beer demystifier - new york city - The Gotham Imbiber

Scires (6.7% average, see description) * * * * Q41 (cherry) –
Fairly sour, red-hued fruit beer created by blending old and
young batches fermented with wild yeast, lactic bacteria, and
black cherries, then refermented with ale yeast after the
addition of some fresh wort. The ABV varies from batch to
batch in the 6.0% to 7.5% range.
Ivana Taranova, Kaliningrad, Russia
Doctor Diesel (6.9%) * * A3
Jever, Jever, Germany
[Jever’s parent company is The
Oetker Group, which also owns
Berliner Kindl, DAB, Tucher,
Radeberger and Allgäuer]
Pilsener (4.9%) * * * D4 – Crisp,
herbal, hoppy lager from Friesland.
Jopen, Haarlem, Netherlands SB
[Contract brewed by Van Steenberge]
Operating since 1993 brewing beers
with recipes from the Middle Ages.
Adriaan (5.0%) * * * Q43 – An unusual
light gruit-style brew, musty, herbal, and
somewhat tart with coriander notes.
Bok Bier (6.5%) * * * D8 – A mid-brown
bock brewed with some rye in the
mash. Malty and estery.
Koyt (8.5%) * * * * Q43 – A reddish-brown strong gruit,
herbal and spicy with dark fruit notes.
Kaiser Bräu,
Neuhaus an der
Pegnitz, Germany AS
Veldensteiner Original Lager
(4.9%) * * * D1 – Pleasant straw colored session lager.
Veldensteiner Premium Pils (4.9%) * * * D4 – Golden, fairly
light-bodied pilsener.
Veldensteiner Weissbier (5.1%) * * * * D31 – Cloudy yellow
hefeweizen, bananary and refreshing.
Echt Veldensteiner Landbier (5.4%) * * * * D10 – A bready,
copper-colored beer with some grassy hops.
Kaltenberg,
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
WA
König Ludwig Weiss (5.5%) * * * D31 –
Cloudy golden wheat beer with notes of
clove, lemon, and banana.
Kamenitza, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Kamenitza Beer (4.5%) * * A2
Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya SK
Tusker (4.2%) * * A2
Keo, Lemesos, Cyprus AT
Keo Beer (4.5%) * * A2
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Kerkom, Kerkom Sint Truiden, Belgium
SB
A very small village farmhouse brewery established in 1878
(but did not brew between 1968 and 1988). The Kerkom
Brewery is a family operation built into a rambling farmhouse
located in a rural area rich in cherry orchards.
Bink Blond (5.5%) * * * B15 – A golden, hoppy ale with a
touch of phenols and fruit.
Bink Bruin (5.5%) * * * B18 – A soft, mildly fruity brown ale.
Bink Bloesem {S} (7.1%) * * * * Q41 (pear) – Summer beer
brewed with pear syrup and honey.
Bink Winterkoninkske {S} (8.3%) * * * * B18 – Dark amber
winter beer with juniper notes and a touch of lavender. The
name translates as ‘Winter King’.
Bink Tripel (aka Kerkomse Tripel) (9.0%) * * * * B17 –
Golden tripel, fruity with some clove and spice.
King (W.J.),
Horsham, U.K. (England)
Launched in 2001 by Bill (W.J.)
King, ex-director of the ill-fated King
& Barnes Brewery.
Red River Ale (4.5%) * * * E14 – A
malty brown beer reminiscent of the
former King & Barnes Festive.
Merry Ale {S} (6.5%) * * * * E25 –
Festive winter ale, chestnut colored with hints of dark fruit
and caramel.
Kiper, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland SD
Founded in 1927 as a bottling
company. Apparently also known
as Sulimar Ltd.
Pilsner (5.5%) * * * D4 – Golden,
clean-drinking lager.
Premium (6.2%) * * A2
Black Beer (7.0%) * * * D8 – Not
black, but amber-colored and
quite malty.
Kiper Beer (aka Extra Mocne)
(8.1%) * * * A3 – A golden strong
lager which leans heavily to the
sweet side.
Kiuchi Shuzou, Ibaraki, Japan BU
Kiuchi is a sake brewery founded in
1823, which turned its hand to brewing
top-fermented ales in 1996. They are
further diversifying, a distillery was
added in 2003 - and the company will
soon be moving into wine production.
The brewery has won a number of
awards globally over the last few years.
Hitachino Nest Sweet Stout - Lacto
(3.9%) * * E22 – Sweet dark beer
somewhat lacking in body.
Hitachino Nest Weizen (5.0%) * * * * D31 – Cloudy
hefeweizen with notes of banana and citrus with a touch of
cloves.
Hitachino Nest White Ale (5.0%) * * * * B31 – Complex
witbier featuring citrus, clove, and pepper.
Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale (7.0%) * * * * J26 –
Hazy amber, spicy, yeasty, cedar-aged beer. Delicious.