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Thanks Gerhard! (and Weyermann Bier)

Posted by Nick B. on 2010-12-07 23:46:07

Thanks for a great session yesterday, Gerhard! A short summary: I arrived at about 16.00, planning to stay until 18.00 or so. Of course 18.00 became 21.00. The Griess Bock vom Fass is as good as ever: bitter and hoppy. A bottle of Huppendorfer Bock followed, which I should've had BEFORE the Griess, as it's much less bitter. Still, very good, and about half way through, the effect of the Griess on my palate had worn off, allowing the Huppendorfer to really shine. Of course I had to have another Griess. So when Gerhard turned up, I was already pretty well taken care of. I gave him bottles of 2009 Griess and Mönschsambacher Winterbock I'd brought, which prompted him to bring out some rare treats from Weyermann. A "Bohemian Dunkel" was interesting and tasty, but on the pale end of "dunkel", and rather sweet for what I normally associate with "Bohemian". (But after the Griess, everything's sweet!) A "Raspberry Porter" was interesting, but it lacked that typical rich, black, "porter" character. A view of the recipe sheet revealed that neither black patent nor chocolate malts were used, which IIRC should account for 10-15% of the grain bill in a porter of this gravity. Still, it was a treat to enjoy a fruit ale in Bamberg! There was also an English brewed, bottle conditioned (CAMRA-approved!) stout at 4.6% abv, which was very nice, and interesting to demonstrate the difference between the modern (crappy) Guinness and a *real* stout. My favourite of all was Weyermann's "Peter's Pale Ale" though: a real English pale ale, with Weyermann's pale ale malt, Fuggles, and fermented with the very controversial S04 "London" yeast. This particular bottle was filled in July, which might sound "old" to some, but the benefit is that the S04 yeast has had a chance to mellow out. The result was an absolute perfect example of what "English pale ale" should be when using English hops and yeast. I confess to being an Oregon/Washington citrus hop fanatic, but I do like a good Fuggles ale once in a while. So while Weyermann need to send the Braumeister to Oregon to learn a bit "hands-on" about raspberry porter (or even better, blackberry porter and raspberry stout), he can yield some very fine beers. I'm impressed. Many thanks to Gerhard (again) for breaking out the treats! (Was there another beer I've forgotten?)

Followups:

Thanks Gerhard! (and Weyermann Bier) by Gerhard Schoolmann on  2010-12-08 01:13:31

Thanks Gerhard from us as well. by Mat W on  2010-12-15 04:33:46

Thanks Gerhard from us as well. by Gerhard Schoolmann on  2010-12-15 06:02:41

Thanks Gerhard from us as well. by Mat W on  2010-12-31 09:14:47