What the hell is this now? Are there no good names for a style of beer anymore? Ask the Czechs, they are the ones naming this beer. But hey, the beer is good. Tmavé Pivo is another style of beer from the dark lagers family. It can be said that it’s the Czech version ofContinue reading “Tmavé Pivo”
Category Archives: historical
Old School Berliner Weisse
A few years ago, it was very rare to hear about Berliner Weisses in the world of modern craft beer. The culture surrounding this beer was still on the streets of Berlin, where what Napoleon once called The Champagne of the North, was drunk. Originated in and around Berlin, there is no complete precision aboutContinue reading “Old School Berliner Weisse”
Lichtenhainer with Grapes and Lime
Lichtenstein, Lichtenhainer and Lichtsteiner. For us these names all sound the same but only one remains in memory. Lichtenhainer, because it’s beer. This was an easy guess. We’ve started to think that beer geeks come up with “historical” styles just to validate stupid ideas that someone had. They should be considered “anecdotal” styles since whenContinue reading “Lichtenhainer with Grapes and Lime”
Kottbusser NE IPA style
We are strange people, we all know. There are those who say that one day we will be arrested and no one will feel sorry, but there are also those who say that we wear a cape of heroes, for putting into practice ideas that didn’t even fit on paper (it’s possible that this secondContinue reading “Kottbusser NE IPA style”
Rawdler
We travel again through Nordic land, for another visit to the ancestral brewing practices in Norwegian farms. Somewhere between the 17th and 18th centuries. Here tradition rules, not science. Simple conventions of the modern world that we take for granted are challenged. If not, let’s see: The cereal does not come from the homebrew shopContinue reading “Rawdler”
Jovaru Witnesses (Saison)
Here at the Hotel, the Saison style is one of the things we like to drink. Be it a simple Saison, a Grisette, or as a base for a Grape Ale, a Brett Beer, or a Sour beer. Flexible and adaptable, probably like the folks that worked the fields and consumed them. The history ofContinue reading “Jovaru Witnesses (Saison)”
Kitchen Sink Black Gose
N: My leftover bag has these ingredients.The mission, if you choose to accept it, is to turn this into a decent beer to drink.I smell Gose.What do your eyes say?J: Kitchen Sink Black Gose?N: I won’t even argue anymore…J: When P. reads, he’s gonna get the chillsJ: Let’s get the color of the Sinamar /Continue reading “Kitchen Sink Black Gose”
Buckwhenator – Buckwheat Doppelbock
Here’s another lager at our Hotel. A Doppelbock, a German-style from the northern region of Einbeck, originated in the 13th century, at which time the beer was made with a third of wheat and was of high fermentation. Later, in the 17th century, it was transformed by the Bavarian monastic rituals into the liquid breadContinue reading “Buckwhenator – Buckwheat Doppelbock”
Smoked Pilsner
Remember that beer with smoked lemons? It started on this day.Remember how we have no love for our free time?If there were any doubts, we made a triple decoction pilsner. Long day in the yard to make the first lager at our Hotel, accompanied by triple decoction and a triple pint of that refreshing Patersbier.Continue reading “Smoked Pilsner”
Old Fashioned Old Ale – Parti-Gyle English Bitter
2 for 1 – packed and ready for a trip. First stop in France to greet our friend Lavoisier, “Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed“. It will all make sense, we promise. Now let’s talk about art. Making beer is an art, as much as my mother disagrees. It’s a creative act, the expressionContinue reading “Old Fashioned Old Ale – Parti-Gyle English Bitter”