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Rock cellar

Term from the Brauwerkstatt brewing glossary, category “Fermentation and yeast”.

Explanation

Storage cellar carved into the rock. Before refrigeration machines existed, lager was stored in cool cellars like these, often with ice cut from lakes and ponds. Kilometres of rock cellars lie beneath the brewery in Pilsen.

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