The Stadtbrauerei Spalt (''Spalt City Brewery'' in German) is a brewery in the

Middle Franconia Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however, ...

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Spalt Spalt (Northern Bavarian: ''Schbåld'') is a town in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 19 km southwest of Schwabach. Spalt is famous for growing hops for brewing beer. Geography Spalt is situated between Nuremberg, A ...

which was created in the year 1879 through the merger of numerous smaller breweries. Since 2006, it is the last municipally owned brewery in Germany. For brewing, the local hop variety " Spalter Aromahopfen" is used, 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

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and are kept in cold storage after being filled into bottles. 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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