Meanings
plural Zoigls
- countableuncountableA type of beer brewed in the Oberpfalz in north-eastern Bavaria, Germany, between Franconia and the Czech Republic.
The Zoigl, too, is a contagion.
2016, Jeff Rice, Craft Obsession: The Social Rhetorics of Beer, →ISBN, page 672 more examples
Zoigl may be top or bottom fermented, but is is usually amber to dark brown, full bodied, unfiltered, dry, and served on draft.
1996, Stephen Snyder, The Beer Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Finest, →ISBN, page 22Because of the processes used, and with each of the brewers having their own recipes, every Zoigl is different.
2018, Mark Dredge, The Beer Bucket List, →ISBN
Origin
The first documented example of the word "zeigl" occurs in a 1508 document at Neustadt an der Waldnaab, having derived from the German "Zeichen" meaning Sign or Sigil, or "zeigen" meaning Show. It was pronounced "zeigel" in the Oberpfalz region. Today the word "Zoigl" is still in use and has given its name to this style of beer production.
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