Bengaluru-based brewery Geist Brewing Co. has a portfolio of wit beers, Bavarian darkish beers, American IPAs and Belgian blonde ales. But what was lacking was a good previous lager. The new launch, Geist Repeat Strong, is filling the hole. A crisp lager-style beer that has a steadiness between malts, hops and end. It is simple on the palate, and pairs with most meals.
“Geist is South India’s first distribution craft brewery,” says Narayan Manepally, Founder and CEO, Geist Brewing Co. In 2010, the Karnataka authorities made legal guidelines that allowed microbreweries to begin, and there was no wanting again. “We started with an association with two microbreweries in Bengaluru, Brewski and Byg Brewski. What we heard from customers was, we love your beers, but we do not want to wait in traffic to have them. Please make it available closer to home.” In 2016, they acquired an industrial brewery license and launched cans of beers like Geist Witty Wit (Belgian-style wheat ale), Geist Uncle Dunkel (German-style darkish wheat beer), Geist Kamacitra (IPA). The ales labored very nicely within the Indian market then.
The 500 ml cans are priced at ₹210 in Karnataka
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What is the distinction between an ale and a lager?
Narayan breaks it down. Broadly talking ales and lagers are two classes of beer. “The difference is that they use two different strains of yeast, a lager strain of yeast and an ale strain of yeast.” Lagers are usually fermented at a cooler temperature, between 15°- 17° Celsius, for a longer time frame. Whereas an ale is fermented at 21° Celsius for about 14 days. “So, an ale has more rapid fermentation, resulting in more of a mouthfeel, whereas lagers are crisper and drier.” Typically, in India folks know lagers as barley-based beers.
So why lagers now?
“Interestingly enough, worldwide there is a trend nowadays of going back to lagers…sort of going back to basics.”
The Geist Repeat Strong has an 18 IBU, and alcohol content material of beneath 8% . The lagers are all malt lagers and use conventional strategies of brewing. They don’t add any ‘feed’ exogenous enzymes whereas brewing. “We wanted to pay tribute to the way lagers were originally brewed.” The beer is an ‘export’ model beer. (Export on this context means the power of the beer and doesn’t denote it going outdoors the nation). It is a sturdy, however drinkable beer. Not very bitter however with a malty spine. The beer is lighter in color, making it extra approachable. “We waited to introduce a lager, because we wanted to get it right,” Narayan explains.
“There are many mass-produced lagers in the market, but we wanted to make ours craft like and different.” Geist examined and researched these beers for over a interval of two years earlier than the launch.
The beer is priced ₹210 in Karnataka for 500 ml cans. Available throughout retail shops throughout Bengaluru and will probably be accessible in different states quickly
