Hopfenhelden – Craft Beer Magazine
Das Biermagazin It took a good while for German brewers to hop onto the craft beer wagon. But now the revolution is on! Find out more about craft beer made in Germany

Hopfenhelden – Craft Beer Magazine

It took a good while for German brewers to hop onto the craft beer wagon. But now the revolution is on! Find out more about craft beer made in Germany
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The corner store indicator Journalist and beer-author Joshua M. Bernstein tells us how to notice that craft beer has established itself as a big deal and become more than just a niche for geeks. The Devil Is In The Details With his Braukunstkeller Brewery Alexander Himburg became one of the first German craft beer brewers. Instead of brewing everything under the sun (darks, lights, sour beer...), the man from Hesse puts his trust in the importance of paying attention to details Cheers to the Gemütlichkeit! Maximilian Krieger from the Riedenburger Brewery and Brooklyn Brewery’s Garret Oliver created a cooperative craft beer. Its most important ingredients: A hand-imported New York ale yeast and heaps of Bavarian “Gemütlichkeit” Half Regulars’ Table, Half Revolutionary Sebastian Priller-Riegele is head of the traditional Riegele Brewery in Augsburg. Still he is brewing somes decent craft beers and therefore living a life of "laptop and lederhose". A Bit of Peace Andreas Seufert has been around the world - only to return to the Rhön Mountains, where he founded a brewery five years ago.  Its name is kind of a souvenir from his travels: Pax BräuLooks like a warrior but comes on peace: Andreas Seufert of Pax Bräu brewery (Foto: Stefan Peters)Isn’t it crazy how sometimes you have to...
Nina Anika Klotz is a freelance journalist living in Berlin, writing about food and beverages for several German magazines, including Zeit Online, Capital and many others. She particularly enjoys writing about beer. Craft beer. Therefore she founded Hopfenhelden, literally “Hops Heroes”, in fall 2013. Germany’s first craft beer magazine.

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