1870 Dreher Pilsener Pilsener 0.17 1016.7 1051.3 6 4.48 66.33%
1870 Klein Schwechater ?? Lager 1017.4 1055 10.5 4.87 68.36%
1870 Schwechat Lagerbier Lagerbier 0.13 1017.6 1053.5 6.3 4.65 65.96%
1870 Schwechat Märzen Märzen 0.14 1016.9 1054.7 7.1 4.90 67.95%
1870 Schwechat Export Export 0.13 1017.4 1052.6 6 4.56 65.80%
1870 Schwechater, Vienna Lagerbier Lager 1017.6 1052.6 4.53 66.54%
1876 Schwechater Export Export 0.13 1018.7 1052.7 4.40 63.22%
1876 Schwechater Bock Bock 1016.6 1068.7 7.23 74.70%
1881 Kleinschwechater Abzugsbier Abzugsbier 1012 1040.4 3.68 70.30%
1888 Kleinschwechater Schenk or Winter Beer Schenk or Winter Beer 1011.6 1040.4 3.73 70.38%
1898 Dreher, Kleinschwechat Export Export 1015.4 1052.7 4.85 69.78%
18?? Schwechater Lagerbier Lagerbier 1016.6 1053.5 4.79 67.92%
Sources:
"Theory and Practice of the Preparation of Malt and the Fabrication of Beer" Julius E. Thausing, Anton Schwartz and A.H. Bauer, Philadelphia 1882, pages 748-751
"Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel" by Joseph König, 1879, pages 147 - 158
"Bericht über die Entwickelung der chemischen Industrie während des letzten Jahrzehends" by August Wilhelm von Hofmann, 1877, page 382
Wahl & Henius, pages 823-830

I don't have much to add. Except maybe this - buy more of my books! I've included that at Andrew's insistence. He's been disappointed by recent sales. He had hoped to get himself an iPhone.

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