Furthermore, because the hot brewing kettles had been causing terrible fires in the summer heat, brewing was only permitted between September 29th and April 23rd, as per the historical and traditional brewing regulations at the time. Because at this time beer was brewed using bottom fermentation, which takes place at temperatures between 4° and 8° Celsius, successful fermentation could only occur during the cold months. We owe this heavenly place on earth to the brewing methods of the time and to the Bavarian brewing regulations of 1539 – although both of these almost caused an entire summer without beer in Bavaria. fun stuff, less distinct than i was hoping for, but one of the better ones out there for my money.The origin of the Biergarten dates back to the 16th century in Munich. pleasant to drink on, the low abv is awesome, we need more beers down this low, built for morning and all day drinking, especially in not weather. some german lager yeast still evident in here, nothing from the hops, light body, thinner than others which i like, and with a lovely overall floral freshness. its definitely a little sweet, neither the dryness or the mineral character of the base lager come through too well, so this lingers a bit, perhaps slightly too much grapefruit but it fits in with the others. the flavor is good, summery, refreshing, built for hot weather for sure, and there really is a soda aspect to this which i like, more true to radler than shandy, so many of these use those terms interchangeably incorrectly. still a german grain note to this, but the lager yeast and a lot of the nuance is lost to the fruit aspect. the nose on this is grapefruit first, a bit of perfume inauthenticity to it, but close enough i suppose, i think they probably all use a similar grapefruit product, its not fresca or anything, and its well ahead of the lager base, even obscures it some. a little haze and a little pinkish orange color to this, at first a churning frothing white head from the can, but it settles fast and the bubbles leak out, if you let it sit too long it will go a bit still. Radlers are hot right now, grapefruit low alcohol ones especially, so it makes sense these guys jump on board, a great base lager to start with of course, and seemingly a pretty easy space to jump into for a brewery like this, a samey offering but its quality. Finish was semi-dry as a result & highly refreshing after a night's work at the post office. It was sweetish, but neither sweet nor bitter/tart. The taste was not purely grapefruit, but more akin to Ocean Spray Pink Grapefruit Drink (note: NOT Juice). Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, not watery, but not far beyond it, either. Nose was definitely of grapefruit, but it was much less sweet than many radlers that I have encountered. Color was a lightly-hazy light-pink (SRM = N/A). ![]() ![]() It foamed nicely to form two-plus fingers of foamy, soapy, rocky, pinkish-white head with modest retention. I Crack!ed open the vent & gave it an inverted C-Line Glug for the first time in quite a while. It came in a 550-ml CAN so it barely made a dent in filling the stein, but it was all okay by me. I pulled out my 0.5L Paulaner glass stein especially for this ocCANsion. ![]() What a coup for The CANQuest (tm) to find this in a four-pack of shrink-wrapped CANs during my latest visit to the Friendly Greek Bottle Shop (FGBS)! I am very excited to drink, review & rate this one.įrom the CAN: "Brewed in Germany" "Since 1634".
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