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Last Thursday morning I saw a tip off on one of the CAMRAWhatsApp groups I belong to. It concerned some special presentation packs ofBavarian Festbiers that were on sale at Lidl. The person who notified membersof the group about these beers claimed they were selling fast, and urged thosewho wished to acquire a pack, to get down to Lidl’s quickly, before stocks ranout.
Although I was definitely interested, I had other things todo that morning, and if truth be known thoughts of these Bavarian beers hadvanished from my mind. My carefully laid plans that morning were thrown intodisarray, by young Matthew who asked if I could run him over to TunbridgeWells, to collect his car that had he’d dropped off at the main dealership fora check-up, the previous day. It was only during the return journey, that the ideadiverting into Lidl entered my mind.
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Luck was on my side that morning and there still a number ofthese special packs left, although I imagine if I’d left it a day longer, theywould all have gone. I left the store as a happy bunny, despite beingtwenty-five quid lighter, but to someone who enjoys German beer, what Ipurchased was worth its weight in gold. As you can see from the photo the packcontained 10 x 500 ml bottles and according to the blurb on the side, all are beerspecialties from privately owned breweries.
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The people behind this promotion might be pushing the pointsomewhat with one of the beers - Hofbräu Oktoberfest, as the brewery is ownedby the Bavarian state, but leaving ownership issues aside, there are no foreigninvestors involved with the company. The other offerings are all, in the main,produced by small to medium family brewers all based in Bavaria. The pack itselfrepresented good value at £24.99, so for a fraction under £2.50 a bottle, I nowpossess a variety of beers that are probably hard to come by in Bavaria (unlessyou know where to look), let alone south east England.
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Most of the beers are marked up as either Märzenor Festbier. Märzenbieris German for “March beer,” and is a golden to deep amber lager style with afull body and a moderate bitterness. It closely resembles Vienna lager,acopper to reddish brown coloured beer that is characterized by a maltyaroma and slight malt sweetness. Until the final quarter of the last century, Märzenwas the dominant style of beer served at Munich’s Oktoberfest, but graduallythe beer was superseded by Festbier, which although brewed to a similar abv ofaround 6% strength, is a more normal golden-yellow in colour. It was developed by the Munich-based Paulaner brewery duringthe early 1970’s and gained rapidly in popularity following its firstappearance at the event, due to it being easy to drink and its attractiveappearance. By the 1990’s all beer served at Oktoberfest was Festbier, and Märzenhad been officially replaced. Fortunately, a couple of Märzenbiers are included amongstthe 10 beers that are neatly packed in the sturdy presentation box, which comescomplete with a carrying handle plus the Bavarian emblazoned across the frontof the pack.
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It was only after opening the box that I discovered the enclosedbooklet, which I thought would give some specific details about the various beersin the pack, but instead gives more general information about tasting and beer appreciation. It also tells the reader about Kalea (https://www.kalea.com/en/),the company behind the pack. Kalea is derived from the Hawaiian word meaning“to give joy” and the Kalea company was founded in 2010, in Salzburg Austria. Startingwith a beer advent calendar, the company became the first German language beerwriting platform, and they now also provide micro and gypsy brewers with aplatform where they can promote their speciality beers.
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I haven’t looked any of the beers yet, and the only ones Iam familiar with are the Hofbräu Oktoberfest beer, plus one fromSchneider, who are exclusively a wheat beer brewery, plus Bischofshof from Regensburg.I shall certainly enjoy getting stuck in to these beers during the approachingwinter months, but for the time being I intend leaving the pack unopened.For the record, and for those who like these sorts ofdetails, the beer specialities contained in the pack are:
Wildbräu Grafing (https://www.wildbraeu.de/) - Kirtabier Märzen5.7%
Ettl BräuTeisnacher (https://teisnacher.com/en/)- 1543 Festmärzen 5.4%
Hohenthanner Schlossbrauerei (https://www.hohenthanner.de/) - Märzen Festbier 5.6%
Erl Bräu (https://www.erl-braeu.de/brauerei/) – Erlkönig Festbier 6.1%
Falter (https://www.jb-falter.de/) – Pichelsteiner Festbier 5.9%
Bischofshof (https://www.bischofshof.de/)- Original Festbier 5.4%
Schlossbrauerei Irlbach (https://www.schlossbrauerei-irlbach.de/) – Irlbacher Premium 5.8%
Kuchlbauer (https://kuchlbauer.de/) - Gillamoos Bier 5.2%
Schneider (https://schneider-weisse.de/index.php/en) - Festweisse 6.2%
Hofbräu (https://www.hofbraeu-muenchen.de/en)- Oktoberfesbier 6.3%
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Last Thursday morning I saw a tip off on one of the CAMRAWhatsApp groups I belong to. It concerned some special presentation packs ofBavarian Festbiers that were on sale at Lidl. The person who notified membersof the group about these beers claimed they were selling fast, and urged thosewho wished to acquire a pack, to get down to Lidl’s quickly, before stocks ranout.
