HB&B Blog — Weihenstephaner
The Beer Lover's Table: Italian Sausage Hoagies and Weihenstephaner Festbier
Beer Lover's Table Claire Bullen Germany Lager Oktoberfest Weihenstephaner
Oktoberfest is back. For the first time since the pandemic began, the annual festival is returning to the Theresienwiese in Munich. The event is a larger-than-life spectacle of supersized beer “tents” and roller coasters and litre upon litre upon litre of golden festbier. Given all that drinking, there needs to be plenty of food to sop it all up; to no one’s surprise, Oktoberfest staples (think roast chicken and spaetzle, ham hocks and bratwurst) lean hearty and gut-busting. Rather than do an exacting recreation of the traditional fare, this year I decided to channel Oktoberfest via Philadelphia. Meet the Italian...
The Beer Lover’s Table: Strawberry, Tomato and Mojama Salad with Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier
Beer Lover's Table Claire Bullen Germany Hefeweisse Weihenstephaner Wheat Beer
For all the pleasure of discovering new breweries, the thrill of the can release, there’s an abiding satisfaction in returning to the classics. Not long ago, I realised it had been years since I’d enjoyed a bottle of Weihenstephan’s flawless Hefe Weissbier. Among the finest examples of the style around, heady with clove and banana, it’s far from trendy - novelty isn’t a virtue most associated with a brewery that traces its origins to 725 - but it’s gorgeous, ever-satisfying, and worth making a part of your regular rotation. That it’s additionally food-friendly is one more advantage. You’ll often find...