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Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV |
| Posted by Nick B. on 2016-08-29 07:40:14 |
| There's a weekly 90-minute Sunday night TV (WDR) programme called "Wunderschön", in which someone goes off to some beautiful corner of the country/Europe/world; a sort of travel show, I guess. This week's episode is in the fränkischen Schweiz. Our lovely hostess (who grew up "in Franken" but doesn't say where AFAIK) is staying at a pear farm, helping with the harvest in return for room & board. She rides around on a motorcycle, stopping in at ...where... a traditional old Brauereigaststätte? A traditional Bierkeller? No, rather, Nikl Bräu (12 minutes into the video or so) and that prime location in the fränkischen Schweiz, GREIFENKLAU (36 min). When it opened several years ago, I was hopeful that Nikl Bräu might become a good brewery, one worth seeking out. But unfortunately, every time I have their Hell, it's like Barfüßer or Steinbach (or any of a multitude of modern German brewpub's Hell): murky, yeasty, and just, why bother? It's as if these brewers are trying to emulate Widmer "Hefeweizen" (Portland OR - if you don't know it, it's not a proper Bavarian Hefeweizen, rather, pale ale yeast, murky, and bland.).  That, and Nikl also makes numerous bottles of ridiculously expensive (like 15€!) "craft" beer, like bourbon-barrel Bock or whatever. I will drink the Hell occasionally at the Biergarten nearest our home here, beggars can't be choosers and all that. Meh. Lots of lovely scenery of her tooling around late summer/early autumn "Franconian Switzerland" in any case, worth a watch. |
| Followups: |
 Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by pivnizub on 2016-08-29 11:57:51 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Nick B. on 2016-08-29 22:52:08 |
| Nikl Bräu by Nick B. on 2016-08-30 04:22:42 |
| Nikl Bräu by Jason on 2016-08-30 07:40:57 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Doug on 2016-08-30 07:42:56 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Jürgen Wening on 2016-08-31 01:39:11 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Mark Andersen on 2016-08-31 04:46:16 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV (Elch brau Thuisbrunn) by Mosquit on 2016-08-31 04:47:14 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Nick B. on 2016-08-31 05:38:36 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Nick B. on 2016-08-31 05:40:14 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Jürgen Wening on 2016-08-31 06:07:32 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Mark Andersen on 2016-08-31 06:12:15 |
| Fränkische Schweiz Holiday on TV by Barry on 2016-08-31 10:34:33 |