tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post4010733759081279336..comments2024-01-20T04:48:07.301+01:00Comments on The Bitten Bullet: A proliferation of pale ales?Barry Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-75643703402828989952012-05-06T20:37:15.665+02:002012-05-06T20:37:15.665+02:00Hi Matt, sorry for the delay. I just noticed blogs...Hi Matt, sorry for the delay. I just noticed blogspot had shoved your comment into a spam folder :/<br /><br />I've tried a good few of the Störtebeker range (thanks to a coleague bringing a treasure chest - 6 pack - back from holiday), but haven't seen the Atlantic Ale before, so thanks for the heads up!Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-13238105732101506122012-05-02T08:19:38.147+02:002012-05-02T08:19:38.147+02:00Hi, just came across this post when googleing &quo...Hi, just came across this post when googleing "German Pale Ales". I'd like to add one to the selection: Störtebeker's "Atlantic Ale". It is dry hopped with Magnum, Saphir, Cascade, Amarillo and Citra and I enjoy it very much - it might even be too hoppy in the end. <br />They offer to ship a crate of samples for 25 Euro including shipping. Since they are in Stralsund, that might well be worth it...Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-10409997192833993282012-04-17T11:38:45.941+02:002012-04-17T11:38:45.941+02:00There may not be such a thing as an English DIPA.....There may not be such a thing as an English DIPA...seems to experimental for the posh. But that's just what I got out of it.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-37184812322164761792012-04-17T10:04:38.527+02:002012-04-17T10:04:38.527+02:00Hi Brian,
You know, I don't think I've ev...Hi Brian,<br /><br />You know, I don't think I've ever had an English DIPA, so you have a good point. When I think "double", I thinking "bigger" in the sense of both alcohol and hop stuff. It's a fine beer in any case, so I'll try again at the Braukunst Live 2012 next weekend :D<br /><br />I'm curious what hop varieties are used, so maybe I'll find out.Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-2543074122210304662012-04-17T09:47:15.846+02:002012-04-17T09:47:15.846+02:00Hi Barry,
I agree with pretty much yor whole rev...Hi Barry, <br /><br />I agree with pretty much yor whole review. However, I would like to put out there that maybe the Aufwind is more an English style DIPA. There was a massive maltiness I got out of my bottle, vs say an American DIPA where sometimes I feel I would have been better off liking a pine tree.Brianhttps://twitter.com/#!/Ugonnadrinkthatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-82285512861125964672012-02-23T13:07:56.092+01:002012-02-23T13:07:56.092+01:00Danke für die zusätzliche Info, Wolfgang!
The Cam...Danke für die zusätzliche Info, Wolfgang!<br /><br />The Camba stuff is definitely on my radar! :)Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-11442086295068573922012-02-23T12:24:45.659+01:002012-02-23T12:24:45.659+01:00The Crew Ale ist brewed at Hohenthanner Schlossbra...The Crew Ale ist brewed at Hohenthanner Schlossbrauerei, which ist located near Landshut. So even if it doesn´t qualify as Munich Beer its still a bavarian Product. Speaking of which, you should definitely try some of the Camba bavaria Ales (Pale, IPA and black IPA) they are all excellent.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00353681972498654027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-21158668414512196522012-02-23T10:39:27.254+01:002012-02-23T10:39:27.254+01:00Good question, Mark. For some of the established b...Good question, Mark. For some of the established brewpubs/breweries that are doing "interesting things" (Faust comes to mind, and I'll post about some of those soon), they may already have their own tap room, or at least local or regional distribution. In their case, I've seen their beers in pubs in Muenster, but then the owner came from the same town.<br /><br />For the likes of Crew AleWerkstatt, from what I understand, they've been doing promotional tours, but I'm not sure whether this includes getting the beer into bars, and not just the few specialty beer shops. <br /><br />Speaking of which, I think these latter outlets are more important than one might think in Germany, at least when it comes to the "special stuff", primarily due to the local/regional nature of beer consumption here (in general, so I know there's no way in hell I'll see anything other than Bitburger, Paulaner, Eichbam, Distelhaeuser etc in my local drink store). It's one way to get a variety of German and international beers (though the latter is quite limited, but improving), and Bierzwerg, Bierpost, Bier Kompass and others do a fairly good job.<br /><br />Of course, this is just my impression, and is completely generalised, as there are always exceptions. I also get the feeling there are some inner circles for getting at the special stuff (reminds me of the League of Gentlemen) :DBarry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-16567152358815809802012-02-23T09:13:48.794+01:002012-02-23T09:13:48.794+01:00Interesting! So I guess the next question is where...Interesting! So I guess the next question is where can you drink these beers?<br /><br />It's great to see them arriving but is there an outlet for the new when there's so much of the traditional?Mark Dredgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421095862178324693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-17471376008918949272012-02-21T00:51:03.789+01:002012-02-21T00:51:03.789+01:00DUH! And here I thought I was too young for a seni...DUH! And here I thought I was too young for a senior moment… :)<br /><br />I do remember sending you the list, but I'd forgotten it specified the beers, not just their brewers.