Comments on: Bamberg http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/ Notes on beer from the homeland of Pilsner Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-671 Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog Fri, 02 May 2008 06:39:30 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-671 [...] We picked Nuremburg for a destination as (a) the flights were incredibly cheap (b) it seemed like an interesting place, especially if you like history and central European winters. I also booked a few days “surprise” holiday in the lovely Hotel Nepomuk in Bamberg, as a birthday treat for Bailey. I chose Bamberg because I’d heard it was pretty, and had a recommendation for the hotel in question. (It’s a classy joint — fellow beer-blogger Evan Rail celebrated his honeymoon there recently.) [...] […] We picked Nuremburg for a destination as (a) the flights were incredibly cheap (b) it seemed like an interesting place, especially if you like history and central European winters. I also booked a few days “surprise” holiday in the lovely Hotel Nepomuk in Bamberg, as a birthday treat for Bailey. I chose Bamberg because I’d heard it was pretty, and had a recommendation for the hotel in question. (It’s a classy joint — fellow beer-blogger Evan Rail celebrated his honeymoon there recently.) […]

]]> By: Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-670 Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog Fri, 02 May 2008 06:34:24 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-670 [...] para el hotel “St Nepomuk”. (Por cierto, nuestro compañero de beer-blogging, Evan Rail, celebró su luna de miel allí hace poco.)  Este artículo [...] […] para el hotel “St Nepomuk”. (Por cierto, nuestro compañero de beer-blogging, Evan Rail, celebró su luna de miel allí hace poco.)  Este artículo […]

]]> By: honza http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-180 honza Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:48:18 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-180 Look interesting. If we could get more info, I think that we would definitelly try it:) Look interesting. If we could get more info, I think that we would definitelly try it:)

]]> By: Evan Rail http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-175 Evan Rail Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:15:45 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-175 Ron is The Source when it comes to obscure European beer styles. Here are some links from his pages: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2008/01/lichtenhainer.html http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2007/12/grodziskiegrtzer.html http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/gerstyle.htm I'd vote double for a Grätzer, Honzo -- Varnsdorf is one of the closest Czech cities to Grodzisk, and the style seems to have picked up a lot of interest lately. Michael Jackson describes it as "made in both a low-alcohol version and at a conventional strength (4% by weight, 5% by volume). It was an extremely pale golden beer, with a faint haze of sediment, a dense white head, and a surprisingly light body. It had a sourish, sappy, oaky aroma (like a box that had held smoked herring), and a smoky, dry, crisp palate." Ron is The Source when it comes to obscure European beer styles. Here are some links from his pages:

http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2008/01/lichtenhainer.html

http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2007/12/grodziskiegrtzer.html

http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/gerstyle.htm

I’d vote double for a Grätzer, Honzo — Varnsdorf is one of the closest Czech cities to Grodzisk, and the style seems to have picked up a lot of interest lately. Michael Jackson describes it as “made in both a low-alcohol version and at a conventional strength (4% by weight, 5% by volume). It was an extremely pale golden beer, with a faint haze of sediment, a dense white head, and a surprisingly light body. It had a sourish, sappy, oaky aroma (like a box that had held smoked herring), and a smoky, dry, crisp palate.”

]]> By: honza http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-173 honza Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:07:12 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-173 Well, to be honest, I did not hear about those style before. I tried gose, berliner weisse, but those not. Any link to get more info? We are open to everything,and sour beers are planned as we have oak barrels from Tokaj in Hungary. MAy be a sour sweet flamish red?...we will see I just returned from Bamberg yestreday with smoked beer samples and rauch malt from Weyermann... Well, to be honest, I did not hear about those style before. I tried gose, berliner weisse, but those not. Any link to get more info? We are open to everything,and sour beers are planned as we have oak barrels from Tokaj in Hungary. MAy be a sour sweet flamish red?…we will see

I just returned from Bamberg yestreday with smoked beer samples and rauch malt from Weyermann…

]]> By: Ron Pattinson http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-168 Ron Pattinson Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:32:52 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-168 Honza, have you thought of trying a Grätzer or Lichtenhainer style of sour, smoked wheat beer? Honza, have you thought of trying a Grätzer or Lichtenhainer style of sour, smoked wheat beer?

]]> By: honza http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-138 honza Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:38:32 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-138 We plan several verisons of weizen beer at Kocour, including the rauch one. And yes, the first beer of this kind I had at Bamberg...amazing beer, that glued me to rauc beers:). If everything goes well, than in May we will have the rauchweizen with tasting seminar for readers of my web site in Prague's Pivovarsky dum... We plan several verisons of weizen beer at Kocour, including the rauch one. And yes, the first beer of this kind I had at Bamberg…amazing beer, that glued me to rauc beers:).

If everything goes well, than in May we will have the rauchweizen with tasting seminar for readers of my web site in Prague’s Pivovarsky dum…

]]> By: Evan Rail http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-136 Evan Rail Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:17:48 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-136 Thanks, Boak! It was a great trip. And what a coincidence that you two stayed there as well! E.S., Schlenkerla's Rauchweizen is definitely worth tracking down; I'm looking forward to the Czech version forthcoming from Pivovar Kocour Varnsdorf this spring. I'll post more about these soon. Thanks, Boak! It was a great trip. And what a coincidence that you two stayed there as well!

E.S., Schlenkerla’s Rauchweizen is definitely worth tracking down; I’m looking forward to the Czech version forthcoming from Pivovar Kocour Varnsdorf this spring. I’ll post more about these soon.

]]> By: Boak http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-135 Boak Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:49:40 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-135 Congratulations! I took Bailey to that very hotel for a birthday a couple of years back. Marvellous hotel, beautiful city. And we weren't even *that* beer-obsessed at the time! Congratulations!

I took Bailey to that very hotel for a birthday a couple of years back. Marvellous hotel, beautiful city. And we weren’t even *that* beer-obsessed at the time!

]]> By: E.S. Delia http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-134 E.S. Delia Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:41:05 +0000 http://www.praguemonitor.com/beer/2008/02/08/bamberg/#comment-134 I'm a huge fan of Schlenkerla's Helles, but the Rauchweizen?! Haven't seen that in the States, and I've gotta know more.. especially about the style in general. I've heard of German smoked wheat beers, but have yet to come across one. I should be in Prague during the end of May, and I may be able to do some of my own investigating. I’m a huge fan of Schlenkerla’s Helles, but the Rauchweizen?! Haven’t seen that in the States, and I’ve gotta know more.. especially about the style in general. I’ve heard of German smoked wheat beers, but have yet to come across one. I should be in Prague during the end of May, and I may be able to do some of my own investigating.

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