Paderborner Pilsener
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The local beer of the city of Paderborn is called Paderborner Pilsener. The traditional westphalian brewery was bought by the German brewery-major Warsteiner in the end of the 1980s
The Paderborner beer-Family
There are two different sorts of Paderborner. The first is plainly called "Paderborner Pilsener". It has a rather herbal taste with a strange sweetness which actually is hops.
Outside the local surroundings of Paderborn, Paderborner Pilsener is known only as a cheap canned beer you can buy in gas stations.
The second type is called Paderborner Gold. It tastes much fresher. Its lineage is more recent than the original Paderborner Pilsener which has been brewed in this area for over 100 years. It was developed when the big Warsteiner company bought the small local (and very catholic) brewery of Paderborn.
Paderborner Gold is the favoured beer for all official festivities in the area. Westphalian people from this area celebrate a lot. A few times a year there are celebrations of the local gun clubs ("Schützenvereine"). Members, dressed in traditional green dress, try to "kill" a wooden eagle with shotguns. It is a very special eagle because it wears a crown and has an apple and a scepter in both of its hands.