Saturday, June 21

Beer Post: Ganter

The most widely available beer in Freiburg, we ran into Ganter in some fashion everywhere we went. All the bars and restaurants served some variety, we happened upon the Ausschank (restaurant owned by the brewery) by the Münster (great Spätzle), and we saw the top of the brewery rising up while walking on the forest hills.
So, during our time in Freiburg, we tried everything Ganter had to offer: the helles, dunkles, and kristall hefeweizens, the pils, and the urtrunk.
Ganter boils down to this: they absolutely mastered their helles hefeweizen. Everything else tastes like a distracted, muted, and inferior version of the helles.
So let's talk about the helles. Potent, fresh, and full of taste. The fruit flavors it exhibits are a perfect complement to the flavors of the wheat and yeast base. The flavors thus amplify each other on the palate, giving the beer its potency. The taste lingers a while alongside a heavy mouthfeel. Overall a very enjoyable beer.
Well done, Ganter. Prost.

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