Brauerei Berger: Vollbier Hell* and Märzen Spezial

Those two beers are produced in a small brewery in the German countryside called Brauerei Berger (the hill brewery). Those 500ml bottles were gifted to me by Andreas (whose surname, Pelzberger, is not really related to the brewery, unfortunatly LOL), one of the very first beers he brought me, even before he decided it was a good idea to collect beer bottles and started his own collection.

Vollbier (means Full beer in German) is a non-filtered classic bavarian helles contains 5,1 % alcohol, and the Märzen Spezial is the traditional 5,6% seasonal beer produced during the month of March (as the name says).

Those two bottles stayed in my shelf for quite long before I cataloged them... in fact, it was the other day, when I was cleaning up the house (and therefore taking a closer look at my bottles) that I realized the mistake... all of a sudden I had 2 new lables to copy down before I would forget to do it again, two more names in direction of the beer number 500.

By the way, I have to say... very good beer! Both of them, really good, too bad the brewery is so small I couldn't even find a website for it, but I'll keep on searching.

Lenin's Hanf - Aromatic Helles

Lenin's Hanf in german means "Lenin's hemp". The beer is named after one of the (if not the only) owner of Neustädter Hausbrauerei, but it also brings to the mind the name of the former Soviet dictator. That should make a lot of sense when I tell you that this beer is produced in Dresden, German city that was on the East side of the Iron Curtain untill the reunification.

Produced by a small home brewery, this beer contains Hemp flowers as aromatics. The flowers give a slightly sweet taste to this 5,2% helles beer. As you can see in the pictures, the only label is a small printed and clipped piece of paper that comes around the bottles neck.

I don't usually make comparisons in this blog, but the other hemp beer already posted wasn't as half as good as this one... and this is probably one of the very rare beers in my collection, once the production and distribution is quite restricted! But it was not that easy to aquire...

A fellow collector (Andreas) and I were visiting a friend (Lorenzo), in Dresden, when we came accross this beer in a club at the city center. As usual in clubs, you are not allowed to leave the place carrying glasses or bottles, and I was already planning how to hide it under my jacket when Andreas told me something like "It's allright, I talked to the waitress, we can take the bottles".

The only problem is that the bouncers didn't believe Andreas as I did, and it took us some time to get the waitress to come and explain the whole ordeal... in the end, we had to leave the bar with the bottles under the jacket anyways... next time, we do it my way!! ;)

Link to the producer: http://www.obergaerig.de/seite2_hausgebraute_biere_aus_der_neustadt.html

Gambrinus - Premium and Svetlý

Gambrinus is not only one of the most popular Czech beers, but also the name of a legendary king o Flandres, unofficial patron saint of beer and the art of beer brewing (picture above, on the right).

There is a law in Brazil that free churches from taxes... I know now which saint my church will praise when I create it as a mean of tax evasion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambrinus

The bottle on the center was aquired when travelling to Dresden and stopping at Czech Republic for refuelling (the car :P), the other two were yet another contribution from Anderl. All the bottles are 500ml volume, and though two are mostly the same, the label is slightly different. In other occasion, I wouldn't aquire the second bottle, but as I got it as a gift, it gets a picture here, a place in my shelf and in the catalogue.

The Gambrinus Premium is a Lager beer with 5,0% alcohol, while the Svetlý is a Pilsner (produced in the city of Pilsen, Czech Republic) with 4,1% alcohol. Both are produced by Plzeňský Prazdroj brewery and were posted all together here to save my fingers from typing and your eyes from reading too many posts.


Link to the producer: http://www.prazdroj.cz/en/about-the-company/products/gambrinus

Tennent's Super - Strong Lager

This Scottish strong Lager was aquired and consumed in the last night I spent in Padua, Italy, I remember a few friends and a lot of as-known people sitting and talking while the bar was closing due to the late time...

