First sample of the Märzen at 42 days of lagering. Looking and tasting great. Have a few litres in this small keg for just this purpose while the main keg sits in the lager fridge until end of September.
#marzen
For this week’s #ThursdayBooksandBeer I’m hanging out with the Eurotrash, which is the latest novel by Swiss author Christian Kracht (translated by Daniel Bowles). It made the longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize. I’ve paired it with a ‘Faust’ Marzen from Working Title Brew Co. out of Queensland for that European flavour. “Then there was this: I’d written a novel a quarter century ago called Faserland—a forgettable title—which ends in Zurich, out in the middle of the lake, somewhat traumatically.” #literature #reading #bookerprize #christiankracht #craftbeer #marzen
2L of wort for Speise as I always try to keep with traditional methods and carbonate naturally.
Equinox. Sunny day. Free electricity. Decoction mash.
Märzen time!
The equinox is on our doorstep. Tomorrow I brew Märzen. And this year I think I will brew it again at the next equinox when I also drink this one. Alternating Märzen to always celebrate the equinox
* note to readers - I always brew extra to have a small keg to sample early as a Kellerbier but “that doesn’t count”. With whiskey there is the angel’s share. For beer there is “my share”
Malzig, karamellig und mit einer Prise Frucht: Das Aloysius-Märzen hat uns auf eine geschmackliche Reise geschickt. Aber ist es wirklich ein Highlight unter den Märzen? Hier erfahrt ihr unsere Meinung!
#bier #verhostung #beer #tasting #märzen
https://mashtun.de/episode/bvf104-engel-aloisius
While #Oktoberfest in Munich is over, many breweries are still celebrating all month long and many Oktoberfest beers are currently available. My recent article for the local paper covers the two beer styles associated with the festival, #Märzen and #Festbier, with examples from #WildRideBrewing and #SunriverBrewing.
More: https://www.thebrewsite.com/recent-print-article-the-styles-of-oktoberfest/
Brewed last equinox to drink on this equinox. This is the way of Märzen. Let Oktoberfest begin.
Prost!
Just tapped the Märzen I brewed in January. Now lagered 100 days. This is the one that had acetaldehyde when it was still young. Now an ever so slight touch of sulfur, a pleasant sulfur like a match head. WLP835 - Andechs.
Turned out quite nice and being in the southern hemisphere this is a nice time of year to enjoy Märzen and my Maibock in the cooler weather.
Zum Ostersonntag heute ein Polar light von @camba_beer. Sehr interessantes #Märzen mit tollen Hopfenaromen. 👍😁🍻 #craftbeerhour #CraftBeer #beer #beerlover #beerporn #BeerTasting #BeerTastingclub #bier #BierKultur
Mash out/Vorlauf after four decoctions (yes, the strange recipe from Dan Gordon has four decoctions). Beautiful color
Equinox Märzen underway. Just a few days late due to kids’ school activities schedules.
Dan Gordon of Gordon-Biersch recipe again.
Next brew in a few weeks will be the Vienna Lager recipe from @akrennmair again. That was sublime and I need another keg of it.
Had a sample of my latest Märzen after only 15 days of lagering. Shouldn’t have done that. It is going to lager for at least 90 days and it needs it. Can taste acetaldehyde. The wee yeasties will clean that up over time and it’ll be interesting to take a sample at maybe 42 days to see how it is going. Until then I will leave them to it.
I had intended to brew this in September and lager until March (since I’m in the Southern hemisphere) but I had a lull in my brewing.
Brewing a Märzen today on my new Grainfather G40. This is a serious step up from the G30. Getting close to 85% efficiency so need to keep tweaking the profile in Brewfather otherwise I’m going to have a lot of strong beer.
This is Dan Gordon’s (Gordon Biersch) recipe but I’ve upped the IBU to 26. I do like malty beers but they still need enough hops. Hallertau in this case.
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