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October and November are particularly lovely times to go for long walks. The leaves on the trees take on all shades of sunny yellow and fiery red, the air is clear and fresh, the ground is littered with rustling leaves and fallen chestnuts, the last of the summer’s fruit and vegetables are ripening and thick fog rolls over the countryside in the mornings. Autumn also has some highlights to offer on the beer shelf: Bock beer is tapped in the traditional breweries of Franconia and Bavaria, the first festival beers for the pre-Christmas period come onto the market and breweries that have access to freshly harvested hops serve their freshly hopped beers.
One of these breweries is Zum Löwenbräu from Adelsdorf. Although the Aischgrund has long since ceased to be a hop-growing region, the brewery likes to recall this time. After wine was mainly grown in the Middle Ages, a change took place in the centuries that followed and beer became more and more of a focus. Hops were grown in the Aischgrund until the Second World War, after which this tradition was lost in favor of more grain. Fortunately, Löwenbräu has good contacts with other hop-growing regions and was able to secure a load of freshly picked hop cones again this year.
Their fresh hop pilsner is a silky beer pleasure that brings notes of grass clippings, floral hops, ripe stone fruits, spicy meadow herbs and a hint of light malt into the glass.
Zum Löwenbräu
