Berliner Weisse

Grand Teton Snarling Badger Hits In May

Grand Teton Brewing Company will be releasing Snarling Badger Berliner Weisse on May 15th.  Badger is a part of the Cellar Reserve Series.

We’ve always intended these beers to be wonderful when fresh but also to be “cellarable”—to improve with months Continue Reading →

Flying Dog Brewhouse Rarities: Sour Cherry Berliner Weisse

Flying Dog is releasing “Brewhouse Rarities” each month in 2012.  The beers will be limited to draft only, and the Mid-Atlantic region.  The first release was Imperial Hefeweizen.  Other potential releases include Black Lager, and Disobedience Dubbel (to also see bottles) and Berliner Weisse.   Some of the Continue Reading →

NOW TAPPING: Bell’s Oarsmen

Here’s a rare one.  Bell’s Oarsmen hasn’t been in Atlanta before now.  It was first bottled September of last year.   It’s a berliner weisse with a lot of wheat malt.  According to the brewery, a sour mashing method was Continue Reading →

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Grand Teton Brewing

Grand Teton Snarling Badger Hits In May

Grand Teton Brewing Company will be releasing Snarling Badger Berliner Weisse on May 15th.  Badger is a part of the Cellar Reserve Series.

We’ve always intended these beers to be wonderful when fresh but also to be “cellarable”—to improve with months or even years of proper storage.  Over the years we’ve been happiest cellaring our strong malty beers. That’s made selecting styles for our summer Cellar Reserves a challenge, since the best beers for cellaring are not always the best beers to enjoy on a hot summer’s day.

There is a twist to Snarling Badger though. It’s much higher in abv – 7.5% ABV.   Check out the full details from the Press Release.

Style: Berliner Weisse
Availability: 750 ml bottles

Arrival: 5/15/2012

7.5% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Flying Dog Brewing

Flying Dog Brewhouse Rarities: Sour Cherry Berliner Weisse

Flying Dog Brewhouse Rarities Sour Cherry Berliner WeisseFlying Dog is releasing “Brewhouse Rarities” each month in 2012.  The beers will be limited to draft only, and the Mid-Atlantic region.  The first release was Imperial Hefeweizen.  Other potential releases include Black Lager, and Disobedience Dubbel (to also see bottles) and Berliner Weisse.   Some of the batch of Berliner Weisse was going to be aged with sour cherries for a little before/after touch.

Style: Berliner Weisse (w/ sour cherries)
Availability: Draft only. Mid-Atlantic Region
Arrival: April, 2012 (Tentative, could be later depending on release order.)

4.4% ABV 

note: The above is tentative.  Subject to change at whim of the brewer, the beer, or the barrel.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Flying Dog Brewing

Flying Dog Berliner Weisse To Join Brewhouse Rarities

Flying Dog is releasing “Brewhouse Rarities” each month in 2012.  The beers will be limited to draft only, and the Mid-Atlantic region.  The first release was Imperial Hefeweizen.  Others include Black Lager, and Disobedience Dubbel (to also see bottles).  Above is Berliner Weisse brewed to exact German specifications.  Apparently the brewery is planning take at least part of the batch and do a secondary fermentation run with sweet cherries.  Flying Dog will also be releasing another German style – a gose, as the weather gets warmer.

Style: Berliner Weisse
Availability: Draft only. Mid-Atlantic Region
Arrival: April, 2012 (Tentative, could be later depending on release order.)

4.4% ABV 


by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Jester King Brewery

Jester King’s Bonnie The Rare Berliner Weisse

Jester King Brewing will be launching a new berliner weisse (sour wheat ale) in 2012.   Bonnie The Rare is a beer built on extensive research on the style by the brewery.  They style originated in northern Germany in the 16th century.  A one time, the style was so populare that almost 700 breweries brewed it.  By the early 1900’s, only a handful of German breweries were producing it.  Bonnie uses harvested rain water, along with local well water.

The Concept:
A traditional Berlin-style sour wheat beer, based on the meticulous research of beer historian Ron Pattinson. Big thanks to Kristen England of Pour Decisions Brewery for all of his help along the way and to our good friend Andrew Pogue, whose test batch first inspired the idea.

Label:
Is it wrong that an anthropomorphic bear happens to enjoy doing housework while wearing women s clothes? Would society col-lapse if a fizzy, little, pale yellow beer had flavor, and if its flavors were a bit strange? Camouflage cans lie before us like ancient throbbing pillars of masculinity, their con-tents as bland as the roles they attempt to force upon us. For those who dare to ques-tion the gender roles of 1950’s television, or to live outside the so-called social norms, we offer Bonnie the Rare-our own challenge to expectation. Jester King Craft Brewery is an authentic farmhouse-brewery in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, on the outskirts of Austin. We brew what we like, drink what we want and offer the rest to those who share our tastes.

Style: Berliner Weisse
Hops: Czech Saaz
Malts: Pale Wheat, Belgian Pilsener, Caramunich, Acidulated Malt
Water: Harvesterd Rain and/or Hill Country Well Water
Yeast: English Dry Ale and/or Farmhouse Yeast
Bacteria: Lactobacillus

Availability: 750 ml bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

3.2% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bell's Brewing, Now Tapping

NOW TAPPING: Bell’s Oarsmen

Here’s a rare one.  Bell’s Oarsmen hasn’t been in Atlanta before now.  It was first bottled September of last year.   It’s a berliner weisse with a lot of wheat malt.  According to the brewery, a sour mashing method was used to give this beer some tart flavor.

Taste Expectations: The wheat shines through in this beer.  It’s tart and becomes a bit more tart as it’s drank.  Some bready flavor.  Very sessionable.

4% ABV

The Marlay House
426 West Ponce De Leon Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030-24

by Reid Ramsay