The interesting part of this story is the point where this as-known people start a burp competition, and all the men involved in it had to bow their heads to this girl... she could burp louder than most men I've met, and was proud of it! The fact that I don't properly know her, probably will never see (or hear) her again, the lack of memory and my courtesy, prevent me from telling her name, but man, that girl has lungs and a strong diafragma!

Besides all this, this is a 330ml bottle of the 9,0% scottish beer that provided that italian girl the gas necessary for all that belching. Produced by the Tenent Caledonian breweries, that now belong to the giant InBev.

Link to the producer: http://www.inbev.co.uk/Tennents.htm
Link for funny adds and curiosities: http://www.tennents.com/

Lammsbräu - Urstoff

If there is a "Lions brewery" (Löwenbräu), why not a "Lambs brewery"?

This brewery, localized in the city of Neumarket, inner Bavaria, produces only beers with the European 'Bio' certificate and, therefore, call themselves "Ökologisches Brauerei" (Ecological brewery in german).

Their Urstoff is 4,7% alcohol and comes embottled in 500ml glasses. Due to the proximity of Neumarket to Altötting, I end up asking myself if this beer was a gift from Anderl or not... according to my notes, it is not, so maybe I bought it there, or maybe my notes are wrong...

No, drinking beer doesn't cause memory problems, at least, not that I remember...

Link to the producer: http://www.lammsbraeu.de/index.php?id=31

Hardcore - Pilsen

Got this beer as a gift from Andreas (and I wonder how many more times I am going to write this here...) when visiting him in Altötting in the autumm of 2010.

The label is very elaborated, but it is mostly a regular beer. Produced in Germany and embottled in a 330ml bottle, this pilsner beer contains 4,9% alcohol...

The day I wrote this post I was interrupted by a terrible headache... up to that point my tries to find the brewery's name had been not very successfull (try typing 'hardcore' or 'hardcore beer' or even 'hardcore brewery' in google and see what you get...) so I promised to do it later...

Before I could keep my promise and finish the post, Boize posted the link in the comentaries... thank you!

Link to the producer: http://www.sle.de/cms/SLE/index.php?idcatside=173

Hacklberg - Jubiläumsbier

The Jubiläumsbier was produced as a limited edition to celebrate the 375th anniversary of Hacklberg, a brewery located in the city of Passau, Germany.

This 500ml bottle was aquired while visiting a friend in Altötting, inner Bavaria, thanks to his tips about a local getränkemarkt. There I could find, among others, this 5,5% alcohol special edition of Hacklberg.

I must state here that Andreas also provided the transportation to the place, otherwise I wouldn't be able to carry that many beers at once, or maybe I would... I've done this before when moving back from Augsburg... oh well, it is more confortable to carry the bottle in a car, and the liquid in your stomach... thanks again Anderl!

Link to the producer: http://www.hacklberg.de/main_jubilaeum.html

Unertl Weisse and Dintel Weisse

This two beers are occuping the same post for 3 reasons:
1. They are from the same producer;
2. They are (roughtly) the same type of beer;
3. They were both a gift from Andreas Pelzberger, Bavarian friend and great colaborator of my collection.

Both have the same 500 ml, but there are a few differences. The Dintel weiss is a little bit stronger (5,2% instead of 5,0%) and it's produced with a different kind of wheat, the Dintel grain, which is more difficult to handle and therefore more expensive to use.

It is not common to find weissbier produced with this kind of wheat, but your chances will be slightly higher if you search in regions like Bavaria, where weissbier is considered essential part of people's nutrition, been consumed regularly by businessmen during lunch break or even in the family traditional breakfast (weisswurstfrühstuck).

Link to the producer: http://www.brauerei-unertl.de/products_en.htm

Blanche de Namur - Witbier

When you drink this beer, don't expect the taste of a german weissbier. Even though the name means roughtly the same, Witbier (or White beer) has a very different taste from the classic bavarian Weissbier.

If you never tasted both of them I suggest you do a simple experience with Hoegaarden witbier and Franziskaner weiss, they are both very accessible beers and should give you the real impression on how different both styles are.

Although I'd rather the german weissbier, I have to praise my respect to this 4,5% belgian Witbier, once it got the golden World Beer Awards in it's categorie.

