Brewing Master

Question:

Hi: I am researching a small operation brewer in Wisconsin during the 1890s and need some expertise from the fine minds of this newsgroup. The brewer I am researching brewed offered Muchener Hofbrau and Wiener beers at his brewery/saloon. Can anyone tell me what kind of beers these are, stylewise, ingredients? Anything about the history of these two? Any information would be greatly appreciated and noted in publication. Thanks. Mike

Response:

Mike,      More than likely these were variations on Munich style beers, but probably with adjustments made for local ingredients.  If he was a German brewer (and many settled in the middle United States) he might have brought German yeast with him, or some bottles from which he could culture it.  It would have been a lager, and from the names I would hazard a guess at a Munich Helles for the Hofbrau and a Vienna/Marzen, or amber lager, for the Wiener.      Being in the US, though, his grain would have most likely been 6-row vs. 2-row, and he may have supplemented it with corn and/ or wheat.  Also American hops.      Hope this helps.                                 Marc Gaspard "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."-Ben Franklin

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