{"id":4651,"date":"2019-11-23T22:49:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T22:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/budweiserbudvar.com\/uk\/?post_type=story&#038;p=4651"},"modified":"2020-11-03T12:06:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T12:06:44","slug":"ingredients","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/budweiserbudvar.com\/uk\/blog\/story\/ingredients\/","title":{"rendered":"INGREDIENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbcf341083 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #7e1620;\">Budweiser Budvar has only ever brewed its beer using the best local ingredients. <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ca4a4f;\">Here\u2019s why.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbd1341084 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p><span class=\"firstcharacter\">S<\/span>ome drinks seem to bottle the essence of a place. By harvesting the finest ingredients from their local landscape, they create a unique expression of that region. Think of a classic single malt Scotch whisky, or Champagne. Each is such a perfect distillation of a place that they couldn\u2019t be made anywhere else. And it\u2019s the same story with Budweiser Budvar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since 1895, every single drop of this beer has been made in one place, and one place only: \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice, or \u2018Budweis\u2019. Just like Champagne, the location is not only responsible for its name \u2013 <em>Budweis<\/em>-er, the beer of Budweis \u2013 but the ingredients that make this beer special. Budvar still sources its ingredients from the same places, the same fields, farms and artesian well that it has for 125 years, which is why it was recognised with a \u2018Protected Geographic Indication\u2019 award by the EU in 2004.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbd1f41085 class=\"gallery-images alignleft\">\n\n<gallery-images gallery-images=\"[&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/IMG_2736HOPS.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/23A3669.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/P7190054-1219x914.jpg&quot;]\" block-styles=\"{&quot;background-size&quot;:&quot;cover&quot;,&quot;background-repeat&quot;:&quot;no-repeat&quot;}\"><\/gallery-images>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbd2541089 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p class=\"p1\">Any good brewer will tell you that great beer cannot be made without great ingredients. And the unique geography and geology of the Czech Republic is a brewmaster\u2019s paradise, producing the best four raw materials for crafting lager on the planet. Drink a glass of Budvar and they\u2019re all there: whole-cone Saaz hops, Moravian malting barley, pristine water from an Ice Age aquifer, heritage brewing yeast \u2013 all working to create that freshness, crispness; the full, complex flavour.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5de102983bd17 class=\"text-block text-block align\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #c39f56;\">And behind each of them is a story.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/budweiserbudvar.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/IMG_3009HOPS-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/IMG_3009HOPS-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/IMG_3009HOPS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/IMG_3009HOPS-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/IMG_3009HOPS.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbd454108a class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: #c39f56\">\n  <h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>HOPS<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbd5b4108b class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p><span class=\"firstcharacter\">A<\/span>s the sun rises across the fields, brightening and warming the thick, green towering corridors of bines, the air becomes overwhelmingly aromatic. Sweet yet sour, citrusy yet floral; it\u2019s the thirst-inducing tang every beer lover knows. Hops. Whole-cone Saaz hops, to be precise; gloriously scented, fresh and oozing their essential oils in the dawn light.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignfull wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOPS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3kYDzOWPZTM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbd914108c class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p>Picking season around the ancient town of \u017datec \u2013 historic home of hop growing for over a thousand years \u2013 is an unforgettable experience. This was the spot where hop prices across the world were set. In the 1920s, there were over 80 hop warehouses and 160 traders operating here. As beer\u2019s most talked about ingredient, hops are still subject of passionate discussion, albeit more among beer fans than traders these days. Still, anyone in the know will tell you that the landscape around \u017datec produces one of the finest varieties in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Known in brewing circles as \u017datec or \u2018Saaz\u2019, these ancient, red-bine hops are classed as a \u2018Noble Hop\u2019. This doesn\u2019t mean they dress in robes and wear a crown. More that they are one of the most traditional varieties in Europe, ranking alongside the likes of Tettnanger, Spalt, and Hallertauer Mittelfr\u00fch in terms of provenance and quality. Saaz possess a rare balance of bitterness and aroma that lends itself perfectly to Bohemian beers. It\u2019s why Budweiser Budvar has been brewing with them for since 1895, and why their nickname around the brewery is \u2018green gold\u2019.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbd9e4108d class=\"gallery-images alignleft\">\n\n<gallery-images gallery-images=\"[&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/IMG_3720HOPS.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/IMG_2654HOPS.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/IMG_2716HOPS.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/IMG_3063HOPS.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/IMG_3211HOPS.