The 750ml bottle was bought in Italy, though... something tells me that I have to pay Belgium another visit soon...

Link to the producer: http://www.bocq.be/english/ownbrands/blanche_namur.html

Biere du Moulin - Ambrata

This 6,5% amber ale is a product of Panero - pietra italia diffusion, a family microbrewery in the province of Cuneo, Italy. One of the italian artesanal breweries that have been showing to the world lately that Italy can also produce good beer.

This 500ml bottle was bought in a supermarket in Pordenonne, while visitng Lorenzo with a few friends, for being an artesanal beer, it is hard to be found in regular markets out of Italy.

I've seen bigger websites about beer posting this beer as a product of Amarcord... though the website of Amarcord doesn't show this beer as a product (it always feels good when you are able to correct someone bigger).

Link to the producer: http://www.pietraitalia.it/Prodotti/BiereduMoulin/Ambrata/tabid/3224/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Löwenbräu - Original

Also one of the first bottles I kept in my shelf, and also another traditional Bavarian beer. The word "Original" stands for original Münchner beer.

The name of the brand (Löwenbräu) means "Lion's brewery". The lion on the label can be also seen at the TSV 1860 jersey; that's why this football team, sponsored by Löwenbräu, is also known as "die Löwen" (the lions). If you don't know the team and have the curiosity, here's the link: http://www.tsv1860.de/

TSV 1860 plays for Bundesliga's second division, if they can't be the best, they are at least sponsored by a 1st class german beer.

Link to the producer: http://www.loewenbraeu.de/de-de/loewenfuetterung/loewenbraeu-original.html

Bulldog - Strong Ale

This Scottish beer was bought in a supermarket in Italy. My favorite top-fermented beers (ales) are usually the belgian ones, but Bulldog is a pretty good strong ale.

One might think weird finding this 330ml 6.3% british strong ale in a supermarket in Italy, but the fact that Scottish-newcastle brewery was bought by heineken explains it pretty well.

Unfortunatly, while searching for the brewery's website, I was always redirected to heineken's website, which for my surprise does not show bulldog strong ale. So here I post the link that will end up redirecting you to heineken's website, if you have success finding bulldog strong ale there, please let me know!

Link to the producer: http://www.scottish-newcastle.com

Baltika Cooler

With a different opening mechanism, this transparent 500ml bottle was aquired in Altötting, low bavaria, during a visit to a friend. Transparent bottles require a special attention from the producer, once the beer suffers more from degradation by the UV light. Usually these bottles are covered with a thin polymeric protective layer to assure the quality of the beer.

Baltika Cooler is a Russian beer, part of the Carlsberg group (or is Carlsberg part of Baltika? I have to check this out...). It is a 4,7% lager beer, usually a refreshing type, to be drank very cold... I wonder if a beer that refreshes you instead of warming you up really attends the market needs in Russia...

Link to the producer: http://eng.baltika.ru/brand/0/38/baltika_cooler.html

Splügen - Lager

Splügen is produced by the "Birrificio Angelo Poretti", a brewery was founded 1877. The producer claims to keep the original recipe, changing only the lable of this 4,5% Italian Lager along the years.

This 660ml bottle was aquired in an Italian supermarket in Pordenonne, last summer. The website of the producer contains some nice story over the brewery and the beer, worth checking if you can understand a little bit of italian.

http://www.splugen.it/

Cannabia

I must say that this one is really curious. After tasting beers with bananas, honey, manioc, matte, cherries and a lot of other weird things, this one called my attention, kind of hidden on a shelf in a supermarket at München Hauptbahnhof.

Yes, it is a 330ml bottle of a 4,8% alcohol containing beer brewed with Cannabis, and with the european Bio certificate! It's a German product, I also found other drinks, like Lipton Ice Tea, with Cannabis, but got only the beer.

I hate to disappoint the readers, but drinking one of this gives you the effects are of a normal beer (none), and I can't really compare the taste, once I have never (and don't really want to) smoked this herb.

