Posts Tagged: Germany and German Styles
Germany: St. Michaelsberg Kellerbier, Maisel, Bamburg
Posted by on Friday, March 14, 2008 in - 3 comments
Oh, goodie - another kellerbier, that unfiltered low carbonation lager, my third now. Steve Thomas tells me Maisel is Bamburg's second biggest brewery - but Maisel Bräu Bamberg GmbH appears to be different from Brauerei Gebrüder Maisel GmbH & Co. from Bayreuth. So a Maisel is not always a Maisel …
Session 13: Organic And/Or Natural From Beau's
Posted by on Friday, March 7, 2008 in - 2 comments
I am not sure what I think about all things organic. On one hand, I kept an acre vegetable garden from 1999 to 2002 that was an all organic effort and about 40% of our food came from it. On the other, organic/green/sustainable to a significant degree has about as much relevance as "new and …
Session 11: Dopplebock Mania Hits The Nations!
Posted by on Friday, January 4, 2008 in - leave a comment
“Update: Here is the roundup for this edition of the Session over at Brewvana and here is the complete history from Jay at BBB.” • OK, maybe not the nation...and maybe not even my street. I didn't even had one in the stash but I had one better, Sled Dog Trippelbock Reserve from the Wagner Valley …
Germany: Aventinus Eisbock, Schneider, Kelheim, Bavaria
Posted by on Sunday, December 9, 2007 in - 3 comments
What a difficult bottle to photograph - what with all that silver foil lettering. This is the 12% version of the Aventinus I reviewed back here in February 2006. It has shown up in Ontario as part of the LCBO's winter warmer seasonal release and at $3.95 or so for 500 ml it is a steal as The Bar …
Germany: Kellerbräu, Mönchshof, Kulmbach, Bavaria
Posted by on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 in - 1 comment
I really drink so little German beer, it is only right that I give it its own category filled with with a revisionistic retagging. And, really, what is a "quick note" anyway? You have no idea how long these posts take, the difficulty in finding a flag that you will mistake for a civic banner of a …
Two From Weihenstephaner And Four Of Us
Posted by on Friday, November 23, 2007 in - 2 comments
It does no good to write about beer and be alone. One has to cultivate a group, at least, who will share the wonderment when the good stuff is at hand. • So it was then when the twelve from Weihenstephaner were delivered from Sean of the brewery's the new Ontario importers, Beer Barons, there … read more »
Paul Goes To Alsace
Posted by on Saturday, September 8, 2007 in - 2 comments
We've recently been on holiday to the Alsace, a very fine part of France. Having decided not to rush to get to our destination we took the over-night ferry to Holland, followed by a planned stop in Liege, Belgium the next night. When looking for a place to stop on our journey we ignored the advice …
Beer And Food: Beer Jelly From Cologne, Germany
Posted by on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in - 9 comments
While writing my guide to Czech beers, I tried to include as many strange details as I could — the kind of stuff that would hopefully make the book fun to read, maybe even more than once. Like the date when a small Bohemian town under siege paid off the occupying Swedish army with barrels of lager …
Evan Rail On The Trail Of Local German Beer
Posted by on Monday, May 21, 2007 in - 6 comments
I must have been overwhelmed by the gardening and snoozing and beer sipping this weekend as I failed to mention that our correspondent for central Europe, Evan Rail, had a good piece in The New York Times yesterday on the somewhat elusive local real ales and lagers of Germany. Other than the two …
Germany: The Week Of Nine German Beers
Posted by on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 in - 20 comments
What an awful photo. The colours are all over the place, the bottles are not straight and I am not even sure that it is in focus. This is sort of how I feel about my understanding of German and German-style beers. I am not a fan and I base that primarily on ignorance. Fortunately I have the Good …
