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In Cologne, the brewers developed their own blond, refreshing beer that could be used as a weapon in the fight against the Pilsner advancing from the south. This beer is Kölsch. Officially, you can only brew it if you can see the Dom in Cologne from the roof of the brewery. We apparently have very good eyes.

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In Cologne they think the Alt beer from Düsseldorf downstream on the Rhine is rubish. It is said there that you first drink a Kölsch in Cologne, empty yourself in the Rhine, after which it is fished out again in Düsseldorf as Alt. That’s of course all kif because Alt is really a delicious amber-colored beer.

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The water in Dortmund is full of minerals. Totally unsuitable for brewing a Pilsner. If you do, you get a sharp, unpleasantly bitter beer. So they went to work in Dortmund to develop a replacement thirst quencher. And that became the Dortmunder Export.

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In former East Germany, not much has remained as it once was. Schwarzbier is an exception to this. This specialty has survived Die Wende and is even on the march towards the west.

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Brewing with malt dried over fire is still very popular in Franconian Bamberg. The result is a beer that tastes like earlier times. You smell roast ham, but you really taste a lot more.

CITY TRIP

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During our City Trip we visit the southern German city of Munich. Here we find the origin of the Helles. Do not confuse this beer with Pilsner, because then you will offend the locals. Helles is softer and more refined in taste, contains less CO2 and is perhaps that is why it is so easy to drink.