Pestle

The title of this article is ambiguous. Stößchen is also the name of a former mining field on the Minderberg above Linz on the Rhine.

The pestle is a slim beer glass that widens towards the top . The pestle is a Dortmund specialty. In the original there is no filling line , the capacity is not specified and is between 0.1 and 0.18 liters . A pest contains freshly tapped beer, which is drunk in between.

history

Dortmund's city center was separated from Dortmund's northern part of the city ​​by the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft railway line and initially there was no underpass at the Burgtor in the direction of Münsterstrasse. People who wanted to cross the railway line in the direction of Nordstadt often had to wait here in front of closed barriers. Due to the busy railway line, some of the barriers were only opened very briefly and irregularly. A landlord in an adjoining pub recognized the potential and from then on served the waiting citizens the beer in a quick-to-consume pint.

The pestle, as a small, quick-to-consume amount of beer, became popular very quickly and was then offered by many other pubs in Dortmund.

Today the pestle is offered as a common sales unit , especially in the pubs around the Old Market , even if it is often not on the menu.

Normalization

In 2004, due to a complaint from a guest in the Dortmund Ratsschänke, the responsible calibration office in Hagen decided that the filling quantity must be labeled according to the calibration law . Since then, a pestle has to be calibrated in the catering industry and must have the indication “0.1 liter” (in the middle of the glass).

Stössje Kölsch

Stössje in Cologne

Stössje are also known in Cologne and the surrounding area. It is a Cologne bar reduced in height with a capacity of 0.1 l. It is often used by hosts or the Köbes to drink a Kölsch that has been donated by the guest without consuming the usual whole amount of a Cologne stick (0.2 l).

"Tönnchen" in Hanover

Stößchen is called "Tönnchen" in Hanover. Originally a barrel was 0.1 l. Nowadays, however, 0.2 l is usually served. Ten barrels can often be ordered as meters, although the meter is also widely used as an order size for eleven Lüttje Lage .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beer culture and pleasure at the port. on: einundzwanzig.de (history of the pestle)
2. ↑ First pestle delivered with calibration mark. In: Handelsblatt. June 30, 2004. Retrieved February 25, 2012.