Benedikt Koch

And also I work for Lufthansa for already 7 years...

So funny you shine a light on this one, Sven Riebel was my flatmate 10 years ago. We lived together for roughly 4 years near the train station. He brought me into this whole cocktail scene and through that also indirectly into the craft beer world :)

Poiré haul! So many good things!

Finally made to my favorite place. Domfront! The capital of one of my most loved drinks: Poiré

Also: Birthday breakfast under a really old pear tree.

Original Grodziskie is so delicious! Also have some good glasware for it is so cool!

Pretty perfect preparation for Carnivale Brettanomyces ❤️

Tasting notes clone: Smell is more dark cherry / plums and less bright than the original but still delicious, also nice chocolate and licorice notes but less pronounced and complex than the original.

Accompanied by Stilton with appelstroop and homemade bitter orange marmelade 😉

Tasting notes Harveys: quite substantial cherry note, covered in chocolate and licorice and some dark caramel. Taste is slightly tart / brett stout acidity which makes it quite quaffable. Body is still quite big (9%) and some roast bitterness. Pretty stellar beer!

Thanks to Jan from Kromme Haring for these two wonderful bottles.

Non-Negotiables — Cask Ale's Bid for UNESCO Cultural Heritage Status — Pellicle It’s 6:30 in the morning and Hook Norton Brewery is already cranking into gear. Golden light streams through the Victorian windows, refracting off copper pipes and setting the steam rising from the oa...

Important: @jonnygarrett.bsky.social has written about the crusade to give cask ale UNESCO Cultural Heritage status.

Why does it matter? Read on and find out exactly why cask deserves to be recognised as a culturally significant part of British heritage!

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I had the pleasure to drink fresh cask bitter in Germany from Adnams a few weeks ago. I was really impressed by it. The long dry hop (even though it is just one hop plug) and the unusual house yeast just made it for me. So much tannins, mouthfeel and flavour. Hops are about more than just aroma...

Holy moly. That is a lot!

God I wish Frankfurt had something similar to munichs AirBräu.

Do it! It is a really nice event!

I am coming as well to that conference 😉

Also joining the club and enjoying a „Stille Nacht“ for Christmas. Really dig the intense aroma and flavor!

Enjoying a 10 year old cuvée rene with some seafood spaghetti. Tasting mighty fine, peachy, funky and delicious acidity!

Made my first Christmas Pudding. Paired it with Triepl Karmeliet: Instant Success!

Tidal is quite a bit better than spotify in that regard

Will bring a few bottles to carnivale this year!

Taste testing my session cider. Idea was to water down my original cider to have a 3% everyday drinker. Fortunately we have very soft water at my parents place so the pH stayes at around 3.5. The tannins in this where also plenty. Carbed with some pear juice for a push in aroma. Quite happy!

Casually drinking 60 year old Brandy 😅

Uh! I like it!

Today I cooked a german classic: Grünkohl mit Pinkel (cale with sausages) and it is glorious especially with Simplex from De Ranke! (Didn‘t have pinkel and subbed in another smoked sausage with caraway called Polnische … germans and their names for food 😅)

The pleasure of breaking into a new cake of tea! Really enjoyed the new raw pu erh from white2tea.

If come to Munich and need some tips / tour guide let me know :)

A really nice Kellerbier while playing a nice new board game with my family. Some nice citrusy hopiness and otherwise clean flavor.

Everytime I get to frankfurt I have to go to Akmal anf get the samosa dish with a mango lassi! Beings back so many good memories!

Berufsgeheimhaltungstreffensvereinbarung?