The only thing I hope is that the Bio certificate is true and the Cannabis is really grown here in Europe under government supervision, instead of being "imported" from South American countries, where the dealing of hemp and other drugs finances crime. Sorry for being lame about this subject, but this blog reflects my opinion.

This isn't a beer that will be inside my fridge regularly, but it was worth trying it.

Link to the producer: http://www.cannabia.com/

Stary Melnik

Don't ask me to repeat the name of this beer... I don't even know if this is a beer! This 500ml bottle of a Russian "mixed malt beverage", containing 5,2% alcohol, was a gift from Andreas Pelzberger, it was carried in the car's trunk during our trip to Italy, and drank in Padua during a (friendly) poker game.

Although it is described as "mixed malt beverage" in the label, it tastes quite like beer... I won't discuss the quality of the drink here, it just intrigates me why it's labeled like this and what is mixed into it.

I was trying to find the link to the producer, but the lack of cirilics in my keyboard limitated my search... I only found a couple of other blogs that evaluate beers though I think they don't quite refer to the same beer, and a strange adaptation of a russian website.

Spaten Optimator

This is a Doppel Bock beer, produced by Spaten, another traditional bavarian brewery. This bottle of Optimator contains 330ml of 7,8% alcohol Starkbier (that one, produced for Starkbierfest, in May, remember?)

No, Munich doesn't have yet too many breweries, there's always one less famous, more hidden or smaller but never less tasty. This one is a quite big brewery though, and shows in its symbol two shovels, or 'zwei Spaten' in german.

Link to the producer: http://www.hofbraeuhaus.de/en/index_en.html

Hofbräu Original Münchner*

With the end of the Oktoberfest 2010, I bring to you this 500ml bottle of the Original Münchner beer (5,1% alcohol) produced by one of the most (if not the most) traditional breweries of Munich.

Hofbräuhaus, also know by the short way HB, is one of the touristic points in Munich, and though their website doesn't show the products, it contains some funny stories and curiosities... it's worth checking.

Link to the producer: http://www.hofbraeuhaus.de/en/index_en.html

Rebuffone - Dark Ale

Rebuffone is a 6,0% dark ale produced by Manerba, an artesanal italian microbrewery localized in the region of Lombardia.

The fact that I only came across this corked 750ml bottle once, in a small specialized beer shop in Padova, leads me to believe that this is not a very common beer to find abroad. Also the price for this beer reinforce that belief >.<.

This bottle was consumed one night before I went to Oktoberfest, together with Conrad, a good friend from the university in Brazil, who is also living in Germany and dropped by for a short visit.

Link to the producer: http://www.manerbabrewery.it/pagina.php?idp=116&lingua=1

Löwenbräu - Triumphator

This is a 500ml bottle of the Double Bock produced by Löwenbräu, one of the biggest breweries in Munich, Germany. It is, as stated before, a seasonal beer, produced for the Starkbierfest, that happens every march/april.

It contains 7,6% alcohol, that's why is called Starkbier (Strong beer, in german). This kind of beer was originally produced by monks during the period of reflection and fast that preceeds Easter, it's meant to be very strong and nutritious, so it could feed the monks during the period they were not alowed to eat (but still allowed to drink).

Link to the producer:  http://www.loewenbraeu.de/de-de/loewenfuetterung/loewenbraeu-triumphator.html

Celtic

Don't mistake this one for the italian beer"Celtica" posted before! This beer is produced by Thorbräu, a brewery located in Augsburg, Germany. The 330ml bottle was bought in a Getränkemarkt near the place I used to live there.

It contains 5,0% alcohol and attends to the European Union standart for 'Bio' products.

A curiosity: when I live in a place, I end up not knowing the touristical places as if I was there for only two days, mostly because of that old idea: "I can go there anytime, I am living here!"

