Rothaus Pils

webster a écrit :

Smashing pilsner indeed :o)

Rothaus Pils is brewed in the Black Forest (extreme south-west of Germany, close to Basle) by the Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus

By the way, Rothaus Pils is *the very same product* as Rothaus Tannenzäpfle. This "pine cone" nickname refers to the smaller (33cl instead of the german standard 50cl) bottle size. Apart from 33 and 50cl bottles, Rothaus Pils is also to be found in Germany in 5l party kegs (inbuilt tap, gravity dispense, and, I suspect, unpasteurised, just like the draught version), which is perfect for garden parties and the like.

The brewery also brews a pretty decent Hefeweizen (aka Weizenzäpfle in

Cheers !

Laurent

Many thanks for your help "Captain". It really is popular with the locals and according to the Steward Rothaus Pils is outselling all other bottled beers and its only been available for the last three weeks. Maybe there is hope for British beer drinkers to enjoy a good beer at a reasonable price. Is it available any where else in the UK?

Webster

canonique et bonnes pour la retraite, transformant ainsi l'Alpage en planche à fakir ?

webster a écrit :

You're welcome, pleased to be able to help... I usually have some of the stuff in my cellar, being little more than one hour away by train from the German border. ;o) Slight compensation for the lack of proper cask ale 'round these parts.

As far as bottled lagers go, Rothaus Pils, being bottled with care, not too carbonated and pretty hoppy, is indeed likely to please british drinkers. And it's miles above most big "premium" brands such as Stella or Becks... And I've noticed in Germany that its terrible label design (straight out of the 60s as featured on this wallpaper :

Cheers !

Laurent

In message , The Submarine Captain writes

A chemist friend working in Germany described visiting one of the plants where extra C02 is injected into one of the big name German imports to bring it up to British carbonation levels! The concept of 'fizzy lager' really is a British brewers invention, one that far too many drinkers have bought into.

Whilst a lot of the continental beers I drink are diabolically hard to pour while avoiding an exploding head of froth, the actual carbonation levels aren't unpleasant and far from 'fizz'. The same cannot be said about most UK keg beers, ales or lagers, which seem to be competing with carbonated soft drinks rather than beer.

Paul Shirley a écrit :

Indeed proper german lager on draught ie unpasteurised and under aligal pressure (ie mixed nitrogen / CO2, yet nothing like nitrokeg, as no special gizmos are mounted onto the taps to get a tight creamy head) instead of pure CO2 tends to be very gently carbonated. On the other hand, proper german Hefeweizens, which are top-fermented and as "real" as you can get (bottle-conditioned) are very highly carbonated.

Bottled-conditioned Belgian ales such as Duvel, for example ?

Yup, among other causes, because they are under pure CO2 pressure.

Cheers !

Laurent

I second everything Laurent says about the beer. The brewery is located in a lovely area, too.

I've never seen it in the UK, anywhere, so I'm really interested in this. I'm not too far from Darfield, so I may pop down. It's pretty rare to get an unmanipulated German beer in this country, so it would be worth the trip.

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