Finkbrau Hefewisen

Thank god!

Here in spain, beer is like water; its everywhere, its cheap, its dirty and it doesnt taste good. Fortunately, the guesthouse i work at, hosts people from many different walks of life and many different nations including, fortunately, German climbers.

This really nice couple from a small town in Bavaria showed up with their one year old son and i spent a week hiking and climbing almost every day. They became pretty good friends with all of us who work here and on their last night decided to make dinner for us, rather than the other way around. During the day, they went out and tracked down a german supermarket, and brought back supplies for a traditional baravian meal, including, naturally, beer.

the dinner was delicious. We had blaukraut, like saurkraut but with purple (blau) cabbage, knudle, basically huge bread dumplings, a giant roasted ham, and apflstrudle for dessert. Throughout the meal, and before and after, we delighted in the pleasures of Finkbrau Hefewisen, seriously the first good beer i've had in three months.

Since Hefewisen standard is set at Widmer Brothers Hef, all i can do is compare it to thus. This one was darker, sweeter, but not as crisp. It did have a higher carbonation level which led to faster consumption and larger burping. It was served, thanks to my racing down six terraces fetch fresh lemons, with a wedge and a squeeze and enjoyed with a great sigh of relief and contentment.

I also got directions to the german supermarket, found the beer and bought a case of it. Like i said, beer in spain is cheap: each tall boy can rang in at 38 cents euro. excellent

peace

pat