Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailBeer

St. George Pilsner is a clean, crisp lager based on an old north German beer recipe. A centuries old conditioning process and unique lager yeast result in an exceptionally smooth beer. Traditional 2 Row Pale and Munich Malts along with noble German Hops ensure a well balanced, pale golden lager with a fine creamy head.

This golden lager is a close relative of the more popular Czech style. However it has a lighter malt flavor which allows the noble German hop character to shine through. This beer is a clean, crisp, dry lager with a bright hoppy finish.

A light-bodied, straw colored German lager with a pleasant hop bouquet and a classically dry, crisp finish. Silver medal 2002 LA County Fair

Dry, crisp, and clean, this authentic German lager is cold fermented and lagered for six weeks. This pilsner is straw colored and a bit bitter with a soft flower aroma.

A classic lager brewed with European Vienna and Munich malt. Saaz hops are added then it's aged for 2 months to develop a smooth toasted biscuit taste.

German Style Pilsner - a pils, golden in color, malt accented with a medium to low bitterness. made with German malt and Sterling and Hallertau hops, 5.8% ABV.

This brew looks at weisbier and doesn't really stray from the classic themes. Moderate Phenols (clove), low noble hop aroma (Hallertau), slightly sweet flavors from Pilsner Malt, some haziness thrown from the proteins in the wheat malt, and a tartness intrinsic to the yeast. Yeast is one of four inherent properties of beer and German Weizen yeasts are some of the most world renowned. At just over 5% its a beer that's good to have as a friend.

With hints of alcohol in the nose to complement the clean, malty flavor of this “liquid bread” beer; Munich and Pilsen malts are lagered for months to produce rich, caramel undertones and a slight fruity finish.

Richard Gerrish was the Captain of the first ship built in Dover in 1698, which was built for trade with the West Indies. It is possible that his ship carried some of the first IPA's ever created. Full bodies with a light amber color, this beer has a well rounded malt bill to balance out the large amounts of hops. Strong flavor and aromas or citrus and pine are met with high bitterness. We also dry hop this beer in the serving tank which lends additional hop flavor and aroma.

Fermented on the cool side with our house ale yeast, around 62 F for primary fermentation. The cool temperature restrains our house ale yeast, so that the beer is very clean, with a slight ester that we think pairs up well with the caramel flavors from the Cara 20 malt. So it’s an ALE, but with the clean character of a typical lager, and without the slight sulfury notes some lager yeasts give. So where did we come up with the recipe? The Chandlers did not have any original recipe information, so we relied on descriptions from the time, plus some information on the recipe that Evansville Brewing used when the Chandlers introduced Gerst Amber back into Nashville in the 1990’s. Most of the beers that the William Gerst Brewing Company would have made would have been lagers, likely in the German style, but they did produce some ales. As far as ingredients, we used mostly German malts, but with a small portion of flaked maize (corn). I can’t be sure, but I would guess that some of these adjunct malts would have been used.