I had it at their Biergartan in St. Louis recently. I thought it was pretty amazing, but I wouldn't really want a lot of of it.
This was a really good beer from Shock Top. I check occasionally to see if anyone has a clone yet. I want to make something like this but I'm too amateur to know the simplest of needs. Of course my reply from Shock Top when I emailed them they act as if their proprietary blend is locked behind a vault.
Shock Top Announces Twisted Pretzel Wheat
- Press Release
- Apr. 24, 2014
ST. LOUIS — Just in time for National Pretzel Day on April 26, Shock Top has united the classic taste of a crisp, cold beer and warm, bakery-fresh pretzels in its newest brew, Shock Top Twisted Pretzel Wheat. The brewer today announced the limited-edition beer, a Belgian-style unfiltered wheat ale that delivers the delicious taste and aroma of fresh pretzels, will be served up at beer festivals nationwide—and available on draught at select locations.
“As a brewmaster, having the freedom to experiment with quality ingredients means that I can create beers that are as unique as the fans that enjoy them,” said Jill Vaughn, Shock Top brewmaster. “Pretzels are everyone’s favorite beer snack, so we thought Shock Top Twisted Pretzel Wheat would be a fun and approachable twist on unfiltered wheat beer for festival goers to enjoy ÔǪ and just in time for National Pretzel Day.”
Brewed with wheat, caramel malt, orange peels and a rich pretzel flavor, Shock Top Twisted Pretzel Wheat has a dark caramel color and 5.2 percent ABV. It will be available on draught at more than 150 beer festivals nationwide, Shock Top special events and select retail locations for a limited time. At select events, beer drinkers can even enjoy Shock Top Twisted Pretzel Wheat in limited-edition pretzel cups.
Shock Top's website mentions wheat and caramel malts with a slight orange flavor. I got my hands on some Maris Otter and wheat. I will try brewing a 50/50 mix of these with a fairly-light addition of Mandarina Bavaria hops as this is the closest that I can come to with what I have available to me.
I'll try it sometime and will report back on whether it tastes anything like what we are looking for. Chances are that it isn't, but it might provide a place to start.
Chatting with Shock Top Head Brewmaster Jill Vaughn about Twisted Pretzel Wheat and her other Shock Top Beers
http://beer-runner.blogspot.com/2014/05/chatting-with-shocktop-head-brewmaster.html
Q: How do you brew a beer that tastes like a pretzel?
A: Let me tell you the background behind it. Theres a couple considerations we have for any Shock Top beer. We use the best ingredients, and always brew with wheat malt and some type of citrus. Theres this place across the street from the brewery that makes these wonderful pretzels. Pretzels are popular in St. Louis and we wanted to brew something that was part of St. Louis. Every day when leaving the brewery, you can smell two things: the beer from the brewery and fresh baked pretzels. We did a lot of experimentation in our pilot brewery with barely malt, wheat malt, citrus and we found a totally cool flavor essence that has all the flavors of a fresh pretzel. When we tasted the beer, we all found it was exactly what we were looking for.
True. ST is just my preference usually, but I'll drink Bud if everything else is ridiculously marked up or if it's free Getting into homebrew might change things a bit though. I'll probably be drinking less ST.Lots of places sell Budweiser products cheap, par for the course.
Glad to have found this! I recently found an old photo of this beer & was so excited bc I LOVED this beer & bought it til it sold out! This was before I started homebrewing! Looks like a new future exbeeriment!Anyone try this? Just had a pint today at a bar. Tasted and smelled just like a pretzel. Unbelievable!
Anyone know how they did that? No way pretzels are in the mash.
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