This time we're looking at beers from the Hannover region. So the north central bit of Germany. Once again, they're divided into Lagerbier and Schenkbier. That's a very rough division. Amongst the Lagerbiers there are Dunkles and Pilseners.
I'll say this straight up: these beers confuse the hell out of me. I can't see any clear division between the Schenkbier and Lagerbier. The average OG of the supposedly weaker Schenkbier is only 0.3 points lower than Lagerbier's average OG. That makes absolutely no sense. In terms of ABV, it's even worse. The average ABV of Schenkbier is a little higher than that of Lagerbier.
The Pilsensers, apart from the Städtisches Brauerei one, look pretty much what you expect: a gravity of 12º Plato and 75% attenuation. At least there's something normal in this set.
Only the first four Schenkbiers actually look like the real thing. Most look like Lagerbier, but some are even too strong for that and are wandering off into Bock country. It looks to me like a lot of beers have been misclassified
| Hannover region Schenkbier 1878 - 1879 | ||||||
| Year | Brewer | OG | FG | OG Plato | ABV | App atten-uation |
| 1879 | Harmuth & Worbs (Celle) | 1040.6 | 1012.8 | 10.18 | 3.60 | 68.47% |
| 1879 | Achilles (Celle) | 1042 | 1010.8 | 10.51 | 4.05 | 74.29% |
| 1879 | A. Schilling (Celle) | 1044.7 | 1010.1 | 11.16 | 4.50 | 77.40% |
| 1878 | Bückeburger | 1046.6 | 1014.9 | 11.62 | 4.10 | 68.03% |
| 1879 | Nienburger | 1049.6 | 1015.6 | 12.33 | 4.40 | 68.55% |
| 1879 | Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei | 1050.2 | 1017 | 12.47 | 4.30 | 66.14% |
| 1878 | Schilling (Celle) | 1050.8 | 1012.9 | 12.61 | 4.92 | 74.61% |
| 1879 | Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei | 1052.1 | 1015.1 | 12.92 | 4.80 | 71.02% |
| 1878 | Anderten (Schaale) | 1052.4 | 1013.5 | 12.99 | 5.05 | 74.24% |
| 1879 | Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei | 1052.4 | 1012 | 12.99 | 5.26 | 77.10% |
| 1878 | Vlothoer Brauerei | 1052.6 | 1013.4 | 13.03 | 5.09 | 74.50% |
| 1879 | Mindener (Brettholz & Denken) | 1053.4 | 1018.6 | 13.23 | 4.50 | 65.17% |
| 1878 | Union (Hannover) | 1053.5 | 1015 | 13.25 | 5.00 | 71.96% |
| 1878 | Wülfel (Fontaine) | 1053.9 | 1014 | 13.35 | 5.18 | 74.03% |
| 1878 | O. Bornemann | 1057.5 | 1011.5 | 14.19 | 6.00 | 80.00% |
| 1878 | Osnabrück. Actien-Brauerei | 1057.8 | 1017 | 14.26 | 5.29 | 70.59% |
| 1878 | Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei | 1058.1 | 1015 | 14.33 | 5.60 | 74.18% |
| 1878 | Leidenroth | 1058.1 | 1015 | 14.33 | 5.60 | 74.18% |
| 1878 | Hannoverische Actien-Brauerei | 1058.6 | 1015.5 | 14.45 | 5.60 | 73.55% |
| 1878 | Osnabrück. Actien-Brauerei | 1058.9 | 1014 | 14.52 | 5.85 | 76.23% |
| 1878 | Oeynhauser | 1060.1 | 1020.8 | 14.80 | 5.09 | 65.39% |
| 1878 | Brande & Mayer | 1065.3 | 1019 | 16.00 | 6.02 | 70.90% |
| Average | 1053.1 | 1014.7 | 13.16 | 4.99 | 72.30% | |
| Source: | ||||||
| Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pages 1102 - 1156 | ||||||
The Lagerbiers at least look to be mostly in the right gravity range. The first two area little light, and a couple at the top end a bit heavy, but they are somewhere in the general neighbourhood of where they should be. Compared to Czech Lagerbiers, the average gravity is about four points higher. While it's generally comparable to the average gravity of Lagerbier from the Dresden area and Lower Austria. The level of acidity is one of the lowest we've seen so far, though still not great by modern standards.
| Hannover region Lagerbier 1878 - 1891 | |||||||||
| Year | Brewer | Beer | Style | OG | FG | OG Plato | ABV | App atten-uation | lactic acid % |
| 1884 | Schaumburg Brauerei in Stadthagen | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1045.8 | 1015 | 11.43 | 3.99 | 67.25% | 0.127 |
| 1879 | Schilling (Celle) | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1045.9 | 1015.1 | 11.45 | 3.99 | 67.10% | |
| 1878 | Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1050.5 | 1015.8 | 12.54 | 4.50 | 68.71% | |
| 1884 | Union-Brauerei in Hannover | nach Pilsener Art | Pilsener | 1050.7 | 1013.1 | 12.59 | 4.89 | 74.16% | 0.136 |
| 1891 | National-Aktien-Brauerei | Pilsener | Pilsener | 1050.7 | 1015.2 | 12.59 | 4.60 | 70.02% | |
| 1891 | Aktien-Brauerei Streitberg | Pilsener | Pilsener | 1051.3 | 1009.9 | 12.73 | 5.40 | 80.70% | |
| 1884 | Vereins Brauerei Herrenhausen bei Hannover | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1051.9 | 1015.8 | 12.87 | 4.68 | 69.56% | 0.118 |
| 1891 | National-Aktien-Brauerei | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1051.9 | 1013.6 | 12.87 | 4.98 | 73.80% | |
| 1884 | Hannoversche Aktien-Brauerei | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1052.3 | 1014 | 12.97 | 4.98 | 73.23% | 0.1711 |
| 1878 | Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1052.4 | 1016.6 | 12.99 | 4.64 | 68.32% | |
| 1884 | Schlombs-Brauerei Ahlten bei Lehrte | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1052.4 | 1015 | 12.99 | 4.85 | 71.37% | 0.141 |
| 1879 | Einbecker | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1053.1 | 1014.6 | 13.16 | 5.00 | 72.50% | |
| 1878 | Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1053.2 | 1014.5 | 13.18 | 5.03 | 72.74% | |
| 1878 | Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1053.6 | 1018.1 | 13.27 | 4.60 | 66.23% | |
| 1884 | Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1053.7 | 1015.1 | 13.30 | 5.01 | 71.88% | 0.132 |
| 1884 | Hasenburg bei Lüneberg | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1054.4 | 1017 | 13.46 | 4.85 | 68.75% | 0.137 |
| 1884 | Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover | nach Pilsener Art | Pilsener | 1055.2 | 1014 | 13.65 | 5.36 | 74.64% | 0.147 |
| 1891 | Aktien-Brauerei Streitberg | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1055.5 | 1012.5 | 13.72 | 5.60 | 77.48% | |
| 1884 | Union-Brauerei in Hannover | nach Münchener Art | Dunkles | 1056.5 | 1019 | 13.96 | 4.85 | 66.37% | 0.147 |
| 1884 | Lindener Aktien-Brauerei | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1057.5 | 1017.1 | 14.19 | 5.24 | 70.26% | 0.132 |
| 1879 | Herrenhauser | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1057.8 | 1016.2 | 14.26 | 5.40 | 71.97% | |
| 1878 | Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover | Lagerbier | Lagerbier | 1058.9 | 1015.8 | 14.52 | 5.60 | 73.17% | |
| 1884 | Städtisches Brauerei in Hannover | Doppeltlagerbier | Lagerbier | 1062.9 | 1026.2 | 15.45 | 4.74 | 58.35% | 0.091 |
| Average | 1053.4 | 1015.6 | 13.22 | 4.90 | 70.81% | 0.134 | |||
| Source: | |||||||||
| Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pages 1102 - 1156 | |||||||||
I would do some Schenkbier comparisons, were they to make any sense. But they don't, because this set looks wrong.
Westphalen next time, I think.
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