Kellerbier, also Zwickelbier, or Zoigl, is a type of German

Germany

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 beer

Beer

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 which is not clarified

Filtered beer

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 or pasteurised. Kellerbier can be either top- or bottom-fermented. The term Kellerbier literally translates as "cellar beer", referring to its cool lagering temperatures, and its recipe likely dates to the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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. In comparison with most of today's filtered lagers, Kellerbier contains more of its original brewing yeast, as well as vitamins, held in suspension

Suspension (chemistry)

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. As a result, it is distinctly cloudy, and is described by German producers as naturtrüb (naturally cloudy). Kellerbier and Zwickelbier are often served directly from the barrel (for example, in a beer garden

Beer garden

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) or bottled.

Originally the term Zwickelbier, which is often used to describe a weaker and less full-flavored Kellerbier, was used to refer to the small amount of beer taken by a brewmaster from the barrel with the aid of a special siphon called the Zwickelhahn. Nowadays in Germany Zwickelbier is commercially available in large amounts, usually as a bottom-fermented, but often also as a top-fermented (Kellerweizen).

Brewers of Kellerbier

• Eichbaum
  Eichbaum
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  -Brauerei
• St. Georgen Bräu in Buttenheim
  Buttenheim
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• Brauerei Göller
• Mönchshof
• Brauhaus Schweinfurt
• Mahr's Bräu and Brauerei Spezial in Bamberg
  Bamberg
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• Schlappeseppel in Aschaffenburg
  Aschaffenburg
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• Hacker-Pschorr
• Hohenfelder in Langenberg (Gütersloh)
• Alter Fritz (Rostock)
• Königsbacherbrauerei (Koblenz)
• Bischofshof (Zoigl)
• Creemore Springs
  Creemore Springs
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• Brauerei Rhanerbräu
• Brauerei Zirndorf
• Flensburger Brauerei
  Flensburger Brauerei
  Flensburger Brauerei is a brewery located in Flensburg in the Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is one of the last country-wide operating breweries not being part of a larger brewery group. The company was founded on September 6th, 1888 by five citizens of Flensburg...
  
  
• Breakside (Oregon)