"Stöffche" from the Vierröhrenbrunnen
For four days every year on the fourth weekend in June - in 2019 from 21 to 24 June - the drinkable "Stöffche" bubbles out of the Vierröhrenbrunnen in the old town of Langen. This is how the apple wine - or in Hessian "Ebbelwoi" - is also called here. Tens of thousands of people enjoy the Langener Ebbelwoifest, which is organized by the VVV - Verkehrs- und Verschönerungsverein Langen.
Riesentrubel and best mood at the carousels and stalls, in the restaurants and cozy Heckenwirtschaften, where everywhere is celebrated until late at night. On Saturday evenings the fireworks are a real hit. On Saturday and Sunday, a market with art, handicrafts and bric-a-brac attracts visitors to the idyllic Bachgasse.
The people of Langen still press their own Ebbelwoi. Who makes the best Stöffche, is crowned at the Ebbelwoifest to the Ebbelwoi king. The festival also includes the "Ebbelwoi-Daaf". Anyone who has rendered outstanding services to the town and the common good, but was not born in Langen, is baptized at the "Ebbelwoi-Daaf". The path to this goal is - to the delight of the spectators - not exactly easy: The "Daaf" candidates must not only prove their drinking strength with sips from a large Bembel, but are then doused with the undrunk Stöffche and thus baptized.
In Langen and the surrounding area, apple wine has been a popular and refreshing folk drink for centuries. It is enjoyed pure, with mineral water as "Sauergespritzter" or with lemonade as "Süßgespritzter". In winter there's also the hot apple cider, best refined with a cinnamon stick.
Text source and more information about this event:http://www.neue-stadthalle-langen.de/de/veranstaltung/event/120361,1018/ebbelwoifest-21-06-2019.html