Well, that stupid idea brought me to the following situation: last day in Augsburg, all the stuff I should bring to Munich inside a backpack or somehow attached to my bike, which I was supposed to ride untill the central station for the train (about 4km, not that far) and I STILL HAVEN'T STOPPED AT THE GETRÄNKEMARKT TO BUY ALL THE BEER I WANTED TO!! In the end, I had to somehow add to all the stuff I was already carrying a bunch of bottles still full (including this one).

I would never forgive myself for missing the opportunity, maybe I'll still pay Augsburg a visit and get some more of their local beer...

Link to the producer: http://www.thorbraeu.de/content/brauerei/augsburg/home.html

Schorschbock - Bock

Bought in the same package and with the same oil-like aspect as the Schorschweinzen, posted just below.

The difference between them is that this one is Lager-type (in this case, bock), but this reflects more in the lable, once both beers have such a strong alcohol taste that is hard to distinguish anything else.

Besides the taste, has the same 330ml, 16% alcohol and is produced by the same frankonian brewery.

Also the same observations apply, attracts me as a curiosity, not as a beer.

Link to the producer: http://www.schorschbraeu.de/schorschbraeu/site/

Schorschweizen - Weissen Bock

There is brewing beer for the taste of it, and there is brewing beer as a challenge, this Frankonian brewery decided to go for the challenge. Producing the strongest beers ever produced through natural fermentation, Schorschbräu is always featuring on world records books. It produces very exclusive beers, in a very limited number due to the time taken in the fermentation.

This 330ml bottle, found at a market in München Hauptbahnhof, is the strongest weissbier (actually, a weissenbock) in the world produced according to the german law purity, it has 16% alcohol and a very dark and thick aspect, according to some friends: "Hey, this looks like oil!"

Some people might appreciate the taste, the challenge of drinking a 16% beer, I enjoy solely the exclusivity of the bottles, because in my opinion, it just doesn't taste like beer anymore.

Link to the producer: http://www.schorschbraeu.de/schorschbraeu/site/

Schneider Weisse - Aventinus*

Schneider Aventinus, or Tap 6, is a weiss doppelbock beer, one of my favorite types of beer, it's a seasonal type, produced in march for the Bavarian festival 'Starkbierfest'.

This is a 500ml bottle of one of the most awarded starkbiers (check the link below to see the prizes), with 8,2% alcohol, this is one of the beers that everyone should try.

Link to the producer: http://www.schneider-weisse.de/index.php?lang=en&tpl=brauerei.spezialitaeten.aven&sid=80827660306872728240576670860808

Birra Moretti - Doppio Malto

This is a 330ml bottle of 7,0% ale beer produced by one of the most famous Italian breweries. Though the Pilsen version of Birra Moretti is sold in several countries, I have never seen this one out of Italy, and bought this one in a three pack, again associated to Andreas, a good bavarian beer-lover friend, in a trip to Italy last August.

The english website of Birra Moretti doesn't bring this type of beer, so the link below will redirect you to the Italian website... when I post the Birra Moretti Pilsen, I'll give the link to the english website, so more people can read it without google translator ^^.

Link to the producer: http://www.birramoretti.it/prodotti_doppio-malto.htm

La Biere du Demon - Blond

"The beer of the devil" - Several beers around the world make reference to the devil in their names, specially belgian and french ales (Duvel, Lucifer...). This one is a 250ml bottle of a 12% alcohol french blond ale, which contains a strong alcohol taste for a beer, bought in a three-pack, in association with another fellow beer bottles collector, Andreas.

I've heard about this beer several times before I was finally able to find it in an Italian supermarket, I even failed to find it at Delirium Tremens Pub, in Brussels (a pub that has not less than 2500 beers in its menu!!), unfortunatly, during the three days I was there, they lacked this beer in their stock.

The first time I heard of it was from a Brazilian/Italian friend (Gabriel) who drank it in Italy... maybe this beer is just more famous in Italy...

Link to the producer: http://www.brasseurs-gayant.com/anglais/htm/bieres/biere_du_demon.htm

Lasko - Pilsen

This is a 500ml bottle of slovenian Pilsen beer with 4,9% alcoholic degree. It was aquired in Italy, where slovenian products become more and more common, along with slovenians that cross the sea to live or spend vacations in Italy.

