Frankfurt: apple wine aging German wine

����FrankfurtThe traditional cider has together with the city in the river main spent more than 250 years, and apple wine is far older than Frankfurt itself, for a long time people have said it is unclear when was invented. However, we can be sure of is, as early as 1200 before the time of Charleyman the great, apple wine is a kind of common drink.

Apple Frankfurt old pub sign

Frankfurt cider, dialect called ebbelwei, "abbelwoi," or "appler St offche, is an irritant of low alcoholic drink, it will not make people tired, but have a positive effect on the circulatory and nervous system. Therefore, many local doctors recommend his patients drinking cider. From a medical point of view, we think apple wine can stimulate the expansion of blood vessels, increase blood flow to the brain, and there is a function of delaying senility.

Most of the apple wine factory was founded in sixteenth Century, when the vines by mildew damage, Frankfurt City, a lot of the grape planting have a disastrous impact on. However, apple wine's popularity peaked in the middle of the eighteenth Century, the climate change makes the grapes will never be able to mature in Frankfurt. Many people were forced to find wine alternatives, and thus established the first apple wine tavern. Before the formal license, the tavern owner is permitted to sell homemade drink, this is a traditional remains. The tavern owner in the door hung a green wreath, said the shop had apple wine supply. These brewed cider boss, there are some gradually expand the scale of production, more than their own needs, with the passage of time, the emergence of large-scale production of apple wine manufacturers, such as H OHL and Possmann ". Today, the two companies are among the industry pioneer, cider and apple juice to achieve annual output of about 25000000 liters.

Frankfurt Christmas market _ photography Keute

Today, Isaacson Howson is the Frankfurt famous apple wine consumption in the region. But, also have enough supply of apple wine in downtown and suburban restaurant. Traditionally, apple wine is made of blue gray dishes, also called Bembel for Apple wine. Apple wine is called Gerippte with a diamond pattern glass drinking. A real "drinkers" can directly drink cider, only in the special case of adding soda drink sparkling wine. Sweet sparkling wine is in apple wine mixed with lemonade, it for apple wine experts is simply unacceptable. In cold weather, hot apple cider is also popular, and Sprite often mixed together. Summer is the opposite, people will take fresh strawberry add apple wine, made from a punch.

In October apple wine press, can provide various kinds of drinks taste for different seasons. A cloudy autumn fresh apple juice, called sweet Cider (S sser), do not contain alcohol. If the barrel, it will soon become "fermentation, Rauscher". Many people think that "Rauscher" is a significant effect of pure natural laxative. If "Rauscher" put a bucket does not move, after the fall, it will fully fermented, become pure cider. The alcoholic fruit juice is called St "offche or stuff, very easy! Known as the "Heller" apple cider, mainly supply before and after christmas. If this kind of apple wine stored in the bucket of time longer, it will generate the apple wine (Alter).

St "offche apple wine sauce and pickled cabbage, a best match, Bacon or pork chop, potatoes with margarine, certainly must not no yogurt cheese with music, cheese heating scented add apple wine, with some onions, it is really very touching.

Apple wine

Every August there is a traditional, local residents and tourists gathered in the United States because of riverside, Frankfurt to celebrate the unique Apple Wine Festival -- Apple festival. There will be a stage show link celebration, when people can enjoy the classic Frankfurt folklore and dialect poems, these old recreation will meet all of the young people, including the old heart is not old man needs; at the same time, the Hessian cult band will also street dance for people to sing.

To a wonderful bright spot in Frankfurt tourism is a cider express, this is a long-standing tram route, the locals call it "Ebbelwei- express". Take the express train, you can drink the famous apple wine, eating preztels, listen to music; while the tourist center of the old city of Frankfurt and Isaacson Haosen apple wine region. This happy, colorful tram ride will leave a thick and heavy in colours in your memory of a pen, will not forget.