Wagner Merkendorf Bock Hell

When we think of the colder half of the year, we immediately think of Christmas, cookies, snow, ski vacations, mulled wine, open fires and coziness We think of walks through snow-covered, glittering white landscapes, ice skating, baking gingerbread and stollen, long January nights spent with friends in our favorite pub, mandarins and oranges, woolly hats and the freezing cold:Inside in our favorite pub, of tangerines and oranges, of woolly hats and freezing cold As beer lovers, we also associate autumn and winter with the countless festive and bock beers that are brewed year after year, especially by Franconian and Bavarian breweries, just in time for the start of the cold, uncomfortable days

One of these breweries is Wagner from Merkendorf: the team from Upper Franconia brews two bock beers every year in October, which are then available from mid-November In addition to their dark bock, there is also a pale version with an alcohol content of 7.5% and an exquisite selection of aromatic hops and the finest malts

In the glass, the winter specialty beer presents itself in a shiny, crystal-clear sun gold A stately crown towers up, but is more of a fleeting nature In the nose, the bock is floral: fragrant notes of lilac meet herbs, grass and honey The first sip is malty and leads into a taste that lets notes of caramel, herbs and delicately bitter hops dance on the tongue