This weeks’ Beer Brawl is an attempt to bring back summer to New Jersey.  It has been raining for more days in a row then I can count.  So, we’re focusing on a traditional German Beer and also a great summer session beer, Hefe-Weizen for our 15th Beer Brawl. The “Hefe” is German for yeast and “Weizen” is for wheat, meaning the yeast is still in the wheat beer giving this style of beer its characteristic hazy appearance.  The yeast used in this style will typically give the beer unique banana and clove characteristics, often dry and sometime spicy or tart.  They are also low alcohol (session) beers, typically ranging from 4%-5.5% abv.

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The Gose style has been around since the 1700’s and has experienced a bit of a resurrection of late with breweries in Leipzinger starting to make this style of beer again, including Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof.  This style of beer is a wheat beer,  Gose tends to be unfiltered, low hop profile, and makes use of spices such as coriander.

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