Grüß Gott from Austria

[Wiener Blut]

Hi,

I live in Vienna and am half Austrian, half English. I started brewing mainly because I miss the Real Ales of England, mainly bitters. I began with extract kites and now, after about two years of all grain brewing, I can finally manage to produce something resembling the real thing on my cobbled together equipment, although there is still a lot of room for improvement! The lockdown situation has only spurred me on.

I'm lucky that I live near the main hombrew supplier here, that stocks some English ingredients. However, the range of hops is limited to the EKG, Fuggles and First Gold. Likewise the yeast selection is not great with the main dry ones plus London Ale III. Been enough for me so far but might have to start looking further afield for more experimentation.

 

[phillc]

Welcome! Nice to have someone else on here from locked-down Austria.

I buy a lot of my hops from Slovenia. See what they have available online here.

 

[Banbeer]

Good Day, and welcome to the forum.

 

[DocAnna]

Very much a warm welcome here too, and interesting to read about your perspective of home brew in Austria and Europe, particularly since I'd have thought hops would be much more widely available... and no Saaz, Tettnang, or Hallertauer?

Anna

 

[Wiener Blut]

Very much a warm welcome here too, and interesting to read about your perspective of home brew in Austria and Europe, particularly since I'd have thought hops would be much more widely available... and no Saaz, Tettnang, or Hallertauer?

Anna

Oh yes, European hops are of course easy to get hold of, as are many American ones. I meant specifically for my craving of English styles.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Wiener Blut]

Welcome! Nice to have someone else on here from locked-down Austria.

I buy a lot of my hops from Slovenia. See what they have available online here.

Thanks for that link, seems to have a much bigger variety! Nice assortment of NZ hops too, which I've recently developed a taste for.

 

[Gerryjo]

Hi and welcome to the forum...

 

[An Ankoù]

Welcome to Valhalla. You'll find the best range of hops and English or Irish malts at the best prices (even with delivery factored in) at geterbrewed or thehomebrewcompany. Both are based in Ireland and both accept payment in euros.

 

[Wiener Blut]

Welcome to Valhalla. You'll find the best range of hops and English or Irish malts at the best prices (even with delivery factored in) at geterbrewed or thehomebrewcompany. Both are based in Ireland and both accept payment in euros.

Thanks!

 

[foxbat]

Welcome to the forum. Crossmyloof in Scotland ship worldwide. Lots of us on this forum use them.

 

[johncrobinson]

Welcome aboard.
Many members here love continental style beers and wines,I am sure your contribution will be most welcome.

 

[Crappyfish]

Welcome to the forum..
One question can you still get Eddlewiess on draught in Austria it was my favourite beer when I was holidaying in your beautiful country.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

It's been a long time since I was in Grüß Gott country - it's great to hear that again! You're very welcome here :-)
I've flown into Wien a few times in previous years on the way to Saalbach Hinterglemm for the excellent skiing - but not this year unfortunately :-)

 

[Wiener Blut]

Welcome to the forum..
One question can you still get Eddlewiess on draught in Austria it was my favourite beer when I was holidaying in your beautiful country.

I'm sure I've seen it around but it's not something I seek out tbh. You can get it everywhere in bottles though. Actually come to think of it I remember quite liking the alcohol free version.