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Sippel, Baunach is closed
Posted by DonS on 2011-02-10 07:25:10
There isn't really that much confusion. "Vollbier" as a general category (for legal and tax purposes) isn't exactly the same thing as "Vollbier" served in a Franconian brewery/pub. I can predict with 100% certainty that you won't get served a weissbier or any other top-fermented beer; it's going to be a lager of some type, with a variable color range but a rather narrow OG/alcohol range. After that, yes, it's far more ill-defined; one brewer's "Vollbier" is an amber lager, another brewer's is somewhat paler, another brewer's is somewhat darker, hopping levels might vary, and so on, but they'll all be a relatively straightforward bottom-fermented lager beer, assuming there are no major quality issues, something that can be a problem for small-batch brewers. It might be amusing to see them differentiate between a "Vollbier" and a "Pils," but usually the "Pils" will be the paler, lighter-bodied (and we can only guess more hop-laden, but no guarantees) of the two. Think of Keesmann, with both a Pils and a "Lager" on offer; that "Lager" is pretty much the same thing as another (pick one at random) brewer's "Vollbier."
 
Followups:
                   Sippel, Baunach is closed by Nick B. on  2011-02-10 08:24:55
                     Sippel, Baunach is closed by DonS on  2011-02-10 09:56:18
                     Vollbier color by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-02-10 14:42:17
                       Sippel, Baunach is closed by Mark Andersen on  2011-02-10 19:46:11
                       Vollbier color by Nick B. on  2011-02-10 22:59:26
                         Vollbier color by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-02-10 23:26:10
                           Vollbier color by Barry on  2011-02-11 03:06:28
                             Vollbier color by TreinJan on  2011-02-11 03:45:21
                               Vollbier color by Nick B. on  2011-02-11 04:06:42
                                 Vollbier color by sergio ancellotti on  2011-02-11 05:19:21
                                   Vollbier color by Nick B. on  2011-02-11 07:30:46
                                     Vollbier color by sergio ancellotti on  2011-02-11 07:39:10
                                       Vollbier color by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-02-11 13:12:38
                                       Vollbier color by Nick B. on  2011-02-12 02:40:10
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                                           Witzgall Keller by Nick B. on  2011-02-12 05:11:11
                                             Witzgall Keller by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-02-12 05:38:46
                                               Witzgall Keller by sergio ancellotti on  2011-02-12 09:38:22
                                                 Witzgall Keller by Nick B. on  2011-02-13 02:52:00
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