Marcin Ostejewsk and I discuss the Grodziskie competition in Grodzisk and the future of the style.
Marcin Ostejewsk and I discuss the Grodziskie competition in Grodzisk and the future of the style.
I rise around 8:30. Wouldn’t want to miss out on breakfast. It’s often the highlight of the day. I guess that shows my age.
I go for the same as yesterday: fried egg, cheese, tomato and cucumber. It’s a fairly light meal. Accompanied by a couple of double espressos. Which wake me up a treat. That was exactly the idea.
I have a nice chat with some of the other judges while I eat. Getting to talk to lots of different people is one of the reasons I go judging. That and travelling to places that I’d never go to otherwise.
The bus leaves for the airport at 10:00. It’s an hour or so in the bus. But we’re still there well before my flight. I have to wait a while before the KLM check-in desk opens. Which I spend chatting with the two Argentinian judges. Much of it about football.
As soon as the desk opens, I check in and trail airside. And straight to the lounge. Well, with a short detour to the duty free, where I pick up some Ukrainian and Poznan vodka. Never seen Ukrainian vodka before.
The lounge is pretty small. Not much food. Slightly weird sandwiches. But free-pour spirits. Now doesn’t that lift my spirits? I take full advantage. Wouldn’t you?
I have a couple of hours to enjoy myself in the lounge. Which is nice and quiet. It’s so much more relaxing in a lounge than outside, where there are always people milling about. That’s why I’m so keen on hanging onto my gold status with KLM.
That reminds me of another reason I go judging: lots of long-haul flights. Great for getting up to gold status every year.
I have to make do with cattle-truck class this way. Not so unbearable, as it’s only a short hop.
As I haven’t checked in a bag, I’m straight out of the terminal and into a taxi with minimal fucking around.
Soon I’m opening my front door. Inside Dolores is waiting with tea. As always.
The rest of my time in Grodzisk. Where I do some more judging, have another brewery tour and hang around at a beer festival.
I manage to drag myself out of bed around 8:00. As planned. There’s a win to start the day. It’s going to be a busy one.
Breakfast is a pretty decent buffet. With fried eggs and bacon. Though the bacon is rather undercooked. I accompany my fried egg with cheese and tomato instead. Probably healthier.
At 9:30 a bus takes us to an estate on the edge of the village of Wąsowo. Where, in addition to the numerous other activities, a small brewery recently opened on the site. Called, logically enough, Browar Wąsowo.
After a quick tour around the various former farm buildings, we dive into the brewery. Housed in a red brick structure. It’s all very new and shiny inside. As you would expect for a brewery that only opened in 2025.
We’re taken around the various rooms in the brewery, which is two storeys with cellars. Before returning to the fermentation room for samples. Beginning with a Grodziskie which has only just finished primary fermentation. “A bit raw still.” We’re told. It takes perfectly fine to me. With the smoke and hops in good balance.
Next is a Pilsner. Which is clean and decently bitter. Very drinkable.
We roll over to the onsite restaurant. Which is also a sort of taproom for the brewery, serving seven of their beers on draught. Today, that’s: Berliner Weisse, APA, Witbier, Lager, Black IPA, Hazy IPA and Saison. A pretty decent variety of styles. Not just IPA variants.
There are bits of food for us. And samples of the draught beers. Which, just as they were in the brewery, are very good. I kick off with a Black IPA. Mostly because you never see them anymore. Maybe a bit on the roasty side, but pleasant enough. The Hazy IPA I follow it up with is also fine.
It’s getting on for 13:00 when we drive off in the bus to return to Grodzisk. For a bit more judging. The second round. But there’s time for a quick beer outside. It is pretty hot, after all. I wouldn’t want to dehydrate.
Yesterday I judged “straight” Grodziskie. Today it’s the category for beers with additional ingredients. Some interesting ideas, not all of which work for me. But a couple where they really do.
Only eleven beers. No need to fill out score sheets, either. I just scribble a few notes. I really mean scribble. I struggle to read them a few minutes later. There’s a lively discussion. Which is resolved without resorting to physical violence.
Our table is one of the last to finish. And the lunch buffet is running a little thin. Just about enough left for a decent meal. I wash it down with some Grodziskie. I’m not missing any chance I get to drink it here in Grodzisk.
