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Posted by Michael James on 2015-04-16 21:37:47

I visited Hertl three weeks ago, after stopping at Scheubel and Adler-Bräu.  The brewer is the son, 25 years old as you say, Gerhard. His father makes wine and helps in the brewery, which is not much more than a homebrew setup, some of it self-made, some of it bought from his friend Erik Löschner at Albertshöfer. He had available in bottles the Black IPA, double Witbier and Whiskey Barrel Doppelbock, with the IPA fermenting.  Definitely going for western beer, no interest in making traditional Franconian lager. The ceramic bottles cost extra for everyone including us customers.  Very extreme/boutique/branded following the US craft brewer model.   On my visit the brewer was locked out of his garage, his father had the key and was away.  So he insisted against my protests to use a hack saw to with the excuse that locks don't cost much.  Not long after he cut his way in, dad showed up and they had a disagreement in Deutsch that I understood well from the tone.  They kindly poured a sample of their one-week IPA but it tasted only of apple butter and yeast.  I left with a bottle of Black IPA which was infected and acidic.  With all the kegs piled outside I had to wonder if they actually used them for distribution, if there were demand for their draft beer in nearby towns?  Something tells me no. Four photos of Hertl  http://imgur.com/a/Ed4uV

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braumanufaktur-Hertl by Gerhard Schoolmann on  2015-04-16 23:39:07

braumanufaktur-Hertl by Nick B. on  2015-04-18 04:22:20