FUERST WIACEK

Berliner Weisse is Ulrike Genz's favorite beer and the reason why she started brewing in the first place. As a Berliner, it was and still is important to her to give her hometown back its good, traditional beer. With a lot of passion and craftsmanship, she built up the Schneeeule label and brews wonderfully refreshing beer and fine creations such as Schampus Weiß Vintage , which was created in cooperation with Bayerischer Bahnhof and Freigeist Bierkultur , using a one-woman process.

Snow owl

Ulrike came up with these unusual names when she took a closer look at the Berliner Weisse: crowned with white foam, the beer shines in a bright yellow. Yellow and white are also the dominant colors of the snowy owl, yellow eyes on white plumage. Ulrike also liked the three consecutive E's in the name, an eye-catcher, just like the single-colored labels with the large owl spreading its wings. Exceptional is the program here: not only the labels and the name are special, the beer behind them is also unique. Ulrike from Schneeeule attaches great importance to the balance of her product. She skilfully balances bitter substances, sour notes and malt, so that the end result is a total work of art with traditional roots.

Beerphilistines

What seems very unusual to us is common practice in Berlin: syrup in beer. A Franconian would never have that on his table. And neither would Ulrike Genz. She comes from the hometown of Berliner Weisse, the beer that is often served with raspberry or woodruff syrup, but she thinks that this is a bad habit. Back in the 1920s, people started to balance out the strong acidity of Berliner Weisse with syrup. "Tourist beer" is Ulrike's comment on this. The woman from Wedding has made the renaissance of Berliner Weisse her mission and wants to banish syrup and straws from beer glasses with her creations. Ulrike is a graduate engineer and studied brewing before going on a search for the roots of Berliner Weisse. She creates her recipes using original yeast from bottles of old, leftover Berliner Weisse and achieves what hardly anyone would have thought possible: she brings Berliner Weisse out of obscurity and makes it socially acceptable again - and all without syrup!