Aenne - Saison

Regionality is the hobbyhorse of Kemker Kultuur from Alverskirchen, near Münster The brewery not only pursues this theme by using regional raw materials, but has also made it its concept to revive the local specialties of the past centuries, In the course of the renaissance of old, long-forgotten beer styles, however, old, long-forgotten ingredients also had to be tracked down In order to get as close as possible to historical recipes, Jan and his team set out in search of traditional grain varieties from the region They soon came up against their limits and had to realize with regret that there were no farmers who grew old varieties:inside who cultivated old varieties

But Jan wouldn't be Jan if he had given up at this point Instead of throwing in the towel, he looked for allies: together with the local Chamber of Agriculture and farmer friends from the Frecklinghof organic farm, he set up a project to grow the almost extinct black peacock barley This historical grain is less productive than modern varieties and was therefore forgotten The brewery revived the variety for its beers, even if it took a few attempts to achieve a good harvest

With the fruits of their hard work, the brewers brewed