Once lunch is chomped and Grodziskie has been drunk. we return to the malt house for a tour. Working from the bottom up. Much of it hasn’t been fully renovated. Some isn’t even slightly done up. With the top floor not being safe to enter.
The brew house is just across the yard. It has a pretty traditional layout. Though the equipment is all shiny stainless steel. There’s even a baudelot cooler. Which seems to be in use.
The open fermenters are hard to see, with their tops far overhead. They look pretty big.
It’s about a 15-minute walk from the brewery to the festival,
Grodziskie Piwobranie. I’m glad that the sun isn’t out. On the way, we
walk past some random old Soviet military equipment parked next to a
building.
The festival is quite a modest affair, held in a town park. With lots of families. There are half a dozen brewery stands, each selling a range of beers. At pretty reasonable prices: 3 to 4 euros for a half litre.
I get myself a half-litre of Lager. Well, someone else gets it for me as my credit card won’t work. It’s a pleasant enough beer.
All the judges climb onto the stage for the competition results. Which I don’t understand, as they’re in Polish. Once that’s done, we trail off the stage again. To make way for a Queen cover band.
As a storm is forecast, I find a seat under an umbrella. I wouldn’t want to get drenched. Noticing a stall with an old bloke selling what look like bottles of spirits, I wander over there.
I buy a half litre of some fruit-based spirit. It’s little rough. Let’s be honest, it’s very rough. I mix it with some beer to make it more palatable. Which is successful to some degree.
I chat for a while with the Finnish judge. And share s shot of my dodgy fruit stuff. He seems perfectly normal. 30 minutes later, he’s flat on his back. I didn’t think the fruit stuff was that strong. But his legs seem to have stopped working.
As everyone is feeling a bit tired, we arrange to be collected by the bus an hour earlier at 21:30. Of which I’m mightily pleased. I’m feeling pretty knacked.
Raindrops start to fall when we’re halfway to the bus. I’m a bit wet when I climb aboard. It’s a bit of a drive back to Grodzisk. But it’s not straight to bed back at the hotel.
A gaggle of judges crowd into a room. Where football is watched and beer is drunk. Though I’m not drinking beer. I’ve brought myself a stiff whiskey down from my room.
Germany are surprisingly losing. Though have pulled things back by the time I retire to my room. I’m too old to stay up past midnight. And don’t.
Browar Wąsowo
Poznańska 2,
64-314 Wąsowo,
Poland.
Folwark Wąsowo
ul. Poznańska 2,
64-316 Wąsowo,
Poland.
http://folwarkwasowo.pl/
Browar w Grodzisku Wielkopolskim
Poznańska 16B,
62-065 Grodzisk Wielkopolski,
Poland.
http://browargrodzisk.com/
Here's a video of the day:
A quick report of a short trip I made last weekend.
I trail over to Schiphol a little after 09:00. Which leaves me time to warm up for the flight a little in the lounge.
The food isn't too bad in the lounge this time. It's the non-Schengen one that I don't visit often. Not been impressed with the food in the past. The rostis are really nice. Scrambled egg could do with some seasoning.
But there's free-pour whisky. Of which I take advantage. Though don't abuse. It's a thin line that you need to walk when you're an enthusiastic drinker like me.
I bump into Ferry at the gate. He's judging in Grodzisk, too. Though we both live in Holland, we first met in Brazil.
When my boarding pass is checked before getting on the bus, there's a beep and I'm given a slip of paper. I've been upgraded to business class. I guess because the flight is overbooked. Now there's a win.
After waiting on the tarmac for a while the bus return to the gate. Two vehicles have collided close to our plane. We have to wait for that to be sorted out. We depart quite late.
The food is definitely better than the usual KLM slop. And I get a couple of whiskies to wash it down. Which also helps.
After landing in Poznan, we're whisked off in a bus to our hotel Along with other just-arrived judges. It takes a while to get to Nowy Tomyśl. After just about enough time to drop of our bags, it's back on the bus to go to Grodzisk.
Where we're judging in the former malt house of the last brewery to make Grodziskie before the style's extinction in the early 1990s. Which is pretty cool. And it's right next to the brewhouse of Browar Grodzisk. Current brewer of Grodziskie
We don't have to judge a stupid number of beers - my table has 17. Just as well, as the judging kicks off in the early evening. There are some pretty good examples in the ones we judge. And a few not so good ones. But there are always a few duds, whenever you judge.
