Schlossbraurei-Au-Hallertau Auer Schnee Bock
Schlossbrauerei-Au-Hallertau is a small castle brewery in the hop growing region of Bavaria which lends its name to the famous German Nobel Hop: Hallertau. Founded […]
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Ayinger Weizenbock
I’m usually pretty wary around bocks. I’ve never been a huge fan. Perhaps I’ve just never really “got” the style. I used to say the […]
Kloster Andechs Weissbier Hell
Kloster Andechs is an active Benedictine Monastery located outside Munich, Germany. Andechs has a long history of brewing and is still considered to be one of […]
Hair of the Dog Brewing Adam (Batch 85)
Adam was the first beer Alan Sprints created at Hair of the Dog Brewing when he opened it in 1993. Alan claims this beer is […]
Kloster Andechs Vollbier Helles Lager
Kloster Andechs is an active Benedictine Monastery located outside Munich, Germany. Andechs has a long history of brewing and is still considered to be one […]
The Brewing Monks: The Benedictine Breweries (Part 1)
Updated & edited 03/07/2014 The Brewing Monks: The Benedictine Breweries (Part 1) In the first 5 parts of the The Brewing Monks, we looked […]
Weltenburger Kloster Pils
Weltenburger Kloster is a Benedictine monastery that has existed for nearly 1,000 years in Bavaria. It boasts the second oldest known brewery which was founded […]
The Brewing Monks: The Trappist Breweries (Part 2)
In the first part, The Brewing Monks: A Brief History of the Trappist Order and Monastic Brewing, we covered the basic history of Trappists and […]
Kulmbacher Kapuziner Schwarz-Weizen
I saw this beer and was immediately intrigued. I was familiar with dunkel-weizen, dark wheat ale, but had not heard of a Schwarz-weizen, black wheat […]
Mahr’s Bräu Saphir Weiss
Saphir is a new variety of hop that has been popping up in several German beers as of late. It’s a variety of the venerable […]
The Yeasties, The Yeasties – The WILD Beasties in my Beer!
In my post “The Yeasties, The Yeasties – The Beasties in my Beer!,” I discussed the definition and meaning of the terms “Ale” and […]
Apostelbrau First Bavarian Pale Ale
Apostelbrau “First” Bavarian Pale Ale claims to be a pale ale. This is a bold claim from a German beer. Don’t get me wrong, I […]
Schneider Edel-Weise
G. Schneider & Sohn is one of the smaller breweries of Bavaria, Germany. In the middle of the 19th century, wheat beer sales had slumped dramatically […]
Will the real Reinheitsgebot please stand up? Or How I Learned to get my Fahrvergnügen on.
The “Reinheitsgebot” is one of the longest standing purity laws on the books. Or at least that’s what our German friends would like you to […]
Dogfish Head Festina Peche
Dogfish Head’s Festina Peche is a “neo-Berliner Weisse,” according to their website. Berliner Weisse is a tart, light wheat ale that undergoes some lactic fermentation […]