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Dab from Dortmund
By Rocky | April 28, 2008
This is story no 266 on Hoppsy, I can’t believe we waited until now to talk about Dab one of Germany’s best and most popular beers. Dab comes from the city of Dortmund which is in the North Rhine district just north of Cologne. Beer along with mining are the city’s major business. Dab dates back to 1868 when three German businessmen Laurenz Fischer and brothers Heinrich and Fridrich Mauritz and a master brewer Heinrich Herberz came together to form the a brewery called Herberz & Co. The brewery had a chequerd history and was destroyed in World War II, but was rebuilt in 1949. The brewery is today is controlled by the huge German food company Radeberger which owns a suite of breweries. The brewery makes a few products but the most readily available throughout the world is the Premium Lager which is very refreshing. It like most German beers is brewed to the traditions of the purity laws and has a fresh smooth taste with a hint of sourness similar to many of the beers in the Rhine region like Becks and even Cologne’s very tasty Kölsch.
Tags: Germany
Categories: Europe
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