Greetings Beerlovers! 🍺

My name is Jonas and I want to share my beer related stories with you!
When I met @detlev, he told me about the #beersaturday community and the awesome content being produced weekly! After reading a lot of it, I decided I have to give it a go!
During the winter holidays my girlfriend and I visited the Stiegl Brewery in Salzburg, Austria.

We had the opportunity to take the brewery tour, including three beverages to try out! 🍻

Let's learn new Stuff:

Before we make way for the beers, here is a quick overview about Stiegl:

• Salzburg citizens remember the year 1492 because of two events: The first mention of the Brewery, and Kolumbus' discovery of America
• The name "Stiegl" translates to the german word "Stiege", which means "staircase" in english. It refers to the place where the brewery once stood in Salzburg.
• Apart from the mass produced beers, Stiegl has their own Craftbeers called "Hausbiere". Those will be adressed later and in one of my future posts! 😊

Here is where all the magic happens: The fermentation tanks!

What about the beertasting?

The first beer is a bavarian classic: "Helles"

As you can see, the beer is fairly clear and light. It has little bitterness, it is full bodied and a pleasure to drink because of it's fine carbonation. A real classic and easy to drink beer without a lot of nuances.

Moving on, we encountered the "Stiegl-Paracelsus Bio-Zwickl" - What a name!

As you can see straight away: This one is unfiltered! The Zwickl is a natural beer, being brewn only with local ingredients and refined with wheat from the region "Laufen", Austria. The wheat is being cultivated and malted by Stiegl themselves. The beer is full of flavours and a real crowd pleaser.

The finale took place back at the brewery shop. We've had the opportunity to taste one of their craftbeers, the "Schneeweißchen & Orangenrot - WIT"

As greedy as I was, I nearly forgot to take a picture of this wonderful belgian wheat beer. The smell reminds me of wheat beer and fruit like oranges (therefore the name). It tastes fruity, altough wheaty and has no impactful acid, which makes it a really interesting and quaffable speciality at Stiegl.

What happened next?

After taking the tour and inhaling all the information and drinking the beers, we sat down in Stiegls very own restaurant, the "Braustüberl" and had ourselves a little snack. Before heading back to our winter holidays apartment, getting ready for the next days of snow! 😊

If you've made it until here, I want to thank you for your interest in my post!
Just a disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Stiegl in any sort, I just love the beer! 😄
If you want to learn more about the beer, check out their website: https://www.stiegl.at/en/

See you in the next posts!

Best,
Jonas