Writer: Horst D. Dornbusch
G. Schneider & Sohn: Schneider Weisse Original clone
According to the website for G. Schneider & Sohn, “For centuries, wheat beer in Bavaria could only be brewed in royal breweries. By 1872, wheat beer had declined in popularity and, seeing an opportunity, royal brewer Georg Schneider purchased the brewing rights from the Bavarian King Ludwig II, rescuing the style from near extinction. Over 140 years later, the brewery still uses his same recipe and open fermentation process.”
How Did Hops End Up in Beer?
Photo courtesy of Walter Konig There are some 350,000 known plant species on earth, but only one of them, Humulus lupulus, the hop plant, has become the universal flavoring agent for beer.
New World Berliner Weisse
Achtung! The Germans are coming, the Germans are coming! As Daniel Fromson wrote in the Washington Post on August 27, 2013, “For decades, American brewers have infused foreign beer traditions with boldness
Helles and Kölsch: Germany’s Session Beers
Nothing goes with summer like the bottom-fermented helles from Munich and the top-fermented Kölsch from Cologne.
