Not sure if it was funny or correct, but on Saturday while milling my grains at the LBHS I overheard an employee showing a new customer around. It went like this:
"And here we have the base grains, the German ones are on the right. We have two types of German Pilsner, Weyermann's and Avangard. The Weyermann's is a bit more expensive, but they are both made in Germany. The big difference is that Weyermann's is only for export, no one in Germany uses them."
Seeing as Weyermann is one of the oldest malting companies I know of and is known to provide the smoked malt for the local Rauchbier, I just have to call bull on that. I think what is going on is that they got the Avangard in a few months ago (maybe 6-8) and it doesn't seem to sell as well despite being a bit cheaper than the Weyermann.
"And here we have the base grains, the German ones are on the right. We have two types of German Pilsner, Weyermann's and Avangard. The Weyermann's is a bit more expensive, but they are both made in Germany. The big difference is that Weyermann's is only for export, no one in Germany uses them."
Seeing as Weyermann is one of the oldest malting companies I know of and is known to provide the smoked malt for the local Rauchbier, I just have to call bull on that. I think what is going on is that they got the Avangard in a few months ago (maybe 6-8) and it doesn't seem to sell as well despite being a bit cheaper than the Weyermann.