{"id":384,"date":"2010-04-23T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=384"},"modified":"2021-08-25T19:40:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T00:40:45","slug":"schlafly-dry-hopped-marzen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/schlafly-dry-hopped-marzen\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Schlafly Dry Hopped Marzen"},"content":{"rendered":"
Andrew and Ryan had the Schlafly Dry Hopped Marzen on tap at the Schlafly Bottleworks after a tour of the brewery. First, a sample and then a full pour. The dry hopped Marzen is a very recent, as in the weekend we were there, release of a collaboration between one of our favorite Midwest breweries and a kick-ass little brewery in Stuttgart, Germany called Calwer-Eck-Brau.<\/p>\n The beer was released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Louis and Stuttgart being sister cities.\u00a0 Which may be, in our humble opinion, the best way to celebrate having a sister city.<\/p>\n Enough about the history; on to the beer!<\/p>\n Ryan:<\/strong> This combined style was rather intriguing in my opinion.\u00a0 First, you have a Marzen which is typically a wonderfully malty and sweet beer.\u00a0 But then, you add dry hopping to the mix and add a citrusy punch to a beer.<\/p>\n The end result was an incredibly tasty and very easy drinking beer.<\/p>\n As expected, it poured a nice copper color with just a fingers worth of head that slowly faded.\u00a0 The smell was a hint of malty sweetness and orange peels.<\/p>\n The taste was a very enjoyable mix of sweet malts, a touch of honey & just a pinch of oranges.\u00a0 The body of this beer seems on par with the style, maybe even a little bit lighter, which made it go down very smooth.<\/p>\n Someone at the Bottleworks, quite possibly the bartender, told me it clocked in at a mere 5.5% ABV so this is an easy drinking beer.\u00a0 I could easily kick back with three or four of these on a lazy Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n Andrew:<\/strong> The beer poured a deep red\/brown color with a slight head, already I could pick up notes of malt and spice. I must say the flavor of this beer was very interesting, I don’t think I’ve had anything quite like it.<\/p>\n It was very balanced with the hops adding an ever-so-slight bitterness combined with a little nuttiness. The malt ruled above all as the pronounced flavor which helped make this a very smooth, clean finishing beer.<\/p>\n If you are within an hours drive of Schlafly’s Bottleworks<\/a> or Tap Room<\/a> we would highly recommend dropping in for a pint or two.\u00a0 Tell ’em The Guys sent ya! (Editors note: Don’t do that. The fine folks at Schlafly will have no idea what you are talking about<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dry hopping a marzen? As crazy as it sounds the Schlafly Dry Hopped Marzen pulls it off, quite well actually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[85,950],"yoast_head":"\n
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