Something that called my attention to this bottle is the lable, it's not the only one I have with a transparent one, but I really like this kind of lable that show some investment from the brewery in the package. The photo was taken against a white wall so the details are more visible.

Link to the producer: http://www.pivo-lasko.si/

Celtica - Lager

This is a 330ml bottle of an Italian Lager beer (5,2% alcohol). Some Italian micro breweries have been surprising their costumers with some good quality beer in the last years.

Celtica is quite common in Italian supermarkets though, I don't know if it classifies as one of those micro breweries, in fact, I bought it in a big supermarket in Pordenonne, Italian city where a good friend and notorious colaborator of my colection lives. It is produced in the province of Potenza, Basilicatta region.

Link to the producer: http://www.anticaricettaceltica.com/

Paulaner Oktoberfestbier*

The Oktoberfest starts tomorrow! And celebrating 200th years since the festival was created to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe Hildburghausen!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR8VmCDdt5o&feature=related (I promise to post a self-made one later).
As promised: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yoLU7JSZlg

Every big brewery in Munich has its own oktoberfestbier, and this year Paulaner offered this 1 liter mug as a gift with every package of twenty four 500ml bottles of oktoberfestbier.

As the name suggests, Oktoberfestbier is a type of beer produced specially for Oktoberfest, the biggest and more famous public festival in the world; it has 6,0% alcohol and, I must say, it's no sacrifice at all to drink 24 of these to get the mug...

Links to the producer:  - http://www.paulaner.de/home.php#/ofbtisch
- http://www.paulaner-kundenportal.de/203.0.c13d5025f6346c5b6c589747c7cedc57.html?PHPSESSID=c13d5025f6346c5b6c589747c7cedc57

Wells Banana Bread Beer

It sounds as strange as it sounds interesting (at least for me). When I crossed this beer by in a small 24/7 market in Budapest, Hungary, two things called my attention:
1- What the hell is a British Banana Bread Beer doing in a hungarian market?
2 - Hey, this bottle looks kinda nice...

Produced by an independent family brewery in England, this beer contains 5,2% alcohol and is embottled in a nice transparent 500ml bottle. I can't properly classify this kind of beer, I just can say that it does taste like beer... and it also taste like bananas (might sound a little bit obvious, but this doesn't happen with all the fruit brewed beers).

Link to the producer: http://www.wellsandyoungs.co.uk/home/our-beers/ales/wells-banana-bread-beer

Baltika 4 Original

4 Original is a 5,6% russian dark beer, produced by the Baltika breweries group, which owns several famous breweries, like Carlsberg and Tuborg. This 500ml bottle was aquired in Augsburg, during exams period, I was taking a walk through the neighbourhood for relaxing a bit from the studies, when I crossed by a small Russian supermarket.

Link to the producer: http://eng.baltika.ru/brand/0/3/11/4_original.html

Wersteiner Premium Verum

The Wersteiner is an international beer, originally produced in Germany, but also in several other countries. This 330ml bottle, for instance, was produced in Argentina, and, although it has the same 4,8% alcohol pilsen beer inside, the taste will never be the same as the one produced in Germany.

There are also other kinds of Warsteiner, they promote the mixing of beer with cola, orange juice and other stuff. You will never see any of these other bottles in this Blog.

Link to the producer: http://www.warsteiner.de/html/Unser_Bier_Premium_Verum.html

Das gute Zirndorfer Landbier

Translating, it sounds something like "the good 'country beer' from Zinville" but one should not translate the name that identifies a beer nor its brand- this is a 500ml bottle of Landbier, one of the traditional kinds of beer Bavaria has to offer to mankind, produced by Zirndorfer, contains 5,0% alcohol.

Link to the producer: http://www.zirndorfer.de/

Frankeinheim Alt

Frankeinheim is an Altbier, this quality of beer is only produced in Düsseldorf, city located in North-Westphalia, Germany. Frankenheim is one of the most common examples of Altbier, with 4,8% alcohol, comes embottled in different volumes, this bottle is a 330ml.

