Bavarian Helles: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes

by Horst D. Dornbusch

Overview

First created in Munich in 1894, Bavarian Helles is perhaps the most delicate beer imaginable, and must rely on its incredible subtlety to please the palate. Munich’s beer hall helles, the palest of lagers, has almost no nose or up-front bitterness. Straw blonde and topped by a tall, white crown, it is the quaffing beer of the Bavarians. A page-turning guide through Bavaria with stories of royalty, dynasties, and helles seekers fill the pages. Beer enthusiasts and brewers interested in learning more about the dazzling helles will treasure this book. Written by a man who knows all about it, Horst Dornbusch covers the exact step-by-step brewing methods to achieve the necessary perfection of a helles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938469305
Publisher:	Brewers Publications
Publication date:	04/28/2000
Series:	Classic Beer Style Series , #17
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Horst Dornbusch is a well-known consultant in the international brewing industry as well as a leading author and speaker about beer. He has contributed hundreds of articles in English and German to North American and European periodicals for brewing professionals and beer lovers alike. For Brewers Publications, he has written three books: Bavarian Helles (2000),Altbier (1999), and PROST! The Story of German Beer (1997). Horst Dornbusch is a frequent media guest — from Austrian TV, to the BBC, to New Zealand National Radio, to NPR – commenting on the history, styles, technology, and marketing of beer; and he has been the script consultant on two Discovery Channel programs about beer. In the 1990s, he founded an award-winning microbrewery in Massachusetts. Before his career change to the world of beer, he held positions as a writer, editor, and publications manager for more than two decades at The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Reader’s Digest, and Siemens Medical Electronics. He was born and raised in Germany, is a former Fulbright Scholar, and holds a B.A. from Reed College and an M.A. from Brandeis University.