German beer styles native to Stuttgart and Mannheim?

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  1. Groenebeor

    Groenebeor Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2009 California

    After doing a few months of genealogy research, I've managed to finally find out where my German ancestors came from. The two lines I've identified ( there are more, but no records exist that I've found) come from Stuttgart and Mannheim.

    My question to you is - what kind of beer comes from these cities?

    What kind of beer would have come from the Mannheim - Speyer - Karlsruhe area in the early 1700s? Was this more of a wine area?

    What kind of beer was made in Stuttgart in the mid 1800s? What beer styles are made there today?

    Of course I know that pilsner makes up like 50-60% of all beer consumed in these areas, and that weizen and marzen is almost as popular in Baden-Wurttemberg as it is in Bavaria.

    I'm looking for what's unique to these areas.

    Thanks for any help!
     
    #1 Groenebeor, Mar 12, 2016
  2. Lurchus

    Lurchus Zealot (733) Jan 19, 2014 Germany

    I'd guess the "national" native alcoholic drink of that region wouldn't be beer, but Trollinger or Lemberger - easy to drink blue collar fruity red wines. Very tasty and with a long history in the region..
     
    #2 Lurchus, Mar 12, 2016
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  3. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    My impressions from a week in Stuttgart that included a Sunday excursion up the Nekkar to Schiller's birthplace for a nice long mid-day meal and then back to Stuttgart was that wine is, and long has been, very much the beverage of choice in that area, long known for its wines and as a grape growing region. What beers there were seemed very much an add on or a less popular choice and looked to be pretty much unexceptional. So my more superficial impression is that @Lurchus is right on target.
     
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  4. einhorn

    einhorn Savant (1,175) Nov 3, 2005 California

    Eichbaum is the predominant beer in/around Mannheim, Fürstenberg was once a strong brewery but has since declined considerably. The most consumed and most admired beer from that area is without a doubt Rothaus.
     
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  5. -N8

    -N8 Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2014 Germany

    Stuttgart is well know for its wine production - the hills are covered with vineyards
     
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  6. Gutes_Bier

    Gutes_Bier Maven (1,363) Jul 31, 2011 Germany

    How strong a brand is Welde? Their No. 1 Pils is popular with the student population of HD, I know that. It actually is pretty good vom Faß.
     
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  7. -N8

    -N8 Initiate (0) Feb 7, 2014 Germany

    Local breweries that exist today
    http://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=breweries&find_loc=Stuttgart,+Baden-Württemberg

    "Stuttgart is the only city in Germany where wine grapes are grown within the urban area, mainly in the districts of Rotenberg, Uhlbach and Untertürkheim.

    Wine-growing in the area dates back to 1108 when, according to State archives, Blaubeuren Abbey was given vineyards in Stuttgart as a gift from 'Monk Ulrich'. In the 17th century the city was the third largest German wine-growing community in the Holy Roman Empire. Wine remained Stuttgart's leading source of income well into the 19th century.

    Stuttgart is still one of Germany's largest wine-growing cities with more than 400 hectares of vine area, thanks in main to its location at the centre of Germany's fourth largest wine region, the Württemberg wine growing area which covers 11,522 hectares (28,470 acres) and is one of only 13 official areas captured under German Wine law. The continuing importance of wine to the local economy is marked every year at the annual wine festival ('Weindorf').

    Stuttgart also has several famous breweries such as Stuttgarter Hofbräu, Dinkelacker, and Schwaben Bräu."
     
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  8. drmeto

    drmeto Pooh-Bah (2,402) Jan 29, 2015 Germany
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    Its really more wine country.
    I dont know of any Beer style that is native in South-West Germany.
    If you go down to the Black Forest though,Rothaus and Waldhaus make fantastic Beers
     
    #8 drmeto, Mar 12, 2016
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  9. Groenebeor

    Groenebeor Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2009 California

    Thanks for the info guys, I had suspected as much.
     
    #9 Groenebeor, Mar 12, 2016
  10. Groenebeor

    Groenebeor Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2009 California

    In doing more research, I confirmed that those I thought might be from Stuttgart never even lived there. It was an error made by whomever did the original research.

    They actually came to the US from Bavaria in 1853. I think I know of a few Bavarian beer styles :wink:

    Funny enough all my favorite food my mom made growing up were recipes from her grandmother, the granddaughter of those Bavarian immigrants. She always just called them German recipes, I don't think my great grandmother was concerned with regions.
     
    #10 Groenebeor, Mar 22, 2016
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