<br /><br />Still, it's a sad state of affairs that you'd have to quote *my* emails for even vaguely accurate info about a festival that I have no involvement in other than a satisfied repeat attendee…Gerrit (@geo21481)http://www.hopfenundmalz.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-67904945438156123322012-02-20T21:15:44.995+01:002012-02-20T21:15:44.995+01:00Ehh, you sent it to me in an e-mail on 30.01.12 :)...Ehh, you sent it to me in an e-mail on 30.01.12 :) It included:<br />Fritz Ale mit Imperial Stout, Belgian IPA, Smoked Stout<br /><br />Mmmm...Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-9288800687257766412012-02-20T19:03:38.186+01:002012-02-20T19:03:38.186+01:00and where have you seen the list for the 2012 Fest...and where have you seen the list for the 2012 Festival der Bierkulturen? Last I checked they were stubbornly (and frustratingly) offline-only, more or less…Gerrit (@geo21481)http://www.hopfenundmalz.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-46252946531150686102012-02-20T11:21:18.635+01:002012-02-20T11:21:18.635+01:00When I said "new festival list", I meant...When I said "new festival list", I meant the list for the 2012 Bierkultur festival. Though I'm sure there'll be some Imperial Stouts at the actually new festival, Braukunst Live.Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-74266918565086476382012-02-20T00:46:30.369+01:002012-02-20T00:46:30.369+01:00Mark and Barry --
what was the definition of &quo...Mark and Barry --<br /><br />what was the definition of "craft beer" that we all agreed upon again? :D<br /><br />One could (and indeed, I would) argue that the traditional breweries of Bamberg, Düsseldorf and even Cologne and Munich would meet any literal criteria for craft you could think of (Schlenkerla and Spezial in Bamberg still have their own maltings on site, for instance).<br /><br />I second Barry's recommendations of Café Abseits and Helios Braustelle, and I also second his diagnosis of a lack of a "proper" beer bar in the Belgian, American, or (new) British sense. We can but dream, mostly.<br /><br />Berlin looks like the city with the most active new brewery/brewpub scene currently, of which Brewbaker is probably the best known. I have yet to go to Berlin on "beer business" myself, though, so I can't offer any recommendations. The recent "Around Berlin in 80 Beers" guide book from Cogan & Mater appeared to list a lot of (more or less) traditional German pubs and (Eck-)Kneipen, though, which might give one the idea that the Hauptstadt still has a lot of room for beery improvement.<br /><br />There's the brewpub mini-chain of Joh. Albrecht, which are alright, if usually a little safe, there's Gröninger in Hamburg which *looks* like a bit of tourist trap but actually serves a legitimately good, malty, sessionable beer.<br /><br />And there's the Bayerischer Bahnhof in Leipzig, which holds a special place in my heart for brewing an idiosyncratic, almost extinct style called "Gose" in open defiance of the Reinheitsgebot (it's brewed with salt and coriander seed). You can't ask for a more refreshing drink!<br /><br />And yes, Barry, FritzAle has made an Imperial Stout in the past (we still have one bottle of that somewhere), and I'm sure he will again, but I don't know if it's available at the moment. Also, what "new festival list"?Gerrit (@geo21481)http://www.hopfenundmalz.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-92027345036221002492012-02-19T21:17:15.593+01:002012-02-19T21:17:15.593+01:00You know, Mark, I don't really know, but my fe...You know, Mark, I don't really know, but my feeling is that the kind of beer bar that you or I might want to see are few and far between in Germany. I felt lucky in Muenster to have a "Yorkshire" bar that stocked the likes of Black Sheep, Theakston, Fuller's and random other English and Scottish stuff and rarely, some Sierra Nevada. <br /><br />Café Abseits in Bamberg probably fits the beer bar bill well, and is definitely worth a visit, even in the face of the magnificent breweries of that town. In fact, it's worth going there just to try some of the Weyermann Maltings pilot brewery stuff. In Cologne, the Helios Braustelle is a must, not only for their own range of interesting beers, but the ones brewed on premises by Freigeist Bierkultur and FritzAle. Certainly a crafty spot, but then with something like 1300+ breweries in Germany, there's a whole lot of crafting of beer going on, and it's worth diving into the "traditional" German beers on their home turf. I really have to do a proper Altbier trip in Duesseldorf!<br /><br />To be honest, it's a big country, and I've seen little of the major cities even in the four years I've been living here. Now I'm in a tiny village, my local choice is dramatically reduced :)<br /><br />I'll have to ask the real German experts where good spots are further afield. I could do with a shortlist myself! :D<br /><br />Thanks for the mention, Mr. Sepp! :)Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-18202330531229030942012-02-19T11:55:47.490+01:002012-02-19T11:55:47.490+01:00http://www.propeller-bier.eu/index.php?id=1195http://www.propeller-bier.eu/index.php?id=1195Der Biersepphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386414729920247122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-35164578986571601642012-02-19T11:39:50.173+01:002012-02-19T11:39:50.173+01:00These sound great!
