The Stadtbrauerei Spalt (Spalt City Brewery in German) is a brewery in the Middle Franconian town of Spalt which was created in the year 1879 through the merger of numerous smaller breweries.Christian Pfaffinger: Brauerei im Besitz von 5100 Bürgern, tz dated 7 September 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2014
Since 2006, it is the last municipally owned brewery in Germany. For brewing, the local hop variety "Spalter Aromahopfen" is used,Gute Aussichten für die Hopfenernte 2011 im Spalter Land, nordbayern.de dated 22 August 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2014Aromahopfen Malz- und Bier-Lexikon on bestmalz.de. Retrieved 12 May 2014 which is the town's most important trade good. The history of beer brewing in Spalt can be traced back as far as 1376. The Stadtbrauerei brews in a traditional way without preservatives. The beers are not pasteurised and are kept in cold storage after being filled into bottles.Bierland Franken – Tradition im Glas, WiM – Wirtschaft in Mittelfranken, Issue 05/2010, Page 42 (Magazin der IHK Nürnberg) There are 18 different flavours available, brewed after the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516.Handover of membership certification on slow-brewing.com, 3 July 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014 The ripening takes five to ten weeks.
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