About this Episode
The town of Grodzisk Wielkopolski was as soon as a significant heart of brewing in nineteenth century Poland, however political unrest, world wars, communism, after which misguided capitalism all performed elements in closing the earlier chapter of town’s brewing historical past within the early 90’s. However the rise of craft beer additionally led to a resurgence in curiosity for obscure kinds just like the smoked wheat beer that made town well-known, and by 2016 a brand new group of householders relaunched the unique Grodzisk brewery with a heartfelt mission—to share this homegrown Polish beer type with the world. On this episode, head brewer Marcin Ostajewski shares historical past and course of for the type, in addition to ways in which fashionable brewers are protecting the type vibrant and alive by fashionable variations.
By the episode, Ostajewski discusses:
- rebuilding the historic grodziskie recipe by historic sleuthing and first hand reviews
- cofermenting grodziskie with two ale yeasts over a whole bunch of generations
- brewing with tomyski hops
- working with a maltster to supply oak smoked wheat malt the place the malt is dried by the smoking course of reasonably than smoked after kilning
- utilizing lengthy mashes to insure success
- brewing grodziskie with aged hops for added preservative qualities from beta acids
- sprucing the beer’s readability to cut back potential foaming with the very excessive carbonation
- brewing fashionable flavored variations of grodziskie
And extra.
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