Magical History Tour

12th Oct 202423rd Sep 2024 ~ untappdbadges ~ Leave a comment

Magical History Tour was added in September 2024 and is Untappd’s badge for Historical Beers. To claim it check in five different “historical beers”.

Untappd’s “historical beers” cover a wide range, they currently include:

Adambier, a strong, dark and sour concoction from Dortmund in Germany.
Berliner Braunbier, a low percentage sour from Berlin, Germany.
Broyhan, a white beer from Northern Germany.
Burton Ale, a dark old ale, from Burton UK.
Dampfbier, a German style of ‘steam beer’.
Gruit/Ancient Herbed Ale, a beer with herbs instead of hops.
Kentucky Common, a dark cream ale from Kentucky, USA.
Kottbusser, another German style, this time from Cottbuss.
Kuit/Kuyt/Koyt, a Dutch style of top fermenting ale.
Lichtenhainer, a sour and smoky beer from Germany.
Mumme, a dark, strong medieval style of beer (again from Germany).
Historical-Other: a catch all for other Historical styles on Untappd.
Steinbier, a sour beer from Austria.
Zoigl, a German beer from Oberpfalz.

As you can see, quite an eclectic grouping!

Viennaville

2nd Sep 201930th Oct 2019 ~ untappdbadges ~ 3 Comments

Have 5 Vienna lagers to claim the Viennaville badge.

A traditional murky brown lager, Vienna lagers represent what a lager would have been before the technique was combined with pale malts to create the pale lagers and pilsners that dominate today’s beer market.

Trappist Travesty

30th Aug 201928th May 2023 ~ untappdbadges ~ 4 Comments

Have 5 beers brewed by Trappist breweries to earn this badge. It levels all the way to level 100.

An order of Catholic monks, they are named after La Trappe Abbey in France. The group began brewing beer in the 1600s and haven’t stopped since. While they also make other products like Cheese, clothing and coffins, they are best known for their beer and particularly their Dubbels, Tripels and Quads.

The order now has their own group to represent their interests – the International Trappist Association.

There are currently 14 Trappist Monasteries recognised by the association as breweries. Of these six are based in Belgium while the others are in the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, the USA and the United Kingdom. The most famous is Westvleteren 12, which is often called the best beer in the world!

Besides Westvleteren, the other 11 Trappist breweries are Westmalle, Chimay, Rochefort, d’Orval, Achel (all Belgian), La Trappe and Zundert (both Netherlands), Engelszell (Austria), St. Joseph’s in Spencer (USA), Tre Fontane (Italy), Tynt Meadow (UK), Mont des Cats (France) and Cardeña (Spain).

Trekking the Alps

30th Jul 20193rd Sep 2019 ~ untappdbadges ~ 1 Comment

The country badge for Austria. Have 5 Austrian beers for level 1. 5 more for level 2, and so on, all the way to level 100.

Alps

Austrian brewing tradition naturally is influenced by German traditions, especially from neighbouring Bavaria. Knowing this, it makes sense that the most popular styles are weizenbier, märzen and helles lager.

Austria is also home to the Vienna lager. An Amber coloured lager, this beer is a traditional style that was widespread before pilsners and pale lagers were developed in the 19th century.

Austria has a number of popular brands and many can be found internationally. This includes breweries such as Zipf, Gösser, Puntigam (all owned by Heineken), and the independent Stigel. Austria also has a range of craft brewers, look for Privatbrauetei Hirt and Schloss Eggenberg, especially their Samichlauss Classic which is an amazing 14% Doppelbock.