Craft beer and craft bread—doesn’t get much better than that. Victoria’s Lighthouse Brewery has collaborated with acclaimed artisan baker Byron Fry in this new limited release titled Sauerteig.
Sauerteig Farmhouse Ale was created by Lighthouse head brewer Dean McLeod using ingredients provided by Fry of Fry’s Red Wheat Bread. Sauerteig (German for sourdough), made from rye flour, is the pre-fermented starter in the baking of traditional German sourdough breads. This 7-percent beer is brewed with rye, wheat and barley flakes, malted wheat and rye, spelt flour and sauerteig prepared by Fry.
Of the unique beer, McLeod notes: “A saison with as many bakery ingredients as we could throw at it, including huge tubs of rye sourdough starter made for us by Byron Fry. Sweet and a touch sour with a little rye spiciness, this one’s for more general audience than a truly sour or bretty beer would be.”
Lightly doughy and mildly peach on the nose, with muted hops, a distinct sour note and an understated earthiness, finishing with a bit of that fiery rye.
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