Author: linkje20
Hop goes the Wiezenbier
Five weeks ago I heading to Germany with book, taste buds, high hopes, and no prier knowledge of beer. As I travel around I learned a few things about beer. I learned how to...
Beer Festivals Galore!
Beer runs as freely as water in Germany. You find beer in gardens, bars, parks, while walking down the streets, and festivals. Everyone knows how Octoberfest, but what most people don’t know is there...
How does the place affect the taste?
Beer is like every food and beverage, the flavor depends on where it comes from. Beers flavor profile changes for a few reasons like: the brewing, which malt is used, how much hops are...
Drinking Laws
In Germany, you can start publicly drinking fermented alcohol at 16. You have to be 18 to consume harder spirits. Drinking can be done pretty much anywhere in Germany. It is perfectly legal to...
Reinheitsgebot- Beer Purity law
The German Beer Purity Law was instated in 1516. The law states that you can brew beer however you want as long as it has water, hops, barely, and yeast. In Germany, it can...
Beer Tasting- flavor profile
Name Color Smell Mouthfeel Flavor Northern Monk Rapscallion Honey colored Smelt roasted heavy and full bitter, very hoppy, citrus notes Friedrichshainer pilsner blonde sweet, fruity full, sediment sweet, grainy, hoppy, slightly...
Auf Wiendersehen Amerika, Hallo Deutschland! (Goodbye America, hello germany)
After weeks of exciment and planning: and a hour in traffic, three hours sitting at SeaTac, a ten hour plane ride, a hour and a half layover, a hour plane ride, and a 45...