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Zehendner Mönchsambach Report |
| Posted by Michael James on 2014-11-20 16:08:17 |
| Visited on Saturday afternoon and found the Lagerbier from gravity barrel in terrible shape, nothing whatsoever like the splendid barrel we had in August. I mentioned this to Stephan and he pulled some to taste and agreed, said it was likely a late fill from the tank, biggest impression of autolyzed yeast I've ever experienced! Still he served it and folks drank it, which isn't a big deal for most, but imagine geeks like us walking in for a first try and finding such a "legendary" beer in awful shape. That's how it goes in Franconia, of course. The Export from keg was as fine as always, and the Weihnachtsbock we tasted from the tank was superb at 8 weeks. I left with bottles of the Lagerbier filled a few days before and found the hop character dull and unpleasant hints of DMS. Inconsistency is the name of the game, no different in Franconia than anywhere else, but some beers and breweries seem more inconsistant than others. Cross your fingers next visit that you find the barrel bright and hoppy. |
| Followups: |
 Zehendner Mönchsambach Report by barry on 2014-11-21 01:44:33 |
| Zehendner Mönchsambach Report by Nick B. on 2014-11-22 08:27:27 |
| Zehendner Mönchsambach Report by Michael James on 2014-11-23 23:25:42 |
| Zehendner Mönchsambach Report by Nick B. on 2014-11-24 00:10:20 |