BERLINER PILSNER

This is what a no-frills pilsner tastes like

Water, barley, malt and hop – you do not need more to brew a good Pils. Serendipity for the best ingredients from our nature, craftsmanship und great know-how. But first of all passion for really good beer - Berliner Pilsner. The original just with the red bear.

Type

Pilsner

Brewing process

bottom-fermented

ABV

5.0 % alc./vol.

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Nutrition Facts

Average amount per 100 ml

Calories 163 kJ (40 kcal)
Total Fat <0.5 g
- Saturated Fat <0.1 g
Total Carbohydrate 2.2 g
- Sugar <0.5 g
Protein <0.5 g
Salt <0.01 g
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Ingredients and Allergens*

Water, barley malt, hop extract*Allergens are marked bright and underlined.

The Brewing Process

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Malt silo

The malt - naturally germinated barley – delivered to us is stored in silos. A distinction is made between pale and dark malt.

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Hammermill

The malt is reduced to small pieces to obtain its valuable ingredients, such as e.g. malt starch.

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Mash tun

Crushed malt is mixed with spring water, and enzymes convert the starch into malt sugar at 62–72 °C. The liquid wort is then separated from the solids, while the draff is reused as nutritious animal feed.

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Whirlpool kettle

The wort is now mixed with fine Hallertauer hops and boiled. Hops lend the beer its fine bitterness and typical hoppy aroma.

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Wort cooler

The boiled wort is cooled down to 10 °C for its subsequent fermentation.

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Yeast tank

We use beer yeast cultivated for fermentation – bottom-fermenting or top-fermenting depending on the type of brew.

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Fermenting and maturing tank

The malt sugar, mostly contained in the wort, is now fermented by the yeast to alcohol and carbon dioxide within a week. After this the beer goes through a maturation period.

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Filtration

This gives the beer its fine pale appearance.

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Filling

The bottles (and of course also the cans) first undergo thorough cleaning and are then checked by an inspector. Afterwards, the bottles are filled and provided with caps.