Duckstein is a beer mark, with which it acts around a beer of reddish color. It was already brewed in the Middle Ages by numerous house breweries in at the Elm. In addition the strongly kalkhaltige water of the Lutter was used, which near the place (a source at the edge of the Elm rises. Today the beer is a Premium mark of the getting EN brewery and by the brewery in Braunschweig is manufactured. From the type of beer it is to be arranged at the earliest in the category old beer.

History

Ducking in beer was brewed since the Middle Ages in of up to 73 entitled brewing houses in the city as wheat beer. It was from yellowish color, tasted and is allegedly against various diseases good to have been. Added were wheat, something hop and the water of the brook Lutter, which flowed in the middle by The hard water of the obvious Lutter source at the Elm was particularly suitable for brewing this beer because of its high mineral material content (calcium and hydrogencarbonate). The brook rises from the Elm composed to a large extent of Kalkgestein and separated in the brook bed in recent geological times Kalktuff (Travertin). The rock-similar material is called also "“Duckstein"” and gave to the beer mark the name.

The ducking in beer was already in 16. Century far beyond admits and placed in 17. and 18. Century an export property, which gave a bloom time to the city. This was favoured also by its situation of the city at the trade route Braunschweig Magdeburg (today's B 1). The beer implemented Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg, Kassel to Magdeburg, resounds, and also into the Netherlands in large quantities. The Prussian soldier king Friedrich William I. estimated it much and tended it in his Tabakskollegium to drink. By the Kollegiumsmitglied baron Jacob Paul von Gundling, its indication yard advice of newspaper and historical affairs, was promoted the beer. From Gundling was considered as profunder beer connoisseurs and was country-wide with beer quality control concerned, whereby he certified Ducksteiner special quality. End 19. Century succumbed that little gehopfte to ducking in beer of the competition of the German and English camp beers, deeply felt however in the present one Renaissance in the upper price segment.

Marketing today

The beer offered under the mark Duckstein is marketed today as Premium beer, but is not brewed no more in In addition, it is tapped in restaurants by the barrel, is available in beverage markets as Flaschenbier to 0.5 l contents. The alcohol content amounts to 4.9%. The bottle print contains the references:

• Red-blond On beech wood matured
• Added: Water, barley malt, hop

There are special glasses for the beer, which is driven out since 2003 as mark-individual returnable bottle in the own beer box. For the consumer the original origin of the beer places is not recognizable. There is only an indirect reference by the illustration of the emperor cathedral with the emperors Lothar-Linde on the Flaschenetikett, which is however not explained. In "„the ducking A CELEBRATIOn takes place "“since 1989 annually in the summer, which sponsert the manufacturer brewery. Also the mark Duckstein organizes ducking in festivals over a Event company annually "„"“with cultural presentations in Kiel, Hamburg and Luebeck.

Literature

• City (Hrsg.): 850 years emperor cathedral 1135-1985. 1985.

Related links

• http://www.duckstein.de (Flash animation)
• Ducking in festival

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