Garaminger Kirta arrives to us behind Decemberfest Door #4 this week. A “Devil of a Brew” looking at the cartoon artwork, it is a “Dunkles Weissbier” which literally translates to “Dark White Beer”. To me that’s another one of those beer misnomers, like “Dark India Pale Ale”. Fellas and Gals, we have to come up with better typing of beer styles, “Dark Pale” and “White Dark” does not cut it in my book. Like making a Left-Right turn, or turning the lights On-Off. Enough said.
Like many other wheat beers, most all begin life as ales. So, I am assuming this is an ale like most other Weiss / Wheat / Weizen beers. It has the distinctive spicy phenolic character on the front end, however I have to admit, I couldn’t even discern it by the end of the pint. Taste being what it is, we drop into the styles quickly and lose sensitivity to the weird stuff as you go on further and further into the glass. Like Smoke beer for example, or complaining spouses. We just don’t notice it after a while!
OK, seriously, this is a good beer, made with barley, wheat and roasted barley. Produced by Graminger Weissbräu KG, located in Altöiting, Germany. It is a “Natutrüb” beer, meaning it is likely unfiltered and cloudy, sometimes with yeast present in the murk. 5.0% ABV, small head, some fading lacing.
I will admit wheat beers are not my favorite, and they have been declining in Germany too from what I read. The phenolic thing is a bit tough for me to swallow - literally and figuratively! This one was OK though, I think once you get on this pony, you get used to the ride quickly. Prost!
Like many other wheat beers, most all begin life as ales. So, I am assuming this is an ale like most other Weiss / Wheat / Weizen beers. It has the distinctive spicy phenolic character on the front end, however I have to admit, I couldn’t even discern it by the end of the pint. Taste being what it is, we drop into the styles quickly and lose sensitivity to the weird stuff as you go on further and further into the glass. Like Smoke beer for example, or complaining spouses. We just don’t notice it after a while!
OK, seriously, this is a good beer, made with barley, wheat and roasted barley. Produced by Graminger Weissbräu KG, located in Altöiting, Germany. It is a “Natutrüb” beer, meaning it is likely unfiltered and cloudy, sometimes with yeast present in the murk. 5.0% ABV, small head, some fading lacing.
I will admit wheat beers are not my favorite, and they have been declining in Germany too from what I read. The phenolic thing is a bit tough for me to swallow - literally and figuratively! This one was OK though, I think once you get on this pony, you get used to the ride quickly. Prost!
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