Andreas Krennmair joins me this week to discuss his new book on the history of Vienna Lagers.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (47:38)
- This week my guest is Andreas Krennmair. Andreas is the author of a new book on the history of Vienna Lagers (Amazon affiliate link).
- We discuss how Andreas got interested in homebrewing, the history of beer and eventually the Vienna Lager style.
- We discuss the origin of Vienna Lager which can be traced back to a single brewer named Anton Dreher in the 1830’s-1840’s.
- We discuss how Vienna Lager influenced both Czech and German styles including Marzen.
- Andreas shares how the beer also jumped across the Atlantic to influence beers in the US and Mexico.
- We discuss some of the differences between the Vienna Lager styles made today and the historic style.
- Andreas explains some of the details of making a Vienna lager including the grain bill, hops and yeast to use.
- We discuss how Vienna lager was traditionally brewed including a decoction mash and aging.
- Andreas provides his closing tips on making a Vienna lager and describes where to find his blog and book.
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Thanks to Andreas Krennmairfor appearing on the show and also to you for listening!
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