The drinkable Zoigl beer is a bottom-fermented, unfiltered traditional beer from the northern Upper Palatinate. Windischeschenbach, with a population of around 5,700, is considered the center of Zoigl. Zoigl is part of Bavaria’s intangible cultural heritage and is fermented with bottom-fermenting yeast in cold private cellars or rock cellars. Zoigl beer is amber-colored, slightly cloudy and tastes fresh and drinkable despite its low carbon dioxide content.
A home brewer, indicates his private beer bar by the six-pointed Zoiglstern. This usually dangles from the pole of the house gable or above the entrance door…. The Zoiglster resembles the Star of David, but is the old craft sign of the brewers and symbolizes the three elements involved: fire, water and air, as well as the ingredients water, malt and hops, which have been known since the Middle Ages. Yeast as a further brewing ingredient was still missing at that time. For centuries, the star has shown the way to beer. In dialect, the pointer has become the Zeigel and later the Zoigl.
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In Windischeschenbarch the brewing right is guaranteed since the year 1455. The right is anchored to the house and land and recorded in the land register. The prince once granted this brewing right to some citizens. It dates back to a time when drinking water was often contaminated and it was more beneficial to health to drink beer. Even today, some private brewers, also called home brewers, operate a communal brewhouse in the region. For the use and especially the preservation of this cultural feature, they pay a “kettle money” as a membership fee. Of the 38 members, however, only ten are still actively brewing. A year in advance, the innkeepers agree on who is allowed to open on which weekend. This is how the Zoigl calendar is created, which nowadays can also be found on the Internet. If you move the cursor over a photo, further information is displayed.
Die Stammwürze am Siedepunkt. Bald kann sie ins Kühlschiff abgelassen werden / © Foto: Georg Berg
Zoigl-Brauen in der Oberpfalz. Im denkmalsgeschützten Brauhaus von Falkenberg hängt der Zeigerstern (Zoigl) der Brauer / © Foto: Georg Berg
Von der Oberpfälzer Zoigl-Tradition wollen auch verschiedene Großbrauereien profitieren, indem sie ihr Kellerbier als Zoigl-Bier anbieten / © Foto: Georg Berg
Sternebier – echter Zoigl vom Kommunbrauer / © Foto: Georg Berg
Der Zoigl-Stern soll älter sein, als der Davidstern. Als Handwerkszeichen der Bierbrauer zeigt er an, wo es gerade frisch gebrautes Bier gibt / © Foto: Georg Berg
Bodenständige Kultur. Herzhafte Küche und süffiges Bier im Garten des alten Pfarrhofs in Altenstadt / © Foto: Georg Berg
Vor allem beim Zoigl-Bier kommt man mit den Oberpfälzern schnell in Kontakt. Zufallsbekanntschaft Josef ist mit dem Fahrrad da und kennt Historisches und Lustiges rund um die Zoigl-Kultur in der nördlichen Oberpfalz / © Foto: Georg Berg
Hier wird frisches Zoigl-Bier in den Garten des alten Pfarrhofs gebracht / © Foto: Georg Berg
Wandbild auf einem Umspanngebäude / © Foto: Georg Berg
Braumalz der Firma Weyermann in Bamberg / © Foto: Georg Berg
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