Last beer yesterday: Fuller’s Chiswick Ale in the pub on the brewery grounds. Four different hops. Five different hop additions. Just what a 3.5% abv English bitter should be.
First beer today: Augustiner Pilsner after driving through scores of German hop fields sparkling in the late afternoon sun. No stopping for photos on the autobahn, but maybe I can post one or two tomorrow. Augustiner is one of the sponsors of the Hallertau Volkfest that starts Friday. Tuesday they choose a new hop queen. I will report back.
“No stopping for photos on the autobahn”
Aw, c’mon — there’s always an Rastplatz every 20km or so! 😉
That’s from where I took my photos of the hop fields in Hallertau on the road from Würzberg to Munich — very scenic. ;D
Man — Chiswick to Augustiner; it’s a dirty, thankless job, isn’t it?
Will there be a where, who, what in the Hop Queen Pageant post? or 2?
Yes, but perhaps not immediately. I’ve heard a rumor there will be beer served Tuesday and Wednesday I’m off to Tettnang at the crack of dawn.
Any more info on the Chiswick Bitter? Supposedly Michael Jackson’s favourite beer. The fermentables come from the parti-gyle mash of 95% Pale and 5% crystal 80. But what are those hop additions? Challenger, Target, Northdown, Fuggle, EKG? 60 30 20 15 0?
I really want to recreate this beer.