Given the wonderful variety of beer in Franconia, one often forgets that, in addition to the cult drink beer, there is also another beverage tradition in Franconia. The sunny slopes are ideal for growing wine and have ensured that people in Franconia have had a variety of drinks for centuries.
The traditional Kundmüller brewery from Weiher is located on such a vineyard. The Wagner winery from Staffelbach grows the Dornfelder grape in Weiher and lives in peaceful coexistence with the brewers. In order to combine Franconia’s two traditional drinks, the Weiher brewers teamed up with the Staffelbach winegrowers and created a beer that, after maturing in wine barrels for eight months, results in a wonderful symbiosis of both drinks. After completion, the good Weiherer Weizenbock is filled into oak barrels in which the Dornfelder wine was previously allowed to mature. The wooden barrel gives the beer a distinctive character and complements it with fine, tangy acidity and fruity elegance.
The Weizenbock Dornfelder, aged in wooden barrels, flows into the glass in the color of golden caramel and is crowned by a white foam. The copper-colored beer impresses with a strong nose of roasted grain, dried red fruits, ripe banana and delicately spicy, red wine-soaked oak. The initial drink reveals a wonderful taste of good, dark wine, which combines with spicy vanilla, sweet roasted malt, rum raisins and creamy banana to create an absolute delicacy.
An absolutely successful cooperation!
Weiherer BierWater, wheat malt, barley malt, hops, yeast