Link to the producer: http://www.frankenheim.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=65

Schneider Weisse - Original

This is one of the most beautiful and unique bottles in my collection, bought in a supermarket in Brazil.

I am still trying to find this fine, 330ml, blue bottle here in Bavaria, Germany, where it is produced, but all I can find is the regular brown 500ml bottle (that will be posted in another ocasion), which contain more of the same 5,4%, good-tasting weissbier inside, but does not look so nice empty in a shelf as the first one.

Here's the link for the producer: http://www.schneider-weisse.de/

Paulaner Salvator *

One of my personal favorites, this is a double bock beer produced by Paulaner, one of the biggest breweries in the region of Bavaria, Germany.

Containing 7,9% alcohol, the Paulaner Salvator is a seasonal beer (to be produced in March, during the Oktoberfest less famous cousin, Starkbierfest) that ended up being produced all year long, it comes embottled in several volumes, this is a 330ml bottle.

Link to the producer: http://www.paulaner-kundenportal.de/204.0.98fe581bd2e370375945ff14877a689e.html?PHPSESSID=98fe581bd2e370375945ff14877a689e

Breznák - Pils

For a small change from the Germans, this is an original Bohemian Pilsner beer, produced since 1753 in nowadays Czech Republic. Lately, the brewery was bought by Heineken, this is a 500ml bottle and the beer graduation is of 5,1%

Link to the producer: http://www.breznak.cz/?katalog

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier - Märzen *

The city of Bamberg, in Franconia, Germany, is famous for their regional smoked beer. It contains a very interesting taste that goes very well with sausages, ham, salami and smoked meat in general.

The best quote about this beer I heard from a Brazilian friend: "Shit man, cancel the appetizers we ordered! This beer already has the salami in it"

The Schlenkerla brewery is one of the Bamberg breweries and this is a 500ml bottle of the 5,1% smoked Märzen beer they produce.

Link to the producer: http://www.schlenkerla.de/indexe.html

Hacker-Pschorr, Oktoberfestbier

The 200th Oktoberfest is coming! 

This is a 2l bottle of Oktoberfestbier (a kind of beer specially made for oktoberfest), with 6,0% alcohol, produced by Hacker-Pschorr, a Bavarian (Germany) brewery.

Link to the producer: http://www.hacker-pschorr.de/

Franziskaner - Hefe Weissbier

This is only one of the Fraziskaners in my collection, there is also the Dunkle, that will be posted in another ocasion. This is a 500ml bottle, this beer is produced in the region of Bavaria, Germany and contains 5,0% alcohol.

This is the second bottle I decided to keep in my shelf... the funny thing is that this Franziskaner was bought by accident, I was actually searching for the beer that I tasted a few months before with my brother.

I wish that all the mistakes in my life would taste like this beer.

Link to the producer http://www.franziskaner.com/3_products/3_1_product_spectrum/index.htm

The beggining

It all started when my brother came back from Germany in year 2000 and introduced me to something that, at that time, was completely new and strange... a beer made out of wheat! I tasted it and loved it, and decided to keep the bottle to remember the name of that awesome and different beer.

A few months later, walking in the supermarket, I found the same bottle, maybe a little bit different, with the inscription "Weissbier" on the lable. Due to a lack of german language knowledge, I though that was the same beer I had home, and bought it.

Once home I realized it was not the same beer, the brand was different, I drank it, and kept the bottle on my shelf. Then I realized the bottles looked quite good there...

Today I have over 400 empty beer bottles, and finally decided to post my collection on the web, I will post a picture of the bottle, some details like country/region of production, alcoholic degree, any prizes the beer has already won and a link to its producer website when availiable.

I would like to post also a description of the taste, but many of them were tasted years ago, and my words can't possibly describe the sensation and taste of each one of them. Besides, I am NOT a beer-sommelier, maybe one day, but still not.

PROST!