oldschool

Interesting. Why do they go through so much treatment for the municipal water? Is the source water really poor?

Are you saying the municipal water supply they use doesn’t have or has almost no minerals? How does the city do that? Membranes?

I would guess that this has a lot to do with the mineral content of the water in the malt house as well. Not only the barley contribution.

Yea Yeah I feel like Schwarzbier is a north german thing. Franconia does them but that’s north compared to Munich.

That's easy, Augustiner's and their Edlestoff was probably the best beer I had in the week. Hofbrau Original was a good Hell also...

German beer is very special. Especially if you aren’t buying in stateside. What was your favorite lagerbier hell from the trip?

Never been to Oktoberfest but hear it’s a **** show. Too bad we aren’t neighbors- we could split some Ireks bags from OK.

Honestly I have never used any of the craft malts. I have this thing where I assume the product will be inconsistent or poor quality. It...

Yeah it was Tx Brew or whateve. They were great and had everything. It’s a real bummer. Looks like the store in OK is good to go...