E.T.A. Dunkles Lager - Dunkles Lager

Even though E T A Hoffmann's guest appearance in Bamberg was quite short, many things in the cathedral city remind us of his almost five-year stay The municipal theater, where Hoffmann was first conductor and then dramaturge and painter, bears his name, and there are several sculptures of him and his works in the city and in the park, his former home and places frequently frequented by him are marked with plaques, his frescoes can be found in Adalbert Friedrich Marcus' Dichterklause at Altenburg Castle and numerous institutions are named after him According to tradition, Hoffman did not spend a particularly happy time at the World Heritage Site, but the people of Bamberg still hold him in high regard

A very special honor and one that would certainly have made the alcohol-loving writer particularly happy is a beer in his name The E T A Hoffmann is a dark lager from the Mahrs Bräu brewery Its liquid homage to the hero of Romanticism was created for his 200th anniversary and celebrates him with strong malt fullness and hop notes from the Perle and Select varieties from the Hallertau region The chestnut-brown specialty smells and tastes of delicately melting milk chocolate, caramel, dark bread, red forest berries and roasted nuts A gentle hint of hops and a complementary bitterness complete the interplay of aromas