This is the newest addition to the Ganstaller range, from creative brewer Andreas and his daughter, Daniele.
Germany has the second most craft breweries per capita (16 per million population), with an average annual consumption of 104.1 litres per year. And the area of Franconia in Bavaria has the highest density of any city in the world, with four breweries for only 1,352 people!
So if this Franconian brewery wants to introduce a new beer – and a lager at that – it needs a point of difference.
Commandarin is an unfiltered pale lager, dry hopped with a combination of Comet & Mandarina Bavaria hops.
The aroma gives up the nature of the hops, with a fruity nose of lemon, mandarin, peach and stone fruit.
The beer has a light grainy body with a little caramel malt sweetness, coupled with a citrus and flowery character that is not as obvious as in the aroma. It finishes reasonably dry given the initial taste, with a pleasant lingering bitterness.
A bottom fermented India Pale Lager, dry-hopped with Simcoe & Citra hops
A refreshing India Pale Lager, dry-hopped with Cascade for a fruity, bitter bite
This Smoked Imperial India Pale Lager has lots going on, but all in this amazingly balanced and complimentary way
A smoked Dopplebock, rich in flavour but supremely balanced
A smoked Marzen style beer from this little artisanal brewery in Upper Franconia
This Smoked Imperial India Pale Lager has lots going on, but all in this amazingly balanced and complimentary way
It's a big dark lager, in the form of an imperial stout. And it is delicious!
This is a strong bock style beer made with wheat and barley malt
A very traditional German Zwickelbier - an unfiltered, unpasteurised lager
