No more Christmas trees, but pumpkins. The Pumpkin Weizen should make up for the lack of the Winter IPA. And, as Sierink emphasizes, it is also sustainable: the pumpkins are of a variety that does not meet the ideal of beauty and is therefore hardly sold.
Important note: only an alcohol-free version of pumpkin beer is available. This fits well with the company’s new direction, Sierink explains, and with the spirit of the times. “People moderate, they drink more consciously.” That is why from now on the brewery will only make non-alcoholic beers and beers with a maximum of four percent alcohol.
Homemade Christmas tree beer
Beer based on spruce needles is difficult to obtain in the Netherlands. It used to be a popular drink in the United States, but only a handful of brands remain. If you can’t afford to miss it, you can try to make it yourself: be online many recipes for which you only need a few handfuls of needles, water, yeast, lemon and sugar. And a lot of patience.