Fatgodzilla
Beer Soaked Philosopher
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My next favourite beer to brew is a Czech dark lager. I've not had enough of them either commercially or from other brewers but as a Tooheys Old drinker ready to step up the grades, these are going to be the beers I want in 2008. The few I've had suit my palate well.
Looking for recipes though, a few great swartzbier recipes are in these AHB threads, but is a swartzbier (germanic in origin / ingredients) the same as a czech dark lager ? I know the proximity of these areas in Europe and the interchanging of boundaries (sounds like they hate each others guts over there) suggest these are really one and the same, but with the exception perhaps of a different (localised) yeast, can anyone tell me how they differ ?
Dreaming of a black (but bushfire free) Xmas .. now won't that be a change.. :beerbang:
Looking for recipes though, a few great swartzbier recipes are in these AHB threads, but is a swartzbier (germanic in origin / ingredients) the same as a czech dark lager ? I know the proximity of these areas in Europe and the interchanging of boundaries (sounds like they hate each others guts over there) suggest these are really one and the same, but with the exception perhaps of a different (localised) yeast, can anyone tell me how they differ ?
Dreaming of a black (but bushfire free) Xmas .. now won't that be a change.. :beerbang: