Good news! Around 3 weeks after bottling I couldn't resist and had a little taste with friends: Less disgusting than expected - not even terrible! Smells almost like a nice smokey, peaty Islay Whiskey. Taste wise it could benefit from some more body and is almost a bit bland compared to the scent.

Decent yield - and I reckon once carbonated and matured for a bit, it won't be half bad!
#WeuBräu #Homebrewing

I still lack the equipment to break that kind of stuff myself, so I have someone destroy it for me :3

To continue: Crackers were pretty decent and still fresh, same goes for the jam and the tinned sausage. Nothing to complain about and it goes really well together. The vegetable broth isn't too salty, rather a tad on the bland side?
I haven't gotten around to trying the coffee or tea yet...

Danke dir! :)

PS: Some more pictures from our Zugspitze tour, because why not. ;)
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Now I'd kinda want to do this again, but probably via the Reintal route first, for variety. Let's see when time allows for it!

A hell of a trip! But as if that wasn't enough of an achievement:
He said yes / I said yes! ❤️
I don't think I've ever been so physically destroyed and happy at the same time ever in my life x3

The tuna... Well. I'd say the mentioning of some sort of salad dressing might be a bit misleading. ^^ There is some - just about enough to make it less dry than ordinary canned tuna sometimes is. Which isn't necessarily bad? I've had worse tuna products so this one seems pretty decent for what it is

Honestly this quote is so good:

“Beer can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be—that’s what made me fall in love with it. It’s something you can work to perfect forever”.

Nothing wrong with chicken fricassee, one of the main entrees. Not spectacular, not bad, just what you'd expect from that kind of meal when bought canned. Good texture on the meat. A bit bland - salt is provided but some pepper would be nice. Beverage: Multivitamin-kinda flavor, not too thin @ 0,5l

Had to test a fairly young bottle of this experiment at the age of just about two weeks to start refining the recipe for the big batch with enough maturation time.
Still a tad too sweet and no foam whatsoever in two bottles! One week later, foam was present but still a tad too malty and sweet.

As expected, the canned rye meal bread (quite coarse) is still perfectly fresh, and so is the small tin chicken sausage. The spread is some kind of margarine product with a bit of black pepper, something you wouldn't really find in a supermarket like that. Not bad, adds a bit of moisture.

And yes, Lager-Type of beer at basement temperatures, using NovaLager yeast. Worked for the Maibock, hopefully for this one too despite 1-2 °C warmer temperatures at this time of the year.
I'm not yet fully convinced about the experiment with this yeast at 8 °C and didn't want to take a risk there