Are there any places in the b...These sound great! <br /><br />Are there any places in the big German cities to go to drink the craftier side of brewing? Any beer bars or similar?Mark Dredgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421095862178324693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-2661124397357522962012-02-19T11:17:36.210+01:002012-02-19T11:17:36.210+01:00Hi Thomas! I was sure I mailed (I thought via a Ha...Hi Thomas! I was sure I mailed (I thought via a Haefner e-mail address), but now I can't find it in my sent items :| <br /><br />But yeah, it would have been about open hours and visiting during brewdays :D I'm not too far away and would love to stop by. Sadly, I have to work on Thursdays. In the meantime, I'll just have to order some online ;)Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-82532878750768735862012-02-18T07:21:34.116+01:002012-02-18T07:21:34.116+01:00Hey Barry,
here`s the Hopfenstopfer!
You mailed m...Hey Barry,<br /><br />here`s the Hopfenstopfer!<br />You mailed me? Please do it again info az Hopfenstopfer.de If you wanna visit me, be welcome!<br />The Citra Ale will be botteled at Thu 23rd.<br />Best Regards ThomasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-41033117648149696492012-02-18T00:59:48.192+01:002012-02-18T00:59:48.192+01:00I left that there for TheBeerNut to find! (but tha...I left that there for TheBeerNut to find! (but thanks anyway) ;)<br /><br />Regarding the FritzAle label, garish can be ok, too, but random might also apply :)<br /><br />I'd really like to try his next one so. Didn't I see an Imperial Stout on the new festival list also?<br /><br />Hopfenstopfer... Bad Rappenau, not too far from me at all. I actually mailed him some months ago for some info, but never got a reply. Would love to visit, but haven't bought anything of theirs yet. Must do!<br /><br />And yes, the lady doth protest too much, methinks. Perhaps the Sepp was watching the Twitter conversation we three had last week. I thought Felix's live tasting was kind, but he did agree it's not a DIPA in the sense of what beer geeks might expect. I have to admit, I enjoyed the bottle I drank while writing this all the same.Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-10690249073228416132012-02-18T00:43:56.091+01:002012-02-18T00:43:56.091+01:00also: rather cheeky of the Propeller guys! Which b...also: rather cheeky of the Propeller guys! Which blogger do they have in mind, though? Felix is on record liking both the beer and the name -- who else is there?gerrit (@geo21481)http://www.hopfenundmalz.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943606491780538470.post-61728961548662827432012-02-18T00:37:15.611+01:002012-02-18T00:37:15.611+01:00I believe the phrase is "coming into *its* ow...I believe the phrase is "coming into *its* own" (see, you do need the practice!) :)<br /><br />Grammer (see what I did there?) Nazi-ism aside, I could not agree more, paragraph for paragraph, with the possible exception of your classification of the Fritz color scheme as "garish". Unusually vibrant, yes, but I rather like that about the label (Now, if you had attacked the choice of typeface, I would have been on board…).<br /><br />The new batches of FritzAle, incidentally, are brewed at Abteibrauerei Siegburg, and the recipe has been changed slightly because Fritz (that really is the brewer's name) had to substitute Citra for Amarillo. Still brilliant, now called FritzAle American IPA. Get it if you can.<br /><br />Another recommendation: Häffner Bräu's (you may not have to leave the Bundesland to get that…) Hopfenstopfer range, particularly their excellent Citra Ale.Gerrit (@geo21481)http://www.hopfenundmalz.orgnoreply@blogger.com