The Krausen

Ah, I’ll try pick one up on my return through Germany 👍🏻

Beer 19 - Andechs original Helles

Beer 30 - Tegernsee Spezial

Finishing of the first German leg of our holiday with my final 2 beers. A @jonnygarrett.bsky.social @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social favourite, Andechs. I was slightly disappointed, a bit too light and watery 🫣 maybe I’ve developed a taste for the Export/Specials, which the Teggers certainly delivered.

Giesinger Brau pils and Helles

Watching the outside world from Giesinger Brau stand up bar

Giesinger Brau helles and marzen

Enjoying the atmosphere in my beer dredge tee

Made it to a great ‘stand-up’ bar in Munich from Giesinger Brau. Fantastic spot to watch the world (in their Leder) go by!

Thanks to @willhawkes.bsky.social @pelliclemag.com

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2022/8/... Sie Lieben Auch in Schlechten Tagen — Giesinger Bräu in Munich, Germany — Pellicle

Tegernsee braustubl

Tegernsee

Holiday beers 17 & 18 (I think, Munich got a little hazy).
Bayreuther Ur Stoff and Tegernsee Export. Think DAB for comparison. Both enjoyed after a day at Tegernsee.

Easily mistaken

Guess the City I’m drinking in?!

Tucher hell

Tucher red beer

Nuremberg sausage sandwich with Stanley the corgi eyeing it up

Nuremberg rooftops

Holiday beers 7 & 8 - Tucher Hell and Rotes of Nuremberg.

A refreshing Hell with a distinct sweetness. Great for washing down a Nuremberg bratwurst.

The Rotes - unfiltered, cloudy verging on murky. Probably better on draft?

Poured bottle of Landwehr-Brau Hell

Snowball, a local sweet of Rothenburg.

View of Rothenburg.

Streets of Rothenburg.

Holiday beer 6 - Landwehr-Brau Hell. A perfect accompaniment to a snowball after a day in Rothenburg od der Tauber.
#germanbeer

Bottle of Rothaus Pils next to a full glass.

Holiday beer 5 - Rothaus Pils.

Highly regarded pils from the Black Forest brewery. Started with a herbal nose, sharp clean bitterness but towards the end a strong alcohol taste. 😕

#germanbeer

Nice. I picked up up a triple extra whilst passing through Rocheforte itself. Still waiting to be drunk. Don’t really know my Belgians much, so not sure if I made the right choice? Should’ve got a mixed box!

Bottle of Eifelbrau Helles by Bitburger.

Schwabisch Hall on the river Kosher.

Schwabisch Hall on the river Kosher.

Roof tops of Schwabisch Hall.

Holiday beer 4 - Eifelbrau Helles. A landbier by Bitburger. Supposedly cloudier than a traditional Helles, but it was clear to me. Malty, chewy with low bitterness. Enjoyed after a day in Schwabisch Hall.

Pirmasens, we stayed because of the car park (camper) and it’s on route.

Park Pils

Park Export

Park Brauerei

Primasens town square. As nice as the town gets really! 🤔

Holiday beers 2 & 3.
Pils and Export by Park Brauerei, a brewery you’ve probably never heard of, from a SW German town you needn’t visit!
A refreshing pils with a distinct floral nose. Softly carbonated, low bitterness. The Export has a little more body with the late hops dialled back. Enjoyable!

Can of Birburger Pils poured into a brew York glass.

Holiday beer number 1 - Bitburger Pils.
Yeah I know, it’s easily obtained at home but I am in the region it was brewed. And I love the cool crisp and dry bitterness with herby floral notes. Perfect to slake one’s thirst after a hot day!
#bitburger #pilsner

Great read, covering thoughts I’ve been having for a few years now.

Any ideas for what interventions the government could do?

Shirt 👍🏻

The Golden Ball, York.

The Boat Inn, Penallt.

A pint in Boat Inn.

Tayto crisps.

BEST PUBS. The Boat Inn, Penallt. Wye Valley beers and Tayto crisps!

The Pelican Inn, Gloucester.

Half drunk glass of Butty Bach.

The Pelican Inn, Gloucester. A Wye Valley pub and fine Butty Bach.

Also an open one in Gloucester, Robert Raikes House. We didn’t try it, shame as BBQ started at 5pm… a Sam Smith’s BBQ!! Wonder if the 5% rule applies to the bangers?

Stand out pint being Blue Sky Drinking by Arbor Ales. And not forgetting the Sam Smith’s Circus Bar. Still £6.10 for the stout though!

Sandford Park Alehouse, Cheltenham.

The Vine, Cheltenham.

The Jolly Brewmaster, Cheltenham.

Railway, Cheltenham.

Ticking off a good few pubs in Cheltenham last night…

A pint of Bass

It’s all about the Bass… I could be converted! A fine pint in The Navigation, Shardlow.

So if I see it, should I buy it?
Still unsure!!!!

The Pele in Corbridge, Northumberland.
Probably the most characterful ‘micro’ you’ll visit.
Grade 1 listed, built in 1300AD as a fortified vicarage, now serving real ale from First & Last as well as cocktails, wine and teas and coffees.

The exchange bar in Hawick.

A pint of Blonde by Born Brewery in the exchange bar, Hawick.

Another Hawick delight. The Exchange Bar (Dalton’s). Traditional Scottish style bar, wood panelling, ornate coving, cask ale from Born and 80s soundtrack.

Nice post. Dunkeld is lovely, it’s a regular stop of ours when we’re that way. Your post of Moulin is good, we didn’t visit this time, but it’s a great pub and I spoke to the young brewer there a couple of years ago, I think he’d just taken it on.

Chippy was unfortunately closed on a Tuesday! Thought they opened 24hr in Scotland?

The battered crème egg was a delight 2 years ago.

Front door of Queens Head in Hawick, Scotland

A pint in a handled dimple glass

Inside the queens head, Hawick Scotland.

Asked if I want a handled dimple glass, swapped out a bad pint with no quibble- that’s beer service!
Oh and £3 a pint of cask on weekdays!
Queen’s Head, Hawick - a town I’d never heard of before.
Beers from First & Last, Tempest and Bowness.
#caskale #campaignforrealale

The Perth Arms, Dunkeld. Don’t be fooled by the Carlsberg sign. A traditional local with real ale from Loch Lomond Brewery and local brewery Wasted Degrees. #realale #campaignforrealale #caskale