Life in the Bavarian Lane: A guided tasting with Slow Lane Brewing

With hundreds of years of brewing tradition and beer partying behind them, can Australia challenge the biggest beer fest kings and queens? Slow Lane definitely can. Get down OZ-toberfest on Saturday October 21 for a guided tour through the World of Bavarian brews with Slow Lane Brewing's founder and brewer, Alex Jarman.

Slow Lane Brewing takes inspiration from old world European beer styles and produce modern interpretations of these. Each beer has its own story which aims to take you on a journey to where this beer style originated. This philosophy differs to most breweries today. Slow Lane use traditional brewing methods to produce slow-fermented beer. The small size brewery makes it possible to use more labour and time intensive methods that most modern breweries have abandoned. The results speak for themselves.

To join in, just get yourself down to Sacch by 1:00pm on October 21 and grab a Slow Lane paddle. Do you want a front row seat and a discounted paddle? Grab yourself a ticket here!

THE BEERS

CLASSIC HAZE - HEFEWEIZEN 5.6%
Hefeweizens are a traditional German wheat ale with distinctive banana and clove fermentation flavours. They are the original hazy beer, cloudy in appearance due to yeast still in suspension. While popular in its motherland, hefeweizens remain an underrated style, especially in Australia. Classic Haze is can conditioned to achieve the traditional high carbonation levels and characteristic thick long lasting head.

HERE AND NOW - FESTBIER PALE LAGER 6%
A pale lager with pleasant floral and spicy hop character. Made in the style of the modern festival beers brewed by Munich breweries for Oktoberfest. Here and Now showcases the flavourful German Pilsner and Vienna malts whilst being drinkable enough to down by the stein full.

CLASSIC DARK HAZE - DUNKELWEIZEN 5.6%
Dunkelweizens are a traditional German dark wheat ale with banana and clove fermentation derived flavours. Classic Dark Haze was can conditioned with high carbonation to achieve a creamy texture. German wheat beers are the original hazy beers having a cloudy appearance due to suspended yeast and wheat proteins.

GRAIN OF SALT - MIZED CULTURE GOSE 3.5%
Gose (pronounced go-suh) is a sour wheat ale brewed with salt and coriander. Such was its popularity in the German town of Goslar and surrounding areas during the 1800s, that there were over 80 Gose taverns (Gosenschenkes in German) dedicated to serving it. By the 1900s, the style had lost its popularity and brewing ceased. Only recently has the style been resurrected. Grain of Salt is brewed in the traditional manner with a mixed culture including lactobacillus souring bacteria and Brettanomyces yeast.

LIQUID BREAD - DOPPELBOCK 8.5%
Doppelbocks are a strong, rich and malty lager originally brewed by Bavarian monks in the 17th century. Designed to sustain the monks while they abstain from solid foods during the 40 day Lent period, doppelbocks earned the nickname ‘Liquid Bread’. Disclaimer: We do not condone 40 day beer-only diets.

Which beer are you most excited for?