Kiesbye Naturbrauerei - Waldbier 2016 Wacholder

Hops, malt and hand-harvested juniper berries and berries are the ingredients of the new vintage beer. After fir, stone pine, larch, black pine and spruce, the forest beer partners turn with the alpine juniper for the first time to the middle "forest floor" - the shrub layer - to. The young juniper branches, needles and berries were harvested in June at the Federal Forest District Zederhaus in Lungau, the highly aromatic ripe juniper berries after the first frosty nights in September. "Kiesbyes Waldbier" is produced as a creative beer with about 7.2% alcohol by volume. Due to the high alcohol content, the essential constituents of the juniper dissolve into the beer and discreetly release their fine aromas. The result is an unfiltered creative beer made from 100% Austrian raw materials. The forest beer "Juniper" is golden and slightly opal, since it was completely natural only by a very long - 90-day - cold storage was clarified. The forest beer and its flavors The used caramel malts give the beer forest honey-like aromas, the slightly tart aromas of juniper berry seed develop after a short break in the glass and bring the forest beer into its balance. The mineral-resinous aromas on the palate harmonize well with the strong character, dry finish. The natural and unfiltered creative beer, which was clarified by a very long cold storage, can mature in the cellar for many years.