Follow Sean Inman to the best in craft beer
If you want to say backyard in German, then you say: Hinterhof. It is also what you say when you want to go to a Germanic all-vegan restaurant with beer in Highland Park.
The spot had a start date of January 5th on the York Boulevard portion of HP. There is an outdoor patio for outdoor drinking from the 12 local tap choices, plus beer from abroad (hopefully German like say, Kloster Andechs. A re-influx of foreign beer would be quite welcome.
The beer education minded Cicerone examiners have created some specific courses for those wanting to expand their knowledge pas the basic Certified Beer Server level. Two are country specific and two are more bar and brewing related.
Brewing Ingredients & Process Course – $59.00
“A specialist course covering the ingredients of beer and each step in the brewing process with a focus on flavor sources at the level required to earn the specialist badge and prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.”
Keeping & Serving Beer Course – $59.00
“A specialist course covering draft systems and troubleshooting, glassware, draft line cleaning, and storage of beer at the level required to earn the specialist badge and prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.”
The brewing course would be my choice of the two but the next two I am strongly thinking about…
German Course – $59.00
“A course covering German and Czech beer at the level required to earn the specialist badge and prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.”
British & Irish Course – $59.00
“A specialist course covering British & Irish beer at the level required to earn the specialist badge and prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.”
A German beer garden in the city. Doesn’t that sound nice?
Well if you are lucky enough to be in the vicinity of the new Urban Chestnut Brewery than you will find out.
They have a “new world meets old world” approach to crafting beer and they have plans for two series of beers.
Revolution – modern artisinal beers
Reverence – classic old styles
Bayerischer Bahnhof Original Leipziger Gose
A Traditional Ale brewed by
Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
Leipziger Gose is a top-fermenting wheat beer {60% wheat, 40% barley malt} with coriander, salt, and lactic acid bacteria added in the boil. As the name implies, the Gose originates from the city of Goslar. It is a 4.6% alc/vol eclectic beer whose name evokes a close relationship to the renowned Lambic/Geuze breweries in Belgium. Only the short supplies in the German Democratic Republic put an end to the exotic beer. Surprisingly the Gose had its renaissance before the German reunification and has been brewed at the train station in Leipzig since 2000. I had this beer on tap in 2006 and it was spectacular. Bottles in the states are easier to come by but have not been as good. It is too delicate a beer to travel.