I'm judging with two Polish men, Michal Kopik and Jan Lepek and a German/Greek woman, Dafne Peppa_boy. We have some robust discussions about some beers. Which is part of the fun of judging. If everyone 100% agreed, int would be a pretty dull process.
For those of you that haven't experienced the Grodziskie style, here's an overview of its characteristics.
colour: very pale
grist: 100% oak-smoked wheat malt
hops: Polish varieties
yeast: top fermenting
OG: 7.7º Plato
ABV: 3.1%
The last two I've taken from the Classic version brewed by Browar Grodzisk. It's also usually bottle-conditioned.
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I like versions where the hops and smoke are in balance. Combined with a light body, making them very drinkable. Quite a few of the beers I judge fit those parameters perfectly. And are a pleasure to drink.
I already know quite a few of the other judges. Which makes things easier. Catching up with Evan Rail after many years is fun. Great to learn that U Rotundy remains a s wonderful as ever. Plus lots of other great stuff about beer in Czechia.
Judging is scheduled to end at 21:00. It's a while after that when all the tables are done And it's pushing 10:00 when we hit the restaurant Schabowy & Salata.
Our, quite late, evening meal is very decent. What I expect in Poland, where the food is usually pretty good. I do like a good Schnitzel. One made out of actual meat. Unlike the shttty ones made from reconstituted gunk they sell in the supermarkets in Holland.
(I was wondering about the name of the restaurant: Schbowy & Salata. I could get the second bit But what about the first? Kotlet schabowy turns out to be what I called a Schnitzel. It's the Polish version of a fried, thin, breaded piece of pork. Like I said earlier, it was excellent.)
Of course, there's also Grodziskie to drink. From the beautifully elegant, slender glasses.
It's after midnight when I get my head down Aiming for an 8:00 start tomorrow. A gulp or two of hotel whisky whisks me off rapidly to sleep.
Browar Grodzisk
Poznańska 16B,
62-065 Grodzisk Wielkopolski,
Poland.
https://browargrodzisk.com
Schabowy & Salata
Osiedle Wojska Polskiego 18D,
62-065 Grodzisk Wielkopolski,
Poland.
Here's a video report of my trip:
By popular demand, (ell, I think one person said they liked them), here's another travel video.
Where I fly to Poznan and am whisked away to judge in the malthouse of the last brewer in Grodzisk when the style died out in the early 1990s. Then eat a Kotlet schabowy. Which was dead good.
Now there's another bucket list item crossed off. I finally got to drink Grodziskie in Grodzisk.
Last weekend I was in Grodzisk to judge, well, Grodziskie. And what fun it was.
One of my big regrets, beer-wise, at least, was not getting tro try Grodzisk when I was in Poland in the early 1990s. When the original Grodzisk brewery was still active. And I assumed that was my chance gone to experience the style.
Thankfully, the style has been brought back to life in its home town. And is even brewed in the building as the original. How cool is that? And the judging was in the malthouse of original brewery.\
It was quite a short trip for me. Only a short hop of a flight. And just two days away. Almost no effort at all, really.
Lots of fun people there, too. Some I already knew. Some I was meeting for the same time. It's great to still be meeting new people at my age. Which is why I'm going to continue to travel as long as I can.
Maybe I'll continue with the pure beer stuff. Like next week, when I'll be doing some Grodziskie judging in, er, Grodzisk. I can see how that might have some historical value. If I make an effort and interview people.
The more I think about it, that's exactly what I should do. Not just video my breakfast.
Thanks for that. It's really cleared that up in my head. And given me a plan for next week in Grodzisk.
Not been to Poland for 30 years. I'm guessing it might have changed a little bit.
Brewing technical journals are a great source of them. I've spent many a happy hour collecting numbers from all sorts of trade journals in multiple languages. Though mostly in English or German. So I was delighted to be pointed in the direction of a Polish trade magazine by Gary Gillman, who wanted some help with a table heading.
A heading in the table below. The one for the last column, which shows hops usage in thousands of zentners (50 kg). I couldn't help posting about it, as it tells us quite a lot.
