MUNICH — The head brewmaster for Weihenstephan, the world’s earliest brewery, has a secret: He truly likes alcohol-free beer.
Even though he’s fast to state he certainly delightsin genuine beer more, Tobias Zollo states he savors alcohol-free beer when he’s working or consuming lunch. It has the verysame taste however less calories than a soft beverage, he stated, thanks to the brewery’s procedure of vaporizing the alcohol.
“You can’t beverage beer every day — sadly,” he joked last week at the Bavarian state brewery in the German town of Freising, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Munich.
Zollo isn’t alone in his gratitude for the sober drink. Alcohol-free beer hasactually been acquiring appeal in current years as beer usage diminishes.
At Weihenstephan, which was established as a brewery in 1040 by Benedictine monks, non-alcoholic wheat beer and lager now make up 10% of the volume. The boost over the last coupleof years, giventhat they began making alcohol-free beverages in the 1990s, mirrors the data for the rest of Germany’s beer market.
“The individuals are regrettably — I have to state that as a maker — regrettably drinking less beer,” Zollo stated Friday, the day before Oktoberfest formally began. “If there’s an option to have the crisp and fresh taste fro