Beer Explorer History

At the castle of Stockenfels, Bavaria, people who have done the third crime of Bavaria will be punished every night. After murder and arson, the third crime would be “Pouring Water into Beer”, decided by the folks of Stockenfels and the legends and stories around the haunted castle of Stockenfels. This is also called the “Bierpantscher-Walhalla”! Deceiving waiters and waitresses, who did not pour the beer right, or who cheated their customers will also have to join the” Beer Pantscher”.

At midnight, the usually covered with dirt castle well will open. A shiny latter will reach down to the seemingly groundless bottom of the well. The devil of Stockenfels will round up every soul of the third crime and lead them to the latter, until every step will be taken, from the bottom to the very top. Another devil will fill bucket after bucket with water from the very bottom reaching them up to the sinners one by one, who will hand them on to the ones above them. At the top, the main devil will take the buckets of water and pour them out over the castle wall.

This will go on forever, every midnight! This sinners work will go into eternity. He has to suffer for all the water that he has poured into the beer, and the guests that he has cheated. A lot of these sinners are still known by name. Like the Schwodlbrau von Zangenstein, the waitress from Stadtamhof and a few brewers from Munich.

There have been many nosy and involuntary nightly witnesses at the Stockenfels Castle. Their nosiness has cost them their lives. They will be watching the spectacle every midnight from that point on!