It getting close that time of year when the Doppelbocks will be flooding the shelves of our local liquor stores just in time for Lent. Traditionally Doppelbocks are strong German lagers, also commonly know as liquid bread. German monks would brew this beer to sustain them through the fast of Lent. The Paulaner Salvator is one of the oldest German Doppelbock, the monks first started brewing this beer over 360 years ago.
Our first ever blind Beer Brawl. We decided to test as many Oktoberfest beers as we could easily get our hands on without going over board. We ended up with 12 that we wanted to try and decided it would be fun to see what Fest beer we truly liked the best without any influence from the brand name. Since there were 12 beers we decide to split it up into two batches. We knew what was in each 6 block trial, but we didn’t know the order they would be served and the results we quite stunning!
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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