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Is this message the clear evidence of love?

During summer months, Germans regularly choose to enjoy a chilled Kristallweizen in the beer garden setting. This popular beverage is now marking its 100th anniversary, with a letter serving as proof of its origins in Baden-Württemberg.

SymClub
May 26, 2024
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Brauerei-Chef Oskar Farny schrieb den Liebesbrief vor 100 Jahren an seine Frau Elisabeth
Brauerei-Chef Oskar Farny schrieb den Liebesbrief vor 100 Jahren an seine Frau Elisabeth

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Found in the records: - Is this message the clear evidence of love?

On June 11, 1924, a letter was unearthed in an archive by Dr. Jörg Leist (89), a past mayor of Wangen im Allgäu. The letter was written by Oskar Farny (1891-1983), who was then running a brewery at the time, to his spouse Elisabeth.

He penned down, "The sun is shining gloriously, and I adore you." As a final thought, he added, "Yesterday, we filled 115 crates with wheat - from the very first bottle to the most recent - with a radiantly clear quality." There's also a heart with an arrow from Cupid.

Some years prior to this, a beer filter had been developed. Elmar Bentele, the present-day managing director of the Farny Edelweißbrauerei in Kißlegg, remarks that this technology made the wheat beer crystal clear: "The objective was to create a fresh and bubbly beer."

Die Biermarke Farny beansprucht für sich, das erste Kristallweizen zu sein

The brewery upholds the secret recipe

To this very day, Oskar Farny's recipe is a well-guarded secret. Based on the German Purity Law, crystal wheat beer consists of water, wheat malt, barley malt, hops, and yeast. However, the yeast undergoes an additional filtration process in this type of brewing.

Der letzte Satz im Liebesbrief soll beweisen, dass die Brauerei Farny das Kristallweizen erfand

The reported creator of crystal wheat beer, Oskar Farny, was later elected to the Bundestag as a CDU member in 1953. Upon his passing, the Edelweißbrauerei Farny was taken over by a foundation.

Presently, the Edelweißbrauerei Farny employs 55 people and produces around 100,000 hectoliters of beer annually.

Oskar und Elisabeth Farny führten bis zu ihrem Tod in den 1980er-Jahren die Edelweißbrauerei

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