4 friends in three different time zones split a beer year (drinking a different beer every day). Once a week, we use google hangouts to have a conversation about the same beer as a group. We cycle through 2 beer styles a month (2 weeks per style).
Join us as we connect, learn and explore the world of beer.
March 29: Karl and the Tale of the Weltenburger Kloster Barock Hell
Paradise by the Dashboard Light?
The German’s are coming, dear reader! Spring is here and
with that it’s time to explore some of the beers and styles created by one of
the world’s leaders in beer craftsmanship. Today’s beer is a new one to my
library, the Weltenburger Kloster Barock-Hell. This is a Munich Helles Lager,
and these are beers that are meant to be consumed by the stein. The musical
pairing today is the 7th best-selling album from the 70s, Meatloaf’s
eternal Bat out of Hell. Fun fact: Did you know Jim Steinman originally wrote Bat out of Hell as a futuristic rock and roll musical based on Peter Pan? I love the Loaf and I need a beer, so I'm sure within minutes like a Barock out of Hell (get
it?) this beer will be gone, gone, gone. Let's try and get a review in before that happens.
This beer pours a golden yellow with cascading bubbles an
attractive one-finger head. This is stereotypically what beer is meant to look
like. German malts dominate the nose, and there is a little bit of hop and
lemongrass alongside. I’m not all that familiar with the style, but I would describe
this beer as a mix between a hefe and a pilsner. It is light and crisp, with
some dryness and malted barley that I usually get from a pilsner, and there is
some citrus and a chewiness that comes with most hefes. It is strongly
carbonated and it is easily drinkable, but for me it does suffer a little bit
in two areas. First is the metallic/mineral pilsner taste that I’ve just never
been a fan of, and secondly the mouthfeel is a little sticky. I would say this
beer is good looking and highly drinkable, but there ain’t no way I’m ever
gonna love you, so don’t be sad; two out of three ain’t bad.
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