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Altbier (often abbreviated to Alt) is a dark, top-fermented type of beer from Düsseldorf and the Niederrhein region in Germany. Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ...
The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. ...
The name Altbier, which literally means old beer, refers to the old brewing style (top-fermenting yeast and dark malt). Up to the 1950s, Alt was also called Düssel (from Düsseldorf), but since the term is not a Protected Designation of Origin, Altbier may also be produced outside of the Düsseldorf region. Yeasts constitute a group of single-celled (unicellular) fungi, a few species of which are commonly used to leaven bread and ferment alcoholic beverages. ...
Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then quickly dried before the plant develops. ...
// Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning...
Protected designation of origin (PDO) and protected geographical indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) are classifications defined in European Union Law to protect regional foods. ...
Düsseldorf and Cologne are long-time rivals, though today it mostly comes down to whose beer is better, Düsseldorf's Altbier or Cologne's Kölsch, another top-fermented beer. Kranz of Kölsch Kölsch Kölsch is a local beer speciality brewed in Cologne in Germany. ...
Altbier Song (Das Altbier Lied)
There is a song about Altbier, sung in Düsseldorf, especially during Karneval. The lyrics are as follows: Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ...
Jeder Mensch der liebt nunmal stolz sein Heimatland
Darum lieben wir, ganz klar, unseren Rhein´schen Strand
Wo der Alte Schloßturm steht da sind wir zu Haus´
Weil es ohne Bier nicht geht rufen wir ganz schnell heraus:
[Chorus]
Ja, sind wir im Wald hier? Wo bleibt unser Altbier?
Wir haben in Düsseldorf die längste Theke der Welt, jajajaja
Ja, sind wir im Wald hier? Wo bleibt unser Altbier?
Wo ist denn der Held der mit seinem Geld die Runde bestellt?
Machen wir ´ne Herrentour an die schöne Ahr
Trinken wir Burgunder nur, das ist sonnenklar
Spätestens um Mitternacht ist die Sehnsucht groß
Nach dem Glas vom Altbierfaß und der ganze Verein singt dann los:
[Chorus]
See also Kranz of Kölsch German beer is highly diverse and an important part of Germanys culture, which is traditionally extremely beer-oriented. ...
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