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/IMG_3227HOPS.jpg&quot;]\" block-styles=\"{&quot;background-size&quot;:&quot;cover&quot;,&quot;background-repeat&quot;:&quot;no-repeat&quot;}\"><\/gallery-images>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbdae41094 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p>Using the whole cones of Saaz hops is famously expensive, but the truth is that they are as valuable as gold when it comes to brewing the world\u2019s finest lager, shaping mouthfeel, and bringing the fresh, floral, citrusy notes to the beer. It\u2019s why \u2013 unlike many other well-known breweries \u2013 Budweiser Budvar refuses to brew with anything else. In the eyes of Budvar\u2019s brewmasters, pellets or extracts just don\u2019t make the grade. For Budweiser Budvar, it\u2019s whole-cone all the way, sourced from the same fields and farms as they have been for centuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once picked, the hops are dried, packed and delivered to the Budvar brewery in \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice. They arrive compressed in green bales, complete with a wax seal, a traditional mark guaranteeing their quality, ready to come to life again where it matters most.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbdb941095 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: #c39f56\">\n  <h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>MALT<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbdc841096 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p><span class=\"firstcharacter\">I<\/span>t\u2019s often said that Czech beer has real soul. And that soul has a name: malt. After all, it\u2019s malt that brings the colour and the taste of the beer. Since 1895, Budweiser Budvar has sourced its malt from a place with real soul too: the Han\u00e1 region of Moravia, in the southeast of the Czech Republic. Here, seven rivers meet to create a rich, land of plenty. People speak their own dialect, have their own costumes and festivals, and it\u2019s said that the soil is so fertile that should a farmer\u2019s button fall into it, the button would sprout, shoot and grow.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignfull wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MALT\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWU3CvJwF98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbdf041097 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p class=\"p1\">But before you start hatching a plan to plant gold or diamonds, there\u2019s already treasure growing here. A heritage strain of quality malting barley at the heart of Budweiser Budvar\u2019s distinctive and complex flavour. Han\u00e1 is a natural floodplain that is ideal for creating what is widely regarded as the Rolls-Royce of malts. Its sweeping, flat fields are made up of nutrient-filled earth as dark and crumbly as chocolate cake, perfect for holding the moisture required for the shallow roots of the barley plant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Growing on these fields for centuries, the specific barley Budweiser Budvar uses to produce its slowly matured lager has been carefully curated over centuries to be the finest lager malt strain you can find; one that\u2019s referred to by Han\u00e1 folk as the \u2018mother of all lager barely\u2019. The yearly cycle sees it sown in spring, sometimes up until the middle of March. The barley shoots and grows for 90 or 100 days before its grains are harvested in the high summer sun of mid-July. But the starch in the harvested barley isn\u2019t ready to be fermented into alcohol straight away. There\u2019s another process to go through first: malting. Brew-ready malted barley, or malt occurs at a maltster\u2019s; it\u2019s here the barley is first soaked, encouraging it to germinate, and then quickly heated with warm air in a \u2018kiln\u2019 to pause the germination.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbe0341098 class=\"gallery-images alignleft\">\n\n<gallery-images gallery-images=\"[&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/23A1981.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/23A1731.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/23A1757-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/23A1763.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/23A1787.jpg&quot;,&quot;https:\\\/\\\/budweiserbudvar.com\\\/uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/11\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/23A1897.jpg&quot;]\" block-styles=\"{&quot;background-size&quot;:&quot;cover&quot;,&quot;background-repeat&quot;:&quot;no-repeat&quot;}\"><\/gallery-images>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbe144109f class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p class=\"p1\">The degree of \u2018kilning\u2019 that barley malt receives depends on the kind of beer being brewed. Pilsner lager malt is lightly baked whereas other, darker malts \u2013 for ales, porters and stouts \u2013 require a heavier roast. Once finished, the malt can be whisked to the brewery ready to work its magic, imparting that golden glow and body, bringing soul to every single Budweiser Budvar.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbe24410a0 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: #c39f56\">\n  <h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>WATER<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbf0d410a1 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p><span class=\"firstcharacter\">W<\/span>ater has long shaped human settlement. Whether for drinking, manufacturing, travel or trade, few places truly prosper without water. And it\u2019s certainly true for \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice, home of the Budweiser Budvar brewery. Around here, the mighty Vltava, the Czech national river is an unmissable influence. But while it\u2019s true the town wouldn\u2019t exist today without the proximity of this powerful \u2018mother river\u2019, there is another kind of water found here that is even more special. An ancient water that comes from deep underground.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignfull wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATER\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUckYxJNtls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbf2b410a2 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p class=\"p1\">\u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice\u2019s fame comes from brewing and at the heart of that is a subterranean water. Pure, clean, soft water. The town was first awarded a royal decree for brewing by P\u0159emysl Otakar II, king of Bohemia in 1265, in part because of its water and the excellent quality of the beer that could be brewed with it. In the lottery of geography, the town got lucky. It is positioned 300 metres above a massive underground reserve of crystal-clear water so pure it is safe for infants to drink, straight from the ground. This Ice Age aquifer is a time-capsule of pristine snow melt, untouched for 10,000 years, laid down in an era before industry, pollution or agriculture.