{"id":1065,"date":"2010-11-18T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T11:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2011-10-20T00:21:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T11:21:48","slug":"hallertau-minimus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2010\/11\/18\/hallertau-minimus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallertau ‘Minimus’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hallertau<\/a>
Hallertau 'Minimus' tap badge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A common complaint<\/a> of mine is that overstrong beers are too much in fashion (or habit), and that midstrength, sessionable numbers are sadly neglected by the local brewing scene. Granted, the stalwart exception to that trend is the utterly bloody marvellous Emerson’s<\/a> Bookbinder<\/a>, but still; more options is more good.<\/p>\n

A smattering of other sessionable goodies have shown up over the years1<\/sup> but none so face-meltingly awesome, if you ask me, as Hallertau’s ‘Minimus’. (The name comes from its over-strength IPA sibling, ‘Maximus Humulus Lupulus’.) We had it last summer, motored through it in short order, and continually begged Steve for some more. It’s just lovely; either a very<\/em> pale pale ale or a massively-hopped golden ale, and is totally sessionable at 3.8% — a statistically-insignificant nudge stronger than Bookbinder, it makes for an awesome<\/em> summer counterpart to that wonderful stuff. Fresh, light but stonkingly<\/em> flavourful, it has both thirst-quenching zip and interest-keeping yum in healthy quantities, appropriately hitting some Maximus-esque hop notes quite heavily. Its second incarnation, which came with a ludicrously-beautiful tap badge, is billed as a “Breakfast Pale Ale” — but even if that<\/em> is a stretch, it’s not by very much<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the badge — which is done in bas relief, and goes wonderfully with Hallertau’s gorgeous pseudo-classical rebranding — I actually had to re-scan this Diary<\/em> entry to capture the amendment I had to make to note that some complete fuckpants stole<\/em> it, one busy night. If you’re thinking — as I briefly was, I’ll admit — “hey, fair play, that is<\/em> pretty cool; you don’t secure it well, you’re asking for it to be stolen”, I should add that they also stole all<\/em> the other badges from that bank of taps, so their haul includes such pieces of naff as a Tiger and an Export Gold badge, I believe. So I doubt they’re some over-keen beer souvenier collector with whom I might sympathise — well, would<\/em> sympathise, would consider being<\/em>, even. More just a random fuckpants, as I say.<\/p>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Hallertau ‘Minimus’ 18\/11\/10 3.8% back on tap @ work, with a gorgeous new bas-relief sculpted tap badge. Hallertau’s pseudo-classical branding overhaul is awesomely done. And this stuff is lovely. The world needs more good midstrength. It especially needs midstrength this<\/span> freaking good. [30\/11\/10: The badge got stolen!]<\/p>\n

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\"Hallertau<\/a>
Hallertau 'Minimus'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Hallertau<\/a>
Diary II entry #36, Hallertau 'Minimus'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1: A few with their own Diary<\/em> entries, even, but there’s still quite a backlog of historical things in the Not Uploaded Yet pile. Apologies.<\/span><\/p>\n


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A common complaint of mine is that overstrong beers are too much in fashion (or habit), and that midstrength, sessionable numbers are sadly neglected by the local brewing scene. Granted, the stalwart exception to that trend is the utterly bloody marvellous Emerson’s Bookbinder, but still; more options is more good. 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