Uerige is at the same time the name of the Uerige house brewery GmbH of brewed old beer, and the associated restaurant "„to the Uerige "“in the old part of town.

History

The today's restaurant with own brewing house had different names, like "„Heidelberger barrel "“, over the centuries with changing owners "„citizen of Berlin yard "“or "„to the Bergi yard "“. This very day a sign over the entrance of the restaurant of the name witnesses "„to Heidelberger barrel "“. The today's name "„to the Uerigen "“resulted from the proverbial mind of the owner at that time William which took over 1862 the house brewery. Since this constantly bad mood had, it the regular customers in the best called flat "„uerig "“for strange - and the name was born.

Since 1976 the brewery and the restaurant are led by the old brewery family Schnitzler, which brews the beer further after old tradition. However from the small brewery of William became a modern enterprise, which brews, fills up and stores still at the original location with modern technology. "„To the Uerige "“is considered as one of the oldest restaurants of Duesseldorf.

The old beer manufactured there is in the urban comparison rather brightly (old beer is generally darker) and in the taste very spicy and harsh. It is offered to the rheinischen bar in own brewery restaurants at the so-called oversupply, in various Gastronomien as also in The brewery is one of few independent in Duesseldorf.

Brewing house

The restaurant in the Uerige Brauhaus in the mountain first race consists of several areas. Among them a Kesselraum with large copper boilers, observable from the restaurant, which serve however nowadays only as lining of the modern high-grade steel boilers. Beside beer also Schnittchen, Brezeln and well civil courts are offered there. If the list of beverages contained apple juice in former times beside the internal beer only, then this is today at least around Tafelwasser and Apfelschorle supplemented. In addition there is nowadays also ever a red or white wine as well as sparkling wine, which are sold however only in bottles. Since the brewing house is quite large and in several premises distributed, smaller associations can reserve, Freiwillige fire-brigades etc. of parts for meetings. Due to its situation at the edge of the old part of town the Uerige is used also gladly by such associations.

Beside the principal firm there are still three "„Uerige Treffs "“, one in Duesseldorf in the Carsch house passage and two further in upper living and

Products

Conditions 2006:

• Uerige - old beer, amber colors, very malzig sweetly, but gleichzeitgig one of the beers (according to brewery data: the beer) with the Germany far highest hop bitter values. Alcohol content of 4.7 % volume.
• Uerige does not filter - contrary to the also openly poured out own brand this is filled up without filtration and is available only as Flaschenbier.
• Ueriges wheat - a bright yeast wheat with an alcohol content of 4,7 % volume.
• Uerige Sticke - a stronger variant of the old beer with an alcohol content of 6 % volume., only two times in the year - in each case at the 3. Tuesday in January and October - in limited quantities one manufactures.
• Uerige double-ticks - again a more strongly in-brewed alto, which is manufactured so far particularly for the export into the USA. Alcohol content of 8.5 % volume.

Mark strategy

The mark Uerige profits to connoisseurs to a substantial part of its very good reputation on the one hand under tradition-conscious native, on the other hand among beer friends and -. It is completely purposefully regionally marketed only and and applied.

The products are regularly available therefore also only in the house brewery as well as few restaurants and beverage markets in the region Duesseldorf. In remaining Germany there are not it only effected in some beverage actions specialized in beer in population centres, an active expansive selling outside of the homeland region manufacturer-laterally.

Official advertising slogan of the mark is "“dat leckere ("“the leckere droplet"”).

Related links

Official Website of the brewery

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