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/budweiserbudvar.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/The-source-of-the-Vltava-wooden-pipe-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/The-source-of-the-Vltava-wooden-pipe-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/The-source-of-the-Vltava-wooden-pipe-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/The-source-of-the-Vltava-wooden-pipe-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/The-source-of-the-Vltava-wooden-pipe.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbf3f410aa class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p class=\"p1\">As well as being pristine enough for babies, this water really suits a more grown-up drink. Drawn at a neutral pH with the perfect \u2018hardness\u2019 for brewing, it requires no treatment before it\u2019s transformed into lager. This elemental and mineral composition greatly contributes to taste of the finished product, as Ale\u0161 Dvo\u0159\u00e1k explains: \u201cMost breweries around the world have to treat their water before they can brew because the right mineral composition is so important for the many complex chemical reactions that happen during brewing. Even small changes in the balance can make a huge difference to the taste of the final beer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are other examples of this. Dublin has famously perfect water for brewing stout; Burton in the UK has water that is superbly balanced for ale. But few other places on earth have such perfect water for brewing lager as \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice. In fact, it is written into the terms of the brewery\u2019s Protected Geographical Indication award \u2013 the PGI stamp on the bottle. Budweiser Budvar can only <i>ever<\/i> use water drawn from its aquifer under the brewery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbf4a410ab class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: #c39f56\">\n  <h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>YEAST<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbf59410ac class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"firstcharacter\">W<\/span>hen you think of making beer, you probably think of hops and barley. You probably don\u2019t think about yeast. It\u2019s easy to understand why. Yeast isn\u2019t the most fun thing to look at or discuss. There are, after all, good yeasts and bad. But when it comes to brewing we\u2019re certainly dealing with the former. And while it may be true that yeast doesn\u2019t get much love in any beer discussion at a crowded bar, the reality is that without this magical, single-celled organism, there would be no beer.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/budweiserbudvar.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/23A4153_optim.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/23A4153_optim.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/23A4153_optim-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/23A4153_optim-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/budweiserbud.wpenginepowered.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/11\/23A4153_optim-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbf70410ad class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The use of yeast in fermentation goes back at least 5,000 years. Lager yeast is a much more recent development in the grand scheme of things, at something like 160-years-old. Back in the 1860s, it was everyone\u2019s favourite pasteurisation polymath, Louis Pasteur, that gave a name to this magic ingredient \u2013 and that name was \u2018yeast\u2019. It was quickly understood that this was the missing ingredient in brewing, and even the famous German Purity Law or <i>Reinheitsgebot<\/i> had to be amended to include it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The brewmasters at Budweiser Budvar were early pioneers in lager brewing yeasts, creating their own strain of <em>Saccharomyces pastorianus<\/em> in their laboratory in 1895. It\u2019s said of some bakeries in Paris that their sourdough starters date back 200 years or more, and that age is an essential part of what makes them unique: it is a stamp literally baked into the flavour. Bread enthusiasts travel far and wide to visit these hallowed locations and taste breads baked with heritage yeasts that have lived through Parisian history, through Impressionist painting, through romance, revolutions, wars. The yeast strains at historic breweries like Budweiser Budvar are the same; they hold the same magic and intrigue and, while not all that much to look at, they certainly share the ability to create spectacular flavour in the finished product.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbdc2e960eb class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: #ca4a4f\">\n  <h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #fffef8;\">The brewmasters at Budweiser Budvar were early pioneers in lager brewing yeasts, creating their own strain of Saccharomyces pastorianus in their laboratory in 1895.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-block_5ddbbf89410b5 class=\"text-block text-block alignleft\" style=\"background-color: \">\n  <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brewmaster at Budweiser Budvar, and self-confessed yeast obsessive, Adam Bro\u017e, agrees: \u201cOur yeast dates to the founding of the brewery. Having studied yeast for my PhD, this has always been a big part of the appeal of Budvar to me.\u201d He admits. \u201cPeople don\u2019t understand how much of the flavour of the beer comes from the yeast and the action of it in the brew.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As you might expect from a doctor of yeast, he\u2019s right, of course. Lager yeasts like Budvar\u2019s differ from ale yeasts; they are designed to complement the long and slow maturing process at cool temperatures in the cellars. You might call them the workhorses of the yeast world, slowly and tirelessly acting on the residual sugars left in the beer, removing impurities, creating soft natural carbonation and crafting that final flavour profile. Budvar\u2019s strain delivers a finished product that is crisp and dry, balancing a rich malt taste with the aroma and bitterness of the hops. So next time you raise a glass, save a thought for yeast \u2013 brewing\u2019s hidden hero. 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