#grafenwalder

[omurswalkabout]

🍺Grafenwalder. 📍Büyükada.

[mariobeer]

Grafenwalder - Pils

[luvbeer43]

Maternus Pilsener and Grafenwalder Pils

[nobeerreviews]

Switzerland just won. I'm SO surprised, and when I see the kid's reaction I can't be but happy about it. She made us all wear Swiss themed stuff, painted herself both cheeks in the traditional Swiss white cross on red, blowed popcorn in the microwave, arranged the viewing angle, um, I think she used like a whole hour to get ready for the big game. Then the stress during the game... practicing her new hobby - ball juggling - proved to be quite a challenge when you're so tense and almost shaking. Finally Switzerland won with a goal in the last minute, my daughter rejoiced, all her Whatsapp (sizeable) community exulted and I was allowed to get back to my business. One of which was drinking bad beer: a regular Grafenwalder lager. Cheap, a bit sour, just don't bother. But they hired a good designer for their special World Cup issue, didn't they? Switzerland doesn't make it that often to the final tournaments so this one was a special reason to celebrate, even the nearby shopping mall built a Cristo Redentor replica and placed it among fake Brazilian palm trees, mechanical Aras, yellow-green Beetles and tables where Brazilian beer was served. Before you ask: no, Skol did not fare any better than Grafenwalder. Eh.

[nobeerreviews]

World cup, beer, sausages on the grill and a storm coming quickly upon us. There was too much of everything around here these days, hardly letting me jolt down some posts. Even the pictures above were taken over a few days' period, building bit by bit critical mass for a post. Now I'm finally sitting in front of the TV and killing time. I'm not a big fan of televised sports - that big expensive show barely deserving the name "sport"... sport is that activity you do for yourself, sweating around the track or swearing at that darn ball. This thing running on TV is skilled athletes, working their lungs off to earn some good money. With this detachment in mind I actually managed to catch a short nap yesterday during the opening game, I told you I was tired... but I'm pretty positive nobody noticed. Some team won at the end, giving a nice (and soothing) show. Go go... that team!

PS: yes, about the beer. Every other Grafenwalder I had was pretty bad, so I bought this one mainly for the nice looking party keg. I didn't know they brew a Festbier so curiosity played a smaller role too. Forget what the others said and let me tell you one thing: I enjoyed it. Not a wow, by far not... but it's a decent, thick, slightly bitter amber-like beer coming in a 5 liter keg - long lasting fun guaranteed.

[paulistoan]

Pouring and drinking Grafenwalder Weissbier beer.

[nobeerreviews]

Grafenwalder Weissbier and an exception

Grafenwalder is the beer brand of the Lidl discount stores both in Germany and Switzerland (and more), so I guess if you know Lidl you know also Grafenwalder and if not you don't :) Cheap beer from a cheap store - and you know what? It's... fine! So much for all preconceptions, that cheap weizen must be tart or sweet or whatever. Neah, a bit weak maybe, but balanced between everything, not a wow but still something I wouldn't mind next time. Yes, they certainly did cut some corners and threw in everything cheap, but if there's a will, there's a way.

(img FakirNL)

Too bad the brewer decided against writing its name on the can. It's not exactly unusual in Switzerland (only?) to hide this kind of information. Most of these discounters are actually bound by strong contract clauses to never disclose the name of the breweries providing them. In most cases it's a decision I can fully understand - you have a name and a reputation you don't want to ruin only because you decided to give in and brew some cheap piss for good money. Well, in this and only this situation, the exception proves the rule. But wait, the story doesn't stop here! Wikipedia knows where this is produced! Do we have an exception to the exception? Hmmm... then other internet sources say the Lindenbrauerei is actually only a historical listed (again active) pub-brewery, so the issue is not completely clarified. Whatever, the beer is not THAT great to deserve more googling so...