Collaboration Fermentation: Brooklyn and Schneider

August 27, 8:18 AMSF Craft Beer ExaminerBrian Yaeger

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Hopfen-Weisse from Brooklyner-Schneider/Schneider-Brooklyner

 

Much like the Sierra Nevada & Dogfish Head collaboration coming out soon which will have two versions ("Life & Limb" and "Limb & Life"), be on the lookout for dual "Hopfen-Weisses."

This is a collaboration between famed Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver (who authored the bible of beer-and-food pairing The Brewmaster's Table) and Schneider Weissbier braumeister Hans-Peter Drexler. The resulting Pale Weisse-Bock (alternately labled a Hefe-Weizen) offers a hint of the telltale bubblegum notes found in Schneider's yeasty Bavarian wheat beers but from the American influence comes dry-hopping. And that, as Robert Frost would say, has made all the difference.

Brooklyner-Schneider is dry-hopped with American hops--Amarillo and Palisade. Schneider-Broolyner is dry-hopped with German Hallertauer Saphir grown in the fields near the Schneider brewery. The former is 8.5% ABV while the latter is 8.2%. Both are impressive as more floral representations of wheat beers that normally are dominated by banana and cloves. I suspect the American hopped version plays better on this side of the Atlantic and vice versa for the German hopped one.

Though this is a year-round offering, Brooklyn's limited availability in California makes this a rare find both on draft and in 500 ml. bottles ($4.99). In San Francisco, try looking at The Jug Shop (1590 Pacific Ave. @ Polk St.), City Beer Store (1168 Folsom St. @ 8th St.), K&L Wines (638 4th St. @ Brannan, and in Redwood City), and Healthy Spirits (2299 15th St. @ Castro).