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Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.81
It has been a long, long time since the fields of Southern Minnesota were filled with amber waves of barley. We’re working to change that.
In a unique partnership with the Gieseke family and other local farmers, we made this beer with malting barley grown just a stone’s throw away from our brewery. Right down Fort Road, to be exact.
Brewed to allow the bready character of the malt to shine through, Fort Road Helles is a full-flavored, easy-drinking classic.
The Journal, April 5, 2017 [Excerpt]
By Clay Schuldt
NEW ULM — Schell’s celebrates the release of Fort Road Helles, the latest in the company’s line of beers, Tuesday night in the brewery tap room.
Fort Road Helles is different from most American beers. Not only is the malt used to create the beer made from barley but the barley is produced locally in a farm 15 miles outside of New Ulm near the historic Fort Road.
The word “Helles” describes a traditional German pale lager beer, produced in southern Germany near Munich. The word can be translated as “bright,” “light” or “pale.”
Schell’s Brewmaster Jace Marti first developed the idea for Fort Road Helles after speaking with a University of Minnesota small grain specialist about the flavor of European barley.
“Minnesota used to be the biggest barley producer in the country,” Marti said. “That’s how Grain Belt got its name.”
To find a unique flavor of malt, Marti decided to search out barley growers. After many conversations and research, a partnership sprouted between local farmers Nate Gieseke and Tim and Lori Kohn.
By coincidence the release of Fort Road Helles lines ups with Schell’s win in the Star Tribunes March Malt-ness Beer Bracket. Over 57,000 people voted in the head-to-head tournament of Minnesota beers, and Schell’s was voted the top brewery by a wide margin.
August Schell’s Brewing Company specializes in quality-crafted beer and boasts a proud heritage of 157 years of continuous family ownership
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