After the move, regular posting will resume, but for the next week or two, things won't be all that regular
Here's a breakdown of some beers from wheat week drinking.
Bell's Winter White - a belgian-style wit, maybe with a hint of hefeweizen flavor as well. Delicious beer with a yeasty and spicy flavor.
Schneider Aventinus - a Weizen Bock from a venerable german brewery started by a brewmaster who worked for German royalty. May very well be OMG Beer's favorite wheat beer ever, and definitely the favorite when it comes to Weizen Bock.
Bell's Oberon - a subtle american wheat beer made for the midwestern summer. Great mild flavor, very drinkable. Extremely popular beer.
Two Brother's Bonfire Dunkle Weiss - reviewed by OMG Beer!
Two Brother's Monarch White - an Anniversary Wit-style beer from Two Brother's. Very drinkable, less yeast dominated than the Bell's Winter White, and kind of perfect for spring. Sadly though, spring in the midwest doesn't cooperate.
Showing posts with label Dunkelweizen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dunkelweizen. Show all posts
Monday, April 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Upcoming West Town Brewing Co. Beers...
January was a quiet month, with only one, or arguably, two homebrews. Inspired by the oak-aging going on in the commercial beer world and the need to perfect my porter recipe, I decided I'd reformulate my porter recipe, and then split it in half. Half would be aged in my mini secondary carboy with oak cubes and a half-pint of bourbon, while the other half would be aged normally. That second half is finally about to bottled. The bourbon oak half made an appearance on Super Bowl Sunday. The recipe for the porter will be up soon, along with a brief history of the porter.
To counter-balance the roasted malt and chocolate flavors of my porter, an IPA became the first West Town Brewing beer for February. This beer is about to be dry-hopped and then bottled (and it still needs a name). With only one weekend left, one other beer birth shall occur in February. I love dark wheat beer and I love rye beers, so why not try to combine the two and make a Rye Dunkelweizen? This might be a crap-shoot, or it might be awfully close to a german rye beer called Roggenbier.
Finally, there will be at least one March-produced beer. I recently received the awesome gift of Extreme Brewing by Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewing. One of the easier to find and extremely tasty Dogfish Head beers is the Indian Brown Ale, which is described as a frankenstein hybrid of brown ale, scotch ale, and IPA. The Indian Brown Ale recipe just so happens to be in the pages of Extreme Brewing, so it seems appropriate to pay tribute to a great beer which serves as proof that brewing outside the style box is a good thing sometimes.
To counter-balance the roasted malt and chocolate flavors of my porter, an IPA became the first West Town Brewing beer for February. This beer is about to be dry-hopped and then bottled (and it still needs a name). With only one weekend left, one other beer birth shall occur in February. I love dark wheat beer and I love rye beers, so why not try to combine the two and make a Rye Dunkelweizen? This might be a crap-shoot, or it might be awfully close to a german rye beer called Roggenbier.
Finally, there will be at least one March-produced beer. I recently received the awesome gift of Extreme Brewing by Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewing. One of the easier to find and extremely tasty Dogfish Head beers is the Indian Brown Ale, which is described as a frankenstein hybrid of brown ale, scotch ale, and IPA. The Indian Brown Ale recipe just so happens to be in the pages of Extreme Brewing, so it seems appropriate to pay tribute to a great beer which serves as proof that brewing outside the style box is a good thing sometimes.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Two Brothers Bonfire Dunkle Weiss
More Two Brothers beer, the Bonfire Dunkle Weiss is from their artisanal ale series.
Poured reddish-brown from a 22oz. bomber into 500ml Spaten glass. Pretty big bubbly tan head rose up quickly, with an earthy aroma of nuts, grain, and fruit and a yeastiness typical of German wheats. Delicious nutty and fruity apple flavor, smooth sweetness and maybe a bit of chocolate. Doesn't come off as carbonated as the big foamy head suggests. Leaves behind a nice bread and nut aftertaste, no cloying sweetness, nice dry finish, some bitterness and spice on the tongue too. The banana flavor common to german weizens comes through with the bit of chocolate, and reminds me of a chocolate banana bread.
Poured reddish-brown from a 22oz. bomber into 500ml Spaten glass. Pretty big bubbly tan head rose up quickly, with an earthy aroma of nuts, grain, and fruit and a yeastiness typical of German wheats. Delicious nutty and fruity apple flavor, smooth sweetness and maybe a bit of chocolate. Doesn't come off as carbonated as the big foamy head suggests. Leaves behind a nice bread and nut aftertaste, no cloying sweetness, nice dry finish, some bitterness and spice on the tongue too. The banana flavor common to german weizens comes through with the bit of chocolate, and reminds me of a chocolate banana bread.
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