Our collaboration with Yokohama Bay Brewing is a deep dive into the benefits of tradition, made using Czech floor malt and quality Saaz hops
[Character]High ABV version of a Czech stlye pils using floor malted barley and and extended boil to give it a rich complex malt character while maintaining its Noble Czech Hop character and drinkability.[Food Pairing]Onion and salami galette, fried white fish karaage with yoghurt sauce, gnocchi with cream sauce[Naming]"Gensen" essentially means carefully selected, and it felt to us like a fitting name for this mini-series, all based upon carefully chosen or selected ingredients that we wanted to shine a spotlight on. For this third edition, we are focusing on floor malted Bohemian Pilsner malt in collaboration with Yokohama Bay Brewing, and also classic fine quality Saaz hops.[Brewer's Voice]Sometimes great beer can be simple, with the extra wonder coming simply from using great ingredients, which was the plan for this collaboration with Yokohama Bay Brewing. In this Imperial Pilsner, we used Weyermann's floor malted barley, which derives its character from a very manual malting process that requires the grain to be mixed and turned over twice a day over 7 days, by hand, during the germination process. The malt gets mixed by hand to ensure proper aeration, to dissipate heat, and prevent the malt sprouts from entangling. Since this manual process does not use any artificial aeration like modern processes, the malt turns out slightly under modified, which can result in a very rich aromatic flavour. Only a few maltsters remain that follow this process, not least because it is incredibly labour intensive, but also because it requires a special facility with tight stone flooring, and it is much slower than that of modern techniques. This beer is made up of 100% floor malted barley, so we did a pseudo-decoction (as close as our brewhouse allows to a full decoction), and boiled for twice as long as normal beers at 120 minutes to further concentrate those rich flavours. The hopping was kept simple, but we wanted to source the finest hops possible for this beer. We reached out to our friend Luc at Godspeed brewing, who has connections in the Czech Republic, helping him to source some of the best Saaz hops available. After some light begging, he was gracious enough to let us have some to use for this collaboration. All of this was fermented out with a Bohemian lager strain for a nice clean character. This beer is complex and deep in character, yet simple in what went into it, and a true showcase of the fine ingredients used.StyleImperial Bohemian PilsnerSeriesNakamaABV7.0%IBU25Gas