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Post by jimdkc on Dec 21, 2021 22:25:02 GMT -6
#21 is Wittmann Urhell by Braueri C. Wittmann in Landshut. 4.9% ABV Yet another really good Helles Lager (Urhell means "Original Hell"). Pale gold, high carbonation, robust head. Very clear and clean flavor (like most of these Helles Lagers!) This one has a bit of spicy hoppiness to it.
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Post by jimdkc on Dec 21, 2021 22:28:32 GMT -6
I was at my weekly bowling league last night and out of the blue one guy says "So I picked up this great assortment of beers at Costco called the Brewers Advent Calendar" and I was all HEY!! SERIOUSLY!! He said that all the beers he's tried so far have been excellent. He also told me that he's going to Costco this week and would pick one up for me! So hopefully I have it next week when I see him. Of course I'll be behind so I'll just have to drink them all in one night. I think you'll be very happy with it (if you can figure out what to do with a few hefeweizens!) This has been a very good experience, and I'll definitely buy it again next year! (There appear to be a lot of repeats in the beer lineup from year to year...)
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Post by Ken on Dec 22, 2021 8:32:54 GMT -6
#21 is Wittmann Urhell by Braueri C. Wittmann in Landshut. 4.9% ABV Yet another really good Helles Lager (Urhell means "Original Hell"). Pale gold, high carbonation, robust head. Very clear and clean flavor (like most of these Helles Lagers!) This one has a bit of spicy hoppiness to it. This is interesting. I remember reading that any style that has the "Ur-" prefix means that brewery developed the style. I also remember reading a story about how German brewers were peeved that Pilsner Urquell with its pale gold color was dominating the beer world since 1842 and how Germans were trying to make something similar. The story was that Spaten developed the helles style in Bavaria and as a sort of modern-day "test marketing" sent the first kegs of it all the way to Hamburg in the north in 1894. The strategy was that if it was not popular, no one "where it mattered... Munich" would ever find out. But the beer disappeared quickly in Hamburg and so Spaten knew they had a hit and it was time to release it "in their own backyard". So who developed the helles style?
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Post by shaggaroo on Dec 22, 2021 9:05:15 GMT -6
#21 is Wittmann Urhell by Braueri C. Wittmann in Landshut. 4.9% ABV Yet another really good Helles Lager (Urhell means "Original Hell"). Pale gold, high carbonation, robust head. Very clear and clean flavor (like most of these Helles Lagers!) This one has a bit of spicy hoppiness to it. This is interesting. I remember reading that any style that has the "Ur-" prefix means that brewery developed the style. I also remember reading a story about how German brewers were peeved that Pilsner Urquell with its pale gold color was dominating the beer world since 1842 and how Germans were trying to make something similar. The story was that Spaten developed the helles style in Bavaria and as a sort of modern-day "test marketing" sent the first kegs of it all the way to Hamburg in the north in 1894. The strategy was that if it was not popular, no one "where it mattered... Munich" would ever find out. But the beer disappeared quickly in Hamburg and so Spaten knew they had a hit and it was time to release it "in their own backyard". So who developed the helles style? Ken, Ur- is more like they developed the recipe. So Urhell=their version of Helles. Not the style. I've seen breweries use the term Urtyp=prototype, Schneider uses Urform=archetype and they used to use Unser Urtyp to mean Our Original... so Spaten developed Helles, and I'm glad they did!
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Post by Ken on Dec 22, 2021 9:30:54 GMT -6
This is interesting. I remember reading that any style that has the "Ur-" prefix means that brewery developed the style. I also remember reading a story about how German brewers were peeved that Pilsner Urquell with its pale gold color was dominating the beer world since 1842 and how Germans were trying to make something similar. The story was that Spaten developed the helles style in Bavaria and as a sort of modern-day "test marketing" sent the first kegs of it all the way to Hamburg in the north in 1894. The strategy was that if it was not popular, no one "where it mattered... Munich" would ever find out. But the beer disappeared quickly in Hamburg and so Spaten knew they had a hit and it was time to release it "in their own backyard". So who developed the helles style? Ken, Ur- is more like they developed the recipe. So Urhell=their version of Helles. Not the style. I've seen breweries use the term Urtyp=prototype, Schneider uses Urform=archetype and they used to use Unser Urtyp to mean Our Original... so Spaten developed Helles, and I'm glad they did! Ah, got it. So when all of us homebrewers put together a recipe we can put "Ur-" on that beer because we developed the recipe?! Thanks Shaggaroo!
