Schafferhof Zoigl

Next up at the Zeitgeist Berman beer festival was another elusive style. This time Schafferhof Zoigl was on offer.

This beer is unique its got a yeast haze, similar to a hefe-weizen but golden in colour. And the taste is unique, its very tart but not overly sour.

Andy's commercial description is as follows;
"This is another illusive beer now only really found in the Oberpfälz Wald (Palatinate Forest) in Bavaria near the border with Czech Republic. It is essentially a Keller or Zwickel beer, however it uses a different yeast whereby primary fermentation is only around 5 days and lagering is only some 3 weeks at the relativley high temperature of 7-8°C! It is called Zoigl (Bavarian slang) from the German word Zeichen meaning a signal or sign, when the beer was ready to drink, the family/brewer hangs a sign (the brewers star) outside their house, much like women in the middle ages in England would put a broomstick outside her house to signify beer was ready! Nowadays there is a list on the internet showing when each Zoigl ‚hosue‘ has its beer ready!"

A bit of research shows that this beer is a communal beer, and is where the 'star of David' originally came from! An inter sting style, that most beer lovers will never come across. I feel privileged! website