Einbeck beer barrel path - Barrel 5: Of striking archways and stored brewing ingredients

Tip: Click through the media gallery and listen to the audio file to hear a fascinating story about the construction of Einbeck’s half-timbered houses and how beer was brewed in them back then.

Welcome to the Einbeck Beer Trail. We’re glad you’re setting out to explore the history of our delicious beer! Follow the “Fass-Spur” through Einbeck!

Information about Barrel 5:

From here, you’re looking at the north side of Tiedexer Straße —and thus at the longest continuous row of half-timbered houses in our city! Many of the houses feature the distinctive gateways you already saw at Barrel 4 in front of the StadtMuseum. The large, round-arched gates were typical of 16th-century townhouses with brewing rights. They had to be so tall and wide because, on brewing days, the town’s brewing kettle was wheeled into the brewing hall on a cart. By the way: Each brewing batch yielded about 2,200 liters of beer.

Almost all of the half-timbered houses you see were built within a few years after the devastating city fire of 1540 . You can tell this from the carved dates. The houses were constructed—as was customary in the Gothic period—using a combination of the post-and-beam and timber-frame construction methods. An upper story with a floor frame was built atop a ground floor supported by continuous wall posts. Also noteworthy are the high, multi-story attics with many small ventilation hatches. Grain, malt, and hops for brewing were stored here. The sacks could be hoisted up to the rear section of the brewing hall. The beer barrels were stored in the houses’ large vaulted cellars.

To reach the next barrel, No. 6, continue straight ahead and then follow the Bäckerwall to the Krähengraben. Enjoy this short stroll along our beautiful ramparts!

Want to see more half-timbered houses?
During the summer months, there are exciting public city tours every day. Book a tour and learn even more about Einbeck! To see even more half-timbered houses on your Beer Trail loop, you can take a detour at this barrel into the backyard of a half-timbered house—stop by the KWS Art Lounge (Tiedexer Str. 20a) and head into the backyard from there.