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Everything we have from Warsteiner
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The alcohol-free pilsner from the Sauerland
This page is only about Warsteiner’s alcohol-free range. We stock one bottle of it: the Warsteiner 0.0% in the 33 centilitre bottle. It is one of the best-stocked alcohol-free beers on our shelf; there are plenty available.
Warsteiner is above all a pilsner brewery. Since the 1920s the company has revolved almost entirely around that one beer, brewed with water from its own spring.
If you are looking for something else without alcohol, there are 110 alcohol-free drinks on the shelf in Bathmen, from beer and wine to gin and aperitifs.
The bottle we have in stock
0% vol according to the label information in our online shop, plenty in stock.
Nine generations of Cramer in Warstein
- The brewery in four facts
- 1753Farmer Antonius Cramer is taxed for the first time on the beer he brews and sells.
- 1883The Münster–Warstein railway opens; the beer no longer has to travel by horse and cart.
- 1927Albert Cramer discovers the Kaiserquelle; from 1928 the brewery focuses on pilsner.
- 1960With more than 100,000 hectolitres a year, Warsteiner is one of the large German breweries.
The Warsteiner Brauerei Haus Cramer is in Warstein, in the Sauerland. The company has been in family hands since its founding and is run by a Cramer; the sole owner is Catharina Cramer.
The beginning is a tax assessment. In 1753 the farmer Antonius Cramer was assessed for the first time for the beer he brewed and sold. His son Johannes Vitus took over the home brewery. After a fire in December 1802 destroyed large parts of Warstein, he rebuilt the ancestral house in 1803 on the same spot; that building, the Domschänke, is still there.
What made the brewery big was first the railway and then the water. With the opening of the Münster–Warstein line in 1883, the beer could leave by freight wagon instead of horse and cart. And with the Kaiserquelle, tapped in 1927 by Albert Cramer, Warstein got soft water of one to two degrees of hardness, well suited to brewing beer. From 1928 the company began to focus on pilsner.
Alcohol-free pilsner requires an extra step. There are two main routes for alcohol-free beer: limit the fermentation or stop it early, or first brew a full beer and then remove the alcohol again by heating or vacuum distillation. With the second route, aromas evaporate as well; these are returned during the process.
It began with a tax assessment of one rijksdaalder and nineteen guilders on home-brewed beer.
Alcohol-free, 0.0 and low-alcohol
The label of this bottle says 0.0 per cent. In the Netherlands a beer may be called alcohol-free if it contains less than 0.1 per cent alcohol. If it contains between 0.1 and 1.2 per cent, it is called low-alcohol. A beer of 0.3 per cent is therefore not alcohol-free in the Netherlands but low-alcohol.
So 0.0 on the label means: below that limit of 0.1 per cent. It is a labelling term, not an arithmetical zero.
In other countries the limits are different. Belgium uses 0.5 per cent, Spain 1 per cent, France and Italy 1.2 per cent. As a result, the same beer may be called alcohol-free in one country and not in another.
Frequently asked questions about Warsteiner 0.0%
Which alcohol-free Warsteiner does ’t Bockje have in stock?
Warsteiner 0.0% in the 33-centilitre bottle. We have plenty of those in stock.
How much alcohol does it contain?
The label says 0.0 per cent; the label information in our online shop says 0% vol. In the Netherlands a beer may be called alcohol-free up to 0.1 per cent alcohol.
What is the difference between 0.0 per cent and low-alcohol?
In the Netherlands a beer is called alcohol-free up to 0.1 per cent and low-alcohol from 0.1 to 1.2 per cent. A beer of 0.3 per cent therefore counts as low-alcohol here.
Where does Warsteiner come from?
From Warstein in the Sauerland. The Warsteiner Brauerei Haus Cramer has been in family hands since its founding; sole owner is Catharina Cramer.
Why does 1753 appear on the bottle?
In that year farmer Antonius Cramer was assessed for tax for the first time on the beer he brewed and sold. That is regarded as the beginning of the brewing family.
Can I order a whole crate of non-alcoholic beer?
Call us on 0570 541 278 or email info@bockje.nl. What is listed per bottle in the online shop, we can often supply by the crate as well.
Can I collect Warsteiner 0.0% in Bathmen?
Yes. You can always order online or collect at Brink 2, or simply drop in during our opening hours.
Order, collect or drop by
- In stock in our shop at Brink 2 in Bathmen
- Available to order online and have delivered, including abroad
- Order online or collect in Bathmen
- Personal advice via 0570 541 278 or info@bockje.nl
- Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 09.00–18.00, Saturday 09.00–17.00. Closed Monday and Sunday
Wij verkopen geen alcohol aan personen onder de 18 jaar. NIX18.
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All our stock is in the shop, not in a warehouse somewhere else. If you walk in with a name you couldn't find anywhere, it is often simply here on the shelf. You can also call: 0570 541 278.
Wij verkopen geen alcohol aan personen onder de 18 jaar. NIX18
- Tuesday to Friday 09.00 – 18.00
- Saturday 09.00 – 17.00
- Monday and Sunday closed