Written by Franz Hofer for A Tempest in a Tankard Where All German Beer Paths Converge The Reinheitsgebot (Beer Purity Law) is the alpha and the omega of German beer. Debates about its relevance go to the heart of contemporary German beer culture, and have only heated up in light of craft beer’s arrival in …
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Kachelofen at Hopf in Miesbach Written by Franz Hofer for A Tempest in a Tankard It was the early 1990s. I had only recently discovered what German beer was all about, and was doing my level best to try as many of them as possible. Occasionally, my friends and I would find our way past …
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A casual review of one of Utica area’s newer breweries.. Ken Carman is a BJCP judge; homebrewer since 1979, club member at Salt City Homebrewers in Syracuse, NY. Former member of Escambia Bay Brewers, Clarksville Carboys and Music City Homebrewers. Ken has been writing on beer-related topics, and interviewing professional brewers all over …
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Written by Franz Hofer for A Tempest in a Tankard My Kind of Beer Around this time last year I penned a series that began with an account of my tastes in beer, followed by an exploration of the kinds of beers I like. The series ended with a list of twenty-five beers that had …
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I have fermented a raspberry cyser before, but this smells more like raspberry than mine. Nice. Clarity excellent: very light yellow with a lot of carbonation cling. Little to no head in small glasses. Slight apple aroma. Very light raspberry taste, very light on the palate. Apple taste in background: mouthfeel, light with decent, somewhat light carbonation mouthfeel. Raspberry in the mouthfeel too with some apple way in the back.