Summer cellar
A summer cellar is a cellar that is used as a commercially managed cellar.
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Basements initially have a pure storage function. For this purpose, tunnels and tunnels were driven into the rock. These types of cellars are known as storage or rock cellars . These cellars were often used to store beer and are therefore also known as beer cellars . The main difference between a summer cellar and a normal lager cellar is the storage of summer beer and the right to be allowed to drink . It entitles the cellar owner to commercial use. As the name describes, summer cellars are mainly used for gastronomic purposes during the hot summer months. Common terms were also March cellar or Märzenbierkeller . From the middle of the 19th century, the term was shortened to basement , with the locally common statement going to the basement as a leisure and enjoyment experience.
In general, rock cellars are divided into summer or lager beer cellars and winter or draft beer cellars. Therefore, two different types of beer were brewed. The top-fermented draft beer was less durable and was only served until May. Often this beer was also stored in ice cellars . In contrast to the winter beer, there was the more strongly brewed and hopped bottom-fermented lager or summer beer . The name comes from the fact that it could be kept and served all summer long.
The storage cellars are mostly in exposed places outside of built-up areas. If possible, they were created on shady north or east slopes of rocks or in small forests. The entrances to the cellars are often shaded by deciduous trees such as linden and chestnut . In many cases, the trees were only planted when a rock cellar was being built. Your task is to shield the basement entrance from direct sunlight in order to prevent a rise in temperature in the basement.
Often the cellars are built over with a tavern and the area was supplemented by seating for guests and sometimes also by a bowling alley .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Gunzelmann, Thomas, Bierlandschaft Bayern: Cellars as Historical Places of Consumption , 2010
- ↑ Google Books, Cardanus, Jahrbuch für Wissenschaftgeschichte, page 123 ff. , Accessed on June 22, 2020
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, The historical cultural landscape in the Upper Franconia-West region, page 27 ff. , Accessed on June 22, 2020