Although I was definitely interested, I had other things todo that morning, and if truth be known thoughts of these Bavarian beers hadvanished from my mind. My carefully laid plans that morning were thrown intodisarray, by young Matthew who asked if I could run him over to TunbridgeWells, to collect his car that had he’d dropped off at the main dealership fora check-up, the previous day. It was only during the return journey, that the ideadiverting into Lidl entered my mind.
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Luck was on my side that morning and there still a number ofthese special packs left, although I imagine if I’d left it a day longer, theywould all have gone. I left the store as a happy bunny, despite beingtwenty-five quid lighter, but to someone who enjoys German beer, what Ipurchased was worth its weight in gold. As you can see from the photo the packcontained 10 x 500 ml bottles and according to the blurb on the side, all are beerspecialties from privately owned breweries.
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The people behind this promotion might be pushing the pointsomewhat with one of the beers - Hofbräu Oktoberfest, as the brewery is ownedby the Bavarian state, but leaving ownership issues aside, there are no foreigninvestors involved with the company. The other offerings are all, in the main,produced by small to medium family brewers all based in Bavaria. The pack itselfrepresented good value at £24.99, so for a fraction under £2.50 a bottle, I nowpossess a variety of beers that are probably hard to come by in Bavaria (unlessyou know where to look), let alone south east England.
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Most of the beers are marked up as either Märzenor Festbier. Märzenbieris German for “March beer,” and is a golden to deep amber lager style with afull body and a moderate bitterness. It closely resembles Vienna lager,acopper to reddish brown coloured beer that is characterized by a maltyaroma and slight malt sweetness. Until the final quarter of the last century, Märzenwas the dominant style of beer served at Munich’s Oktoberfest, but graduallythe beer was superseded by Festbier, which although brewed to a similar abv ofaround 6% strength, is a more normal golden-yellow in colour. It was developed by the Munich-based Paulaner brewery duringthe early 1970’s and gained rapidly in popularity following its firstappearance at the event, due to it being easy to drink and its attractiveappearance. By the 1990’s all beer served at Oktoberfest was Festbier, and Märzenhad been officially replaced. Fortunately, a couple of Märzenbiers are included amongstthe 10 beers that are neatly packed in the sturdy presentation box, which comescomplete with a carrying handle plus the Bavarian emblazoned across the frontof the pack.
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It was only after opening the box that I discovered the enclosedbooklet, which I thought would give some specific details about the various beersin the pack, but instead gives more general information about tasting and beer appreciation. It also tells the reader about Kalea (https://www.kalea.com/en/),the company behind the pack. Kalea is derived from the Hawaiian word meaning“to give joy” and the Kalea company was founded in 2010, in Salzburg Austria. Startingwith a beer advent calendar, the company became the first German language beerwriting platform, and they now also provide micro and gypsy brewers with aplatform where they can promote their speciality beers.
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I haven’t looked any of the beers yet, and the only ones Iam familiar with are the Hofbräu Oktoberfest beer, plus one fromSchneider, who are exclusively a wheat beer brewery, plus Bischofshof from Regensburg.I shall certainly enjoy getting stuck in to these beers during the approachingwinter months, but for the time being I intend leaving the pack unopened.For the record, and for those who like these sorts ofdetails, the beer specialities contained in the pack are:
Wildbräu Grafing (https://www.wildbraeu.de/) - Kirtabier Märzen5.7%
Ettl BräuTeisnacher (https://teisnacher.com/en/)- 1543 Festmärzen 5.4%
Hohenthanner Schlossbrauerei (https://www.hohenthanner.de/) - Märzen Festbier 5.6%
Erl Bräu (https://www.erl-braeu.de/brauerei/) – Erlkönig Festbier 6.1%
Falter (https://www.jb-falter.de/) – Pichelsteiner Festbier 5.9%
Bischofshof (https://www.bischofshof.de/)- Original Festbier 5.4%
Schlossbrauerei Irlbach (https://www.schlossbrauerei-irlbach.de/) – Irlbacher Premium 5.8%
Kuchlbauer (https://kuchlbauer.de/) - Gillamoos Bier 5.2%
Schneider (https://schneider-weisse.de/index.php/en) - Festweisse 6.2%
Hofbräu (https://www.hofbraeu-muenchen.de/en)- Oktoberfesbier 6.3%
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