trailer world issue One 2009

Issue One 2009 21 Black Forest in Berlin The regional brewery Rothaus brews the “Tannenzäpﬂe” beer in South Germany’s Black Forest. In Berlin it has acquired the rep- utation of being “cool” … and is in great demand. But how does the beer actually get to the capital? 79865 Grafenhausen-Rothaus, 1,000 m a.s.l. – No-one travelling through the Black Forest can miss her, as she smiles down from nearly every pub: “Biergit” [a play on the Ger- man for beer], surname “Kraft” [German for strong] is a Black Forest girl, as strong as the beer she advertises. It comes from a small, ﬁne and highly successful brewery called Rothaus in the village of Grafenhausen deep in the heart of the Black Forest. The beer is so popular with the local population that Rothaus meanwhile produces more than 900,000 hectolitres a year – three times more than in the mid ‘90s. Best seller: “Tannen- zäpﬂe”, sold in small bottles. A “Tannenzäp- ﬂe” bottle contains 0.33 litre; its label bears a Black Forest ﬁr cone (“Tannenzapfen” in German) and the friendly Biergit. Rothaus is a local beer. It is made using the good Black Forest water and stands for constancy and quality. For the local population, it belongs to a good supper in just the same way as the cuckoos belong in their clocks. “It simply tastes good.” The beer is given more time to mature than others and is left to rest for sev- eral weeks in the brewery’s state-of-the-art facilities before being bottled. Its high origi- nal wort gives it a strong, round ﬂavour and makes it slightly tangy. Locals will even ig- nore their own home-grown wine if there’s a chilled beer on oﬀer. Reportage Photo:Zappner

trailer world issue One 2009

Pages