OT (German, not American): Julius Echter Hefe-Weisse

[Julia Achenbach]

I think it is a mixture of both:
Julius Echter was a prince-bishop, who lived in Wuerzburg until 1617. His
monastry may have brewed beer in a certain way that the present-day
brewery still follows. But it was his beer, since he was the head of it
all.


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> At 12:17 PM -0400 9/25/09, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>Do you-all think Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier (Wurzburger Hofbrau AG) is:
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>>1)  Julius Echter's yeast-wheat beer; or (and a more enchanting
>> possibility)
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>>2)  Julius's purer/more genuine/more authentic/more substantial)
>>yeast-wheat beer (take your choice)? Here I imagine Julius to have
>>been a little-old German brewmaster of olden times, who came up with
>>the formula.
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>>Joel
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> If it were Julius echter Hefe-Weissbier we'd have known for sure.
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> LH
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