tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post6353556195479318737..comments2024-03-28T12:16:58.318+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: Something lackingPaul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-38002327970816223832019-05-17T14:01:03.980+01:002019-05-17T14:01:03.980+01:00Totally agree, Paul - if business takes you there,...Totally agree, Paul - if business takes you there, Lommi, Schreckenskammer and a few places further out would be worthwhile, and I'd be happy to buy the first round. But there are far more interesting beery places elseway. I wish Franconia was better connected to the Rhineland by train - that would be some epic weekend trips right there... Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572804045700625731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-34945307752645066762019-05-14T21:38:06.275+01:002019-05-14T21:38:06.275+01:00Thanks for enlightening me about Schreckenskammer,...Thanks for enlightening me about Schreckenskammer, Robert, and for the information regarding the other Kölschs. As you rightly point out, they don't travel well. My little taste-comparison "experiment" was just a bit of fun really,and at around one Euro a bottle, I couldn't really go wrong.<br /><br />After seven visits (mainly for the trade-show), Cologne is no longer on my list of places to visit - certainly under my own steam. No offence to the place as I've always had a good time there, it's just there are plenty of other cities, and indeed countries I want to visit instead.<br /><br />If the firm want me to go to the Dental Show in two years time, then I will of course do so, and will make a point of visiting Schreckenskammer. There is also that really famous old Cologne tavern, on the opposite bank of the Rhine, you told me about - Gaststätte Lommerzheim or Lommi. That definitely sounds worthy of a visit. Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-75221849709923910642019-05-13T14:34:23.683+01:002019-05-13T14:34:23.683+01:00Kölsch does not travel well, I'm afraid. By th...Kölsch does not travel well, I'm afraid. By the time it reaches the US, being exposed to heat and long travel, it will not be in top shape. Same goes for English Bitters, I guess. So no real suprise that the local versions compare better. It tends to be the perfect lawnmower beer, i think.<br /><br />No shame in missing Schreckenskammer, Paul. It is well hidden and more of a locals place compared to Päffgen, Früh and the like. They only started bottling recently, so quite a good catch. Reissdorf is one of the three most common bottled Kölschs in the region,with Gaffel and Früh. They do not have that many brewhouses, though, and these tend to be not very central. <br />Sester and Gilden come from the same brewhouse (together with Sion, Peters and some others), so no wonder that there were similarities. <br />Mühlen would have been another rather malty Kölsch. <br />And then there are the outsiders like Braustelle or Hellers...<br />But than again, I can fully understand anybody from the UK or the US - where there is a far wider variety in beer styles - to wonderwhat the fuss is about after trying half a dozen rather similar Kölsch. Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572804045700625731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-32109372656047557492019-05-12T20:24:01.166+01:002019-05-12T20:24:01.166+01:00Hi Dave, Kölsch does seem to have become quite a p...Hi Dave, Kölsch does seem to have become quite a popular style, worldwide, and it’s good to know some good examples are being brewed locally to you.<br /><br />Cologne and Düsseldorf are both well worth a visit, although it’s strange to see such strikingly different “ales” being brewed in two cities which are so geographically close to each other. <br /><br />If you’re travelling all the way from North America, it definitely makes sense to visit both cities. They are only around 40 minutes distance from each other, when travelling by train, and there are some classic pubs in both cities. <br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-84316427415007866192019-05-11T21:33:52.781+01:002019-05-11T21:33:52.781+01:00I have always preferred my local breweries "k...I have always preferred my local breweries "kolsch" to any bottled variants I can get. I've never been certain how bottled kolsch stood up to the fresh version in Cologne. Interesting to me to see someone write up a fairly side by side comparison. One of these days we will make it to Cologne and Dusseldorf. Those two are the last beer places I haven't visited that I feel a need to visit. Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039590363732278703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-22196241213355306332019-05-10T21:34:23.806+01:002019-05-10T21:34:23.806+01:00Hi Dave, I didn't realise you lived in North A...Hi Dave, I didn't realise you lived in North America. Cologne of course, id nowhere near as close for you than it is for us, here in the UK.<br /><br />I think there are other beers, apart from Kölsch, which don't perform as well in bottled form, as they do in the pub; draught cask-conditioned beer being one of them.Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-89501364228589967382019-05-09T20:51:15.330+01:002019-05-09T20:51:15.330+01:00I was very curious on this one. I have only had S...I was very curious on this one. I have only had Sion in the bottle in the US. Frankly, it was not very impressive, and I have often wished to try these in Cologne. Thanks for the review!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039590363732278703noreply@blogger.com