It doesn't surprise me that the UK and Ireland were the heaviest hoppers, with the latter topping the last. Why did Ireland come out so high? Because most of the beer brewed there was Stout. A beer which was both quite strong and heavily hopped. The UK average rate was double, and Ireland's triple, that of Continental Europe. That's a pretty big difference.
Between them, the UK and Ireland were using over 30% of the world's hops. Mightily impressive, but down from the late 19th century when the two countries consumed over 50% of the world's supply.
No shock either that Czechoslovakia led the pack in Continental Europe. Followed by other bits of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Elsewhere in the world, bits of another empire scored highly - the British Empire. With Australia & New Zealand just a little behind the UK. As was India. Which I can understand, what with the climate there. You'd want plenty of hops to prevent infection. I was a bit surprised at the high rate in Canada, which I would have expected to be more in line with the USA.
| Hops worldwide in 1935 | |||
| Country | beer production 1935 hl | hops gm/hl | hop usage in 1,000 zentner |
| Austria & Hungary | 2,484,000 | 260 | 12,917 |
| Balkans | 141,000 | 250 | 705 |
| Belgium & Luxembourg | 13,913,000 | 225 | 62,608 |
| Czechoslovakia | 7,748,000 | 300 | 46,488 |
| Denmark | 2,209,000 | 165 | 7,290 |
| France | 15,163,000 | 185 | 56,103 |
| Gdansk | 75,000 | 250 | 375 |
| Holland | 1,373,000 | 215 | 5,904 |
| Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland | 551,000 | 275 | 3,031 |
| Germany | 39,754,000 | 224 | 178,098 |
| Norway | 411,000 | 215 | 1,767 |
| Poland | 1,065,000 | 250 | 5,325 |
| Roumania and Yugoslavia | 666,000 | 300 | 3,996 |
| Russia * | 3,700,000 | 250 | 18,500 |
| Sweden | 2,530,000 | 165 | 8,349 |
| Switzerland | 2,315,000 | 200 | 9,260 |
| Italy, Spain & Portugal | 1,158,000 | 250 | 5,790 |
| Continent | 95,256,000 | 223.9 | 426,506 |
| Ireland | 3,092,000 | 750 | 46,380 |
| UK | 26,587,000 | 500 | 265,870 |
| Europa | 124,935,000 | 295.7 | 738,756 |
| Africa | 529,000 | 350 | 3,703 |
| Australia & New Zealand | 3,109,000 | 450 | 27,981 |
| Central America | 1,288,000 | 250 | 6,440 |
| South America | 3,929,000 | 250 | 19,645 |
| East Asia | 2,101,000 | 250 | 10,505 |
| India | 72,000 | 450 | 648 |
| Canada | 2,098,000 | 375 | 15,735 |
| USA | 53,076,000 | 255 | 270,688 |
| Total | 191,137,000 | 286.2 | 1,094,101 |
| * no specific consumption data available. | |||
| Source: | |||
| Przegląd Piwowarsko-Słodowniczy: organ Związku Piwowarów w Polsce 1936 wrzesień R.2 Nr3 | |||
| https://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/publication/401137/edition/314443/content | |||
| Grätzer in 1936 | |||||||||
| Year | Brewer | country | Beer | Style | OG | FG | Colour | ABV | Apparent attenuation |
| 1936 | Vereinigte Grätzer Bierbrauerei | Poland | Echt Grätzer Bier | Grätzer | 1029.1 | 1007.7 | 0.45 | 2.77 | 73.56% |
| 1936 | Hochschulbrauerei Berlin | Germany | Hochschl. Grätzer | Grätzer | 1031.3 | 1006.8 | 0.9 | 3.13 | 78.40% |
| 1936 | Monopolbräu Berlin | Germany | Mon. Grätzer Rauchb. | Grätzer | 1027.7 | 1005.7 | 0.45 | 2.84 | 79.60% |
| Source: | |||||||||
| handwritten laboratory manual by a former Engelhardt-Brauerei Brewmaster | |||||||||
"Grätzer Bier is brewed in relatively small quantities by just two breweries in Berlin, namely the Monopolbrauerei and the Hochschulbrauerei."
"Die Herstellungobergäriger Biere und die Malzbierbrauerei Groterjan A.G. in Berlin", by Braumeister A. Dörfel, page 31 (my translation).
