Dab from Dortmund
By Rocky | April 28, 2008
This is story no 266 on Hoppsy, I can’t believe we waited until now to talk about Dab one of Germany’s best and most popular beers. Dab comes from the city of Dortmund which is in the North Rhine district just north of Cologne. Beer along with mining are the city’s major business. Dab dates back to 1868 when three German businessmen Laurenz Fischer and brothers Heinrich and Fridrich Mauritz and a master brewer Heinrich Herberz came together to form the a brewery called Herberz & Co. The brewery had a chequerd history and was destroyed in World War II, but was rebuilt in 1949. The brewery is today is controlled by the huge German food company Radeberger which owns a suite of breweries. The brewery makes a few products but the most readily available throughout the world is the Premium Lager which is very refreshing. It like most German beers is brewed to the traditions of the purity laws and has a fresh smooth taste with a hint of sourness similar to many of the beers in the Rhine region like Becks and even Cologne’s very tasty Kölsch.
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Weihenstephan or Sacred Stephen to you!
By Rocky | February 17, 2008
Way back in 1040 the Benedictine monastery which overlooks the German town of Freising was granted a license to start brewing beer. Now the monks were a bit shifty and they had actually been brewing for quiet a while so by the time they got their license they had a pretty good drop of beer. There are some who say they might have started making beer on the sly as early as 768. Anyway with 1000 years of experience or 1200 years of experience who cares, if you have been brewing beer this long you certainly know how to make a great beer, and Weihenstephen is certainly one of Germany’s best, named after the master brewer Sacred Stephen of course the brewery today produces a great range of German styles including a Kristall, Hefe which is their wheat beer, the Dunkel which is the dark wheat beer, The original which is more of a lager and the Pilsner. The Weihenstephan Tradition is another beer which uses roasted malts and is a dark lager which is also quiet popular and is very similar to what was brewed back a millennium ago.
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Holston Pils Beer Robot
By Rocky | January 3, 2008
Well I am sure you have noticed we like featuring beer robots a bit on Hoppsy, well we found another one. This time it’s a clever ad for Holston Pils. The robot is a clever little fella, not only can he answer any question about Hamburg’s finest pils he also has a fridge in his tummy full of the fresh frothy brew. I want one!
If you have seen any funny beer related YouTube videos drop us a line; http://www.hoppsy.com/send-us-a-tip/ .. enjoy
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German Beer Brats - yummy
By Rocky | November 16, 2007
Well there’s nothing that goes with German Beer better than a Bratwurst Sausage so what would be tastier than Beer Brats- yes that’s right a sausage dish using beer as one of the main ingredients. Now this recipie is so easy you can even try different types of sausage and beer.
All you need is a large onion sliced into ring, 6 of your favorite bratwurst sausage, 1 can and a half of your best German beer and a little oil. All you do is brown the sausages, brown the onions in the oil then cover with beer and slowly cook until the juice becomes thick and caremel like.. I’ts delicious- now you know what you are having for dinner tonight! For a really tasty different treat ad a can of tomatoes before cooking
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Balvarian Beer Coffee Cake - Yummy!
By Rocky | November 1, 2007
Here is another tasty beer based recipie to try. This one is lovely with some fresh whipped cream.
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup softened butter or margarine
2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
3 cups sifted plane flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups chopped dates
2 cups german beer
spinkle of icing sugar
This is so easy, and you will really want to lick the spoon!
All you need to do is combine the sugar with the butter in a mixing bowl and cream until smooth, then add the eggs beating well. Sift in he cinnamon, alspice, cloves, plain flour, baking soda and salt then mix in the dates and walnuts. slowly fold in the beer and put into a
well greased cake tin. Bake in a preheated oven at 350F for a little over an hour or until a cake needle comes out clean. Stand for about 10 minutes then cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle with the sugar and serve with some rich whipped cream.
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Spezialitaten-Laden - Berlin
By Rocky | October 17, 2007
Spezialitaten-Laden is a specialist beer shop in Friedrichshain in the centre of the German capital Berlin on the old east side of the city. They stock over 500 types of beer and the majority of them German but there is a huge selection of Russian, Belgium and othe European beers. Prices are very reasonable -and the choise is just amazing. They are open Monday to Saturday. Call in and see Helmet the owner and he will show you his huge selection. Karl-Marx-Allee 56. Berlin.
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The Wiesen is over for another year
By Rocky | October 12, 2007
The Oktoberfest celebrations have come to a close in Munich for another year. An estimated 6.2 million people passed through the gates and drank over 6.7 million litres of Munich beer and ate 104 oxes, half a million sausages and more chickens than you could point a stick at. But visitors to Munich should not worry too much there are plenty of great beer halls and beer gartens around the city to continue the festivities. Preperations are underway for next years huge event which starts on September 20th at noon and will mark the 175th Anniversary.
For more information http://www.oktoberfest.de
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Stuttgarter Hofbrau
By Rocky | October 7, 2007
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Stuttgart’s Cannstatter Volksfest in full swing
By Rocky | October 1, 2007
Well most people would asume all the beer drinking fun in Germany at the moment is in Munich, well they are wrong- Stuttgart is getting in on the act too. The annual Cannstatter Volksfest is in full swing and will attract over 3 million visitors over the next two weeks. Starting a week later than the Munich festival the Stuttgart festival has everything Oktoberfest has just a little smaller scale.
Datting back to 1818 when the festival was merely a agricultural trade fair this festival has grown to be the second biggest in Germany after Oktoberfest.
There are beer tents from some of Stuttgart’s best breweries including Schwaben Brau, Stuttgarter Hofbrau, Dinkelaker and of course Furstenberg. The fairgrounds has some amazing rides too, including the worlds biggest mobile ferris wheel, some amazing roller coasters including an indoor coaster called the Black Hole and plenty of other thrill rides. There food, fun and the centrepiece is a huge 26 metre wooden fruit coloumn which can be seen from most points of the festival.
For more information http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/ENG/leisure/volksfest.htm
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Hofbrau Tent- they don’t get any bigger than this
By Rocky | September 27, 2007
The Hofbrau-Festzelt is the biggest beer-tent at the Munich’s Oktoberfest. The tent is massive measuring 82 metres long, 62 metres wide and having a capacity of 9992 people within its floor, balconies and beergarden. And then theres the back of house areas where with kitchens and beer storage. To give you some idea of the massage kitchen it can cook 828 roast chickens at one time. Over 280 staff are required to work in the tent.
Over the 16 days of this years festival it is expected the HB tent alone will serve over half a million litres of ice cold HB beer, 70,000 1/2 chickens, 5500 pork roasts 2800 spare ribs and over 8500 sausages.
The construction program this year was massive the first trucks arrived at the Thersienwiese in on July 15 and it has taken over 9 weeks to complete, the beautiful interior fit out has taken nearly 7 weeks.
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