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The Beer Advent Calendar does a great job bringing to us a lot of beers seldom seen on these shores. Case in point – a tasty Keller Bier from Fürst Carl Schlossbrauerei, Ellinger, Germany. They’ve been brewing since 1690, amazing.

Often consumed out of doors in beer gardens, Kellerbiers are literally just that – Cellar beer - brewed maybe a bit recently. Kellerbiers are often still turbid or cloudy from fermentation and yeast. Kind of like you guys making your "4-day grain to glass lagers" with W34/70 or Hornindal – Only better!

Kellerbiers lack the long aging you might find on a Pilsner or Helles, and they can be a little raw and rough around the edges. This one isn’t – in fact it is less cloudy than some of the Helles beers I’ve pulled out of the box. Taste is great, reminds me of a Helles, carbonation below average which is typical for a Kellerbier, and not much head or lacing. At 5.1% ABV you could knock down quite a few of these and still be able to crawl home! Prost!

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Trying a hydro sample of the Kolsch I brewed last week. It's hit terminal gravity, but I'll keep it in the FV another week before bottling. Tastes great, no off-flavors (I drank the whole sample). Went from 1.051 to 1.006, so 88% attenuation and 6%. I had mashed at 147F.

Picked up a growler of the new Grodziskie I helped brew at Forgotten Star. They just released it today. More deets here.

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That’s it – there it is again! – That fragrant and intriguing Banana ester to enjoy, right up to the point this hits your lips and then there is that clove again. Well, this Weißbier by Wildbräu Grafing could even make a believer out of me… Not bad! This style could grow on you, especially when executed as well as the brewers at Wildbräu have. Since 1060 no less.

1060 – It really is amazing we can look this stuff up. Let’s see what else was going on during 1060: Summer – Norman forces under Duke Robert Guiscard invade Apulia, and capture the cities of Taranto and Brindisi (under control of the Byzantine Empire). Guiscard prepares a Sicilian expedition against the Saracens and returns to Calabria (Southern Italy), where his brother Roger Bosso waits with siege engines. Boy I love Wiki!

So if those Norman forces had headed towards München instead of wasting time in Taranto and Brindisi, they could be wetting their whistles and kicking back with some of this prime Wheat Beer from Wildbräu!

Grandauer Weisßbier comes in at 5.1% ABV, produced by Wildbräu Grafing GmbH, Grafing bei München, Germany. Medium to medium-low carbonation, minimal head and zero lacing. I can’t believe I’m saying this about a Weißbier, but great beer! Prost!

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