Malzbier between the wars (part two)

Time for more watery Malzbier fun with Schönfel. Though this time there are some of almost normal strength.

"In addition to them, there were a number of stronger beers, mostly with 7-9% and sometimes also with 10-12% E. gravity, which soon bore this, now that name, and to which the multiple wheat malt beers (beers made from barley and wheat malt), Hannoversch Broihan (also a wheat malt beer of 7-9% gravity flavored with cloves, cinnamon, anise, etc.), Werdersches Bier, the Braunbier of the Kretschmer breweries in Breslau, the beers produced in East and West Prussia, and many others. They were all poorly attenuatted and mostly deeply dark in color. Some agricultural areas were offered a so-called harvest beer in the summer, which was brewed strong and well-hopped.

Mostly made from pure barley malt, but often with the addition of sugar, which could account for up to 20% of the mash material, they were more or less characterized by a mild and malty-sweet taste."
"Obergärige Biere und ihre Herstellung" by Dr. Franz Schönfeld, 2nd edition, Verlag von Paul Parey, Berlin, 1938, page 133 - 134.

None of that sounds very Reinheitsgebot-compliant. I can't remember coming across Broyhan having so many spices added to it before. Though I know that spices were used to flavour beer. Even in Bavaria, where for a while coriander was allowed.

That's odd with the harvest beer. In the UK, beer intended for harvesters was weaker than standard beer, as it was intended to refresh rather than intoxicate.

"The fermentation took place either in vats or in barrels, from one-ton pieces up to casks of 6-7 tons.

The fermentation period was finished in 2-3 days at the usual temperature of 15-18 ° C.

For barrel fermentation, especially when using small barrels, slightly higher temperatures (20-22 ° C) were advantageously chosen, so that the yeast could be better discharged.

The barrels lying at an angle during the main fermentation were straightened after the yeast growth had ended and, with constant refilling and keeping it full up to the the bung, left to rest for 1-2 days for a short fermentation and 8-10 days for a longer fermentation."
"Obergärige Biere und ihre Herstellung" by Dr. Franz Schönfeld, 2nd edition, Verlag von Paul Parey, Berlin, 1938, page 134.

Barrel fermentation sound rather like a ponto: having the barrel at an angle tso excess yeast could be discharged and refilling with fresh wort.

Here are a few beers of these types:

Broyhan and Braunbier 1850 - 1890
Year	Brewer	Beer	Style	OG	FG	ABV	App. Atten-uation	pH
1884	Hannover, Städtisch	Einfacher Broyhan	Broyhan	1031.4	1022.5	1.03	27.67%	3.78
1884	Hannover, Städtisch	Doppelter Broyhan	Broyhan	1053.4	1043.6	1.20	17.55%	3.99
1850	Unknown, Halberstadt	Halberstädter Breyhan	Breyhan	1034.7	1012.7	2.84	62.59%	3.32
1850	Freundes	Braunbier	Braunbier	1056.9	1036.6	2.60	34.57%	3.56
1850	Unknown, Berlin	Werder'sches Braunbier	Braunbier	1030.4	1012.0	2.37	59.74%
1850	Unknown, Berlin	Berliner Braunbier	Braunbier	1058.1	1041.4	2.12	27.63%	3.52
1879	Remmer	Einfach Braunbier	Braunbier	1038.5	1016.4	2.85	57.40%
1879	Unknown, Bremen	Braunbier	Braunbier	1059.1	1010	6.42	83.08%
1879	Unknown, Bremen	Braunbier	Braunbier	1057.3	1014	5.63	75.57%
1879	Unknown, Bremen	Braunbier	Braunbier	1049.9	1022	3.59	55.91%
1879	Unknown, Bremen	Braunbier	Braunbier	1049.5	1012	4.87	75.76%
1879	Unknown, Bremen	Braunbier	Braunbier	1044.5	1012.5	4.15	71.91%
1879	Unknown, Bremen	Braunbier	Braunbier	1061.1	1012	6.41	80.36%
1890	Löwenbrauerei	Doppelbraunbier	Braunbier	1029.9	1015.5	1.85	48.24%	3.65
Sources:
Wahl & Henius, pages 823-830
“Archive der Pharmacie”, 1855, pages 216-217
Handwörterbuch der reinen und angewandten Chemie by Justus Liebig, Johann Christian Poggendorff, Friedrich Wöhler, 1858, page 1038
"Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel" by Joseph König, 1889, pages 806 - 851
"Handbuch der chemischen technologie" by Otto Dammer, Rudolf Kaiser, 1896, pages 696-697

You'll see that some of the beers are stronger than Schönfeld writes. Five of the beers in the table have an OG of over 14º Balling. Some are also pretty sour.