Smuttynose Vunderbar Short Batch #11

Ah, Vunderbar. So simple. So elegant. The impetus of this beer was two-fold. The first part stemmed from drinking a snot load of Sam Adams Noble Pils this spring. Great beer. The other was a visit by Cornelius Faust from Faust Brewery in Germany. He brewed a pilsner with Tod Mott down at the Portsmouth Brewery that was also quite beautiful. We, of course, couldn’t possibly let Mott show us up and so had to try our hand at the style. We’ve made several lagers in the past but this was our first attempt at a beer this delicate. Luckily, we stole Cornelius’ great idea of boiling the brewing water to soften it before use. We bumped up the acidulated malt to balance the mash pH and were able to mimic a traditional pilsner quite well. Hopefully you agree. Prost.