The original text:
"Grätzer Bier wird in Berlin nur in zwei Brauereien, nämlich der Monopolbrauerei und der Hochschulbrauerei in verhältnismässig kleinen Mengen hergetstellt."When it was first brewed in Berlin, I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if it was after Grodzisk became part of the reformed Poland in 1919*. But I've no evidence to back that up. I could just be talking out of my arse.
I've officially ceased to be amazed at anything I find. This one really takes not just the biscuit, but the whole tin of jaffas, digestives and rich teas. Yes, British investors tried to buy all the breweries in Gratz and get a monopoly of Grätzer Bier."The LISTS of APPLICATIONS will CLOSE on or before THURSDAY, the 26th day of July, 1888,You may be wondering why I've suddenly returned to Grätzer. There's a good reason. Which you may be able to guess. Otherwise you'll have to wait until I tell you.
Purchase of all the breweries at Gratz, near Posen (five in number), thus giving a practical monopoly for the sale of the well-known Gratzer beer, a speciality peculiar to Gratz, and brewed in no other part of Germany.
All the Breweries and Properties are Freehold.
Annual sale of beer over 1,800,000 gallons.
Notwithstanding strong competition amongst the owners of the breweries, the average annual profit for the last three years, as certified by the accountants, amounted to £21,238. which, after deducting the interest on Debentures and Preference Shares, leaves sufficient to pay a dividend of 14 per cent, and in addition a sum of £2,338 per annum.
THE GRATZER BREWERIES LIMITED.
Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1886. Share capital £160,000, divided into 16,000 Seven per Cent Cumulative Preference Shares of £5 each, £80,000; 16,000 Ordinary Shares of £5 each, £80,000. First issue, 14,000 Seven per Cent Cumulative Preference Shares of £5 each, £70,000; 15,000 Ordinary Shares of £5 each, £75,000. Payable 10s. per share on application. £2 per share on allotment, and £2 10s. on August 16, 1888. In addition to the above shares, £70,000 Five per Cent Debentures are offered for subscription, redeemable, at the company's option, in 20 years, at £105, payable £10 per cent on application, £40 per cent on allotment, and £50 per cent on August 16, 1888.
Trustees for the Debenture Holders.
The Trustees, Executors, and Securities Insurance Corporation Limited, Winchester House, Old Broad-street, E.C.
Directors.
Robert Curzon, Esq., Colchester, Director of Daniell and Sons' Breweries Limited.
Charles Horsley, Esq., of Messrs. Mountain, Horsleys, and Co., hop merchants, Southwark-street. S.E.
Major H. W. Scriven, of Messrs. Paley, Scriven, and Co., 34, Great St. Helens, E.C., Chairman of Gilman and Spencer Limited, brewers.
Henry Stopes, Esq., Cintra Park, Upper Norwood, S.E., Director of Colchester Brewing Company Limited,
*Herr Otto Bahnisch. Proprietor of the Bähnisch Grätzer Brewery (Managing Director).
*Herr Otto Grünberg, of the Grünberg Grätzer Brewery.
*Herr A. Herzfeld, President of the Grätzer Town Council and a Magistrate.
*Will join after allotment and form a Local Advisory Board.
Bankers.
Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., 32, Abchurch-lane, E.C.
Herr Heimann Saul, Posen.
Herren Marcus Nelken and Son. Berlin and Breslau.
Brokers.
Messrs. Henry Pawle and Co., 13, Copthall-court, E.C.
Solicitor.—W. Capel Slaughter. Esq., 18. Austinfriars, E.C.
Auditors. Messrs. Monkhouse, Goddard, and Co.. chartered accountants, St. Swithin's-lane, E.C.
Secretary (pro tern.)— Mr. G. H. Dixon.
Registered Office. 10, Queen-street-place, Cannon-street, E.C.
ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
This company is formed to purchase and amalgamate the five well-known Freehold Breweries at Grätz, in the Province of Posen, together with the goodwill, the lands, buildings, maltings, plant, machinery, materials and utensils, horses, vans, and every description of appliance necessary for the carrying on of a brewing business on a large scale, and also the branches established at Berlin, Posen, and Bromberg, including horses, carts, plant, fixtures, &c.
There are qualities in the water at Gratz, used in making this beer, which have, for a long time past, justified medical men in recommending the use of Gratzer and it is highly appreciated throughout Germany; in fact, so well known is it in North Germany, that the "Gratzer Goblet," a specially designed glass, is in general use in Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes, and Railway Refreshment Rooms throughout the country.
