Beer and drinks in Danzig
Advertisment of Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei
At the beginning of 16th century there were more than 400 breweries in Danzig. The address book of Danzig from 1900 enlists 14 existing breweries. Until 1939 most of them bankrupted, were closed or were overtaken by the biggest brewery in Danzig - Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei located in Wrzeszcz (Langfuhr) at Lelewela street (Labesweg). In 1939 there were only two big breweries in Danzig, mentioned DAB from Wrzeszcz and Richard Fischer Brewery from Nowy Port (Neufahrwasser). Beside the breweries there were also malt-houses and mineral water producers in Danzig, they were connected to breweries and some of the breweries produced also mineral water and other soft drinks.
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| J. Witt "Alte Schloßbrauerei" 10 Rycerska street (Rittergasse 10) |
) | General view of Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Loading the barrels with beer to the train
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) | Brewery Richard Fischer in Nowy Port (Neufahrwasser) |
Breweries and mineral water producers in Danzig and surroundings in turn of 19th and 20th century.
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) | Auction of Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Artus Bräu beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Banken Bräu beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Waas Märzen beer label from Bierbrauerei Leonhard Waas |
) | Caramel Vollbier filled for H. Wirth |
) | Artus Bräu filled for H. Wirth |
) | Artus Bräu beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei - B. Wittkowski |
) | Artus Gold beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Malzbier beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei - Paul Müller Oliva |
) | Edel Pils beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Artus Pils beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Jopenquell-Hell beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Bankenbräu beer label from Danziger Aktienbrauerei - J. Neumann, Zoppot |
) | Caramel beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei filled by Franz Eisenberg |
) | Artusbräu beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei filled in Gdynia |
) | Artusbräu beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei filled in Gdynia |
) | Karamel beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei filled in Gdynia |
) | Karamel beer label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei filled in Gdynia |
) | Brauselimonade Orangia label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Brause lemonade label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Hella lemonade label from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei |
) | Apfelgetränk drink label from A. Richter & Co. |
Beer bottle from Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei:
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Danziger Aktien Bierbrauerei produced many kinds of beer and soft drinks:
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Export- und Lagerbrauerei Richard Fischer produced in 1920s beers like:
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Breweries used few different methods to close the bottle. The oldest one was quite expensive ordinary cork, more often the porcelain corks were used and later also crown caps. The porcelain corks had two types, long and short:
) | Bottle closed by ordinary cork |
) | Bottle closed by long porcelain cork |
) | Bottle closed by short porcelain cork |
) | Bottle closed by ordinary crown cap |
Porcelain corks from breweries and mineral water producers from Danzig:
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Beer and drinks need adverisment and accessories:
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There were not only beers produced in Danzig in restaurants and shops:
) | ) Berenter Bier Brauerei 69 Podwale Przedmimejskie street (Vorstädtischer Graben 69) |
) | ) Wilhelm Bodenburg restaurant at 41 Dluga street (Langgasse 41) |
) | ) Pilsner delivery to the restaurantat Mariacka street (Frauengasse) |
Some corks from imported beer found in Danzig:
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) | Good beer from Danzig should be drunk from tankard: |