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Post by tommymorris on Dec 22, 2021 9:32:46 GMT -6
This is interesting. I remember reading that any style that has the "Ur-" prefix means that brewery developed the style. I also remember reading a story about how German brewers were peeved that Pilsner Urquell with its pale gold color was dominating the beer world since 1842 and how Germans were trying to make something similar. The story was that Spaten developed the helles style in Bavaria and as a sort of modern-day "test marketing" sent the first kegs of it all the way to Hamburg in the north in 1894. The strategy was that if it was not popular, no one "where it mattered... Munich" would ever find out. But the beer disappeared quickly in Hamburg and so Spaten knew they had a hit and it was time to release it "in their own backyard". So who developed the helles style? Ken, Ur- is more like they developed the recipe. So Urhell=their version of Helles. Not the style. I've seen breweries use the term Urtyp=prototype, Schneider uses Urform=archetype and they used to use Unser Urtyp to mean Our Original... so Spaten developed Helles, and I'm glad they did! Wow. Thanks for the German lesson. That’s interesting.
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Post by shaggaroo on Dec 22, 2021 13:45:16 GMT -6
Ken, Ur- is more like they developed the recipe. So Urhell=their version of Helles. Not the style. I've seen breweries use the term Urtyp=prototype, Schneider uses Urform=archetype and they used to use Unser Urtyp to mean Our Original... so Spaten developed Helles, and I'm glad they did! Wow. Thanks for the German lesson. That’s interesting. You're welcome! It's one of the hazards of having German ancestry... my family name is Schneider and no I'm not related to the Weissbier family but would love to be! They are actually my favorite Weissbier. Prost!
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Post by Ken on Dec 22, 2021 14:15:47 GMT -6
I'll take all the German cultural stuff I can get. The more I know the better.
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Post by brewbama on Dec 22, 2021 15:58:28 GMT -6
Ken, Ur- is more like they developed the recipe. So Urhell=their version of Helles. Not the style. I've seen breweries use the term Urtyp=prototype, Schneider uses Urform=archetype and they used to use Unser Urtyp to mean Our Original... so Spaten developed Helles, and I'm glad they did! +1. …and the most famous Ur- in our world is Urquell. As in www.pilsnerurquell.com/
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Post by tommymorris on Dec 22, 2021 17:41:46 GMT -6
Ken, Ur- is more like they developed the recipe. So Urhell=their version of Helles. Not the style. I've seen breweries use the term Urtyp=prototype, Schneider uses Urform=archetype and they used to use Unser Urtyp to mean Our Original... so Spaten developed Helles, and I'm glad they did! +1. …and the most famous Ur- in our world is Urquell. As in www.pilsnerurquell.com/I thought it was Urkel.
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Post by brewbama on Dec 22, 2021 18:09:44 GMT -6
😂
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Post by jimdkc on Dec 22, 2021 21:40:31 GMT -6
Sorry, guys... Life intruded on my plans here. Hope to resume soon...
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Post by Ken on Dec 23, 2021 8:27:24 GMT -6
* Crosses arms and taps foot *
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Post by jimdkc on Dec 23, 2021 21:34:07 GMT -6
#22 - Schloßbräu Rheder Original Pils by Privatbrauerei Egerer in Grossköllnbach. 4.7% ABV I'm a day behind, now. But that means I'll have one for December 25. OK... The can says Privatbrauerei Egerer - same as #3, 15, & 19, but internet says Schloßbräuerei Rheder… I kinda wonder if Egerer is a distributor or exporter or contract brewer or something… Great example of a German Pils. Light and refreshing. Nicely hoppy. Left rings of lace down the glass as I drank.
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Post by Ken on Dec 23, 2021 22:49:47 GMT -6
Yum.
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