Mr. H. Stopes, whose exceptional experience in all matters connected with brewing gives especial value to his opinion, has, before consenting to join the board, personally inspected the five Breweries, and his report, which accompanies the prospectus, is of the most favourable character. In it he states:—
"Taking into consideration the whole special character of the business of these Breweries, the number, nature, and position of the properties, and plant and rolling stock included in the purchase, and the possession of the monopoly of so well-known and rapidly increasing a trade as that in Grätzer Beer, the prices and terms fixed in the prospectus submitted to me are fair and reasonable, and with proper management the business should develop into one of considerable prosperity and success.
"The present trade of over 50,000 barrels per annum can very readily be increased, and the cessation of all competition, coupled with the simplest, cheapest, and most lucrative form of brewing I have yet seen in any country, makes successful working as much a certainty as can be expected in a commercial undertaking."
The accounts for the past three years have been examined by Messrs. Monkhonse, Goddard, and Co., 28 and 29, St. Swithin's-lane, E.C., and Mr. W. E. Pearse, 10, Queenstreet-place, E.C., chartered accountants, and in their report they detail the steps they have taken to enable them to certify a profit of £21,258 per annum for the five Breweries.
A copy of the joint report of the accountants accompanies the prospectus, and the original can be seen at the office of the solicitor. This certified profit gives the following result:—
Average profit for the last three years (without taking into account the profits derived from the branches on the Bottling and Retail Sales) £21,238 0 0 Deduct annual interest on £70,000 Debentures at 5 per cent £3,500 0 0 Annual Dividend on £70,000 Preference Shares at 7 percent 4,900 0 0 8,400 0 0 Leaving a Balance of £12,833 0 0
Whilst it will only require £10,500 per annum to pay a dividend of 14 per cent on the £75,000 Ordinary Shares now issued. The vendors pay all the expenses attending the formation of the company up to allotment, including brokerage.
In case no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full, and if a smaller number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the money paid on deposit will be applied towards further payments.
Full prospectuses and forms of application can be obtained of the bankers, brokers, aud solicitor, and from the secretary, at the office of the company.
London, July 18,1888.
The following table shows the dividends paid on, and the value on the 16th July , 1888, of the shares of some German breweries, from which it will be seen that this class of investment returns a highly profitable rate of interest to the original investor, and is held in high estimation in Germany :—
Dividend 1886. Dividend 1887. Price Per Cent. Böhmisches 12.5 14 296.5 Dortmunder 20 23.33 342 Dortmunder Union 15 18 267 Friedrichshain 10 10 205 Leipzig Riebeck — 10 202 Lindener 26.67 28.67 366.75 Patzenhofer 43.33 53.5 630.5 Schultheiss 14 14 294.25
The directors of the St. Pauli Breweries Company, of Bremen, which was incorporated as an English company in January last, have recently declared an interim dividend for the half-year on the Ordinary Shares at the rate of 12 per cent per annum, and the shares are now quoted as follows: —
£10 Ordinary Shares, fully paid £15 15 0
£10 Seven per Cent Preference Shares, fully paid 12 10 0 "
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Wednesday 25 July 1888, page 1.
"Pohlnische Biere. Pohlen liebet besonders die weißen Biere, die es auch
verschieden, und sehr vortrefflich, hat; z. E. das Gräzer und Lobsenzer,
vornehmlich aber das Waretsker Bier, welches leztere, wenn es alt geworden, an
Klarheit und Farbe dem Weine gleichet.""Polish beers. Poland especially likes
white beers, of which it has several excellent ones, for example Gräzer and
Lobsenzer, but mostly Waretsker Beer, of which the latter, when aged, resembles
wine in colour and clarity.""Oeconomischen Encyclopädie“ of 1773
"Nach den vorliegenden Angaben sind beim Verkauf in Fässern von den
Brauereien abgesetzt worden: gewöhnliche obergärige Biere bis zu 12 M., bessere
Sorten in der Regel zu 12 - 18 M. (Grätzer Bier 12 M.), untergärige Schankbiere
zu 14-18 M., Lagerbier meist 17-25 M. für 1 hl."
Zeitschrift für das gesammte Brauwesen 1894, p.31
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