Cannewitzer beers

Some more DDR fun, this time in the form of some old labels. Yes, you've guessed it. I can't be arsed to write anything and this is an easy cop out.

Cannewitz is a tiny place which is part of Grimma, a small town to the Southeast of Leipzig. Surprisingly, since the brewery closed in 1999, there are still beers available under the Cannewitzer name. They're brewed at the Glückauf brewery, around 100 km further south, but Still in Saxony.

This the current beer range:

Cannewitzer beers in 2015
Beer	style	OG Plato	ABV
Cannewitzer "Nerchauer Pumpernickel"	Schwarzbier	11.7º	4.9%
Cannewitzer Pilsner	Pilsner	11.5º	4.9%
Cannewitzer Bock	Bock	16.2º	5.9%
Cannewitzer "Gold Quell" Hell	Helles	11.7º	4.9%
Wurzener Ringelnatz	Pils	11.5º	4.9%
Cannewitzer "Wilder Robert" Pilsner	Pils	11.5º	4.9%
Cannewitzer „Disco Cola“	Cola	-	0%
Source:
Cannewitzer website http://www.cannewitzer.de/.

Looks to me like there are only really four beers as the three Pilsners look remarkably similar. Who wouldn't want to drink something called Disco Cola?

This is what they usede to brew:

Three beers have the same name as DDR-period brews. Though the Nerchauer Pumpernickel has transformed itself from Pilsator to Schwarzbier.

I may continue this series. Depending on how easy it is. And if there's some audience interest. Though the latter is optional.





Klaus Fruchtsäfte & Cannewitzer Biere
Apfelweg 11,
04808 Wurzen.
Tel: (0 34 25) 81 35 95
Fax: (0 34 25) 81 66 97
http://www.cannewitzer.de/



Glückauf-Brauerei
Hauptstraße 176,
09355 Gersdorf.
http://www.glueckaufbiere.de/