Fassbrause
Fassbrause [ˈfasˌbʁauzə] (
listen), literally “keg brew”, is a non-alcoholic German drink made from fruit and spices and malt extract, traditionally stored in a keg. Fassbrause is a specialty of Berlin, where it is sometimes called Sportmolle. (Molle is the word for “beer” in the Berlin dialect.)
Fassbrause is about the same color as some beers, and usually tastes like apples. The taste is strongly reminiscent of the Austrian drink, Almdudler, except that Fassbrause is less sweet, and not quite as spicy.
A variant of Fassbrause, the so called Rote Fassbrause (“red keg brew”), which is available in some of the new states, but not in Berlin itself, appeared in the 1950s. This variant was available in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) prior to German Reunification and tastes like raspberries.
Another non-alcoholic variant is, as of January 2012, produced in the United States under the name “Apple Beer”.
[edit] Market availability
- Fassbrause - Gaffels Fassbrause - Produced by Privatbrauerei Gaffel Becker & Co. OHG www.fassbrause.de
- Fassbrause - Produced by Hansa-Brunnen AG [1]
- Faßbrause - Produced by Einsiedler Brauhaus GmbH [2]
- Rixdorfer Fassbrause – Produced by Berliner Kindl Brauerei AG [3]
- Rote Brause from a keg using the original GDR recipe – Produced by Biercontor Wildberg [4]
- Zille's Fassbrause in mehreren Varianten – Produced by Neue Torgauer Brauhaus GmbH [5]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- [6]
- Taz article on fassbrause from 25 July. 2005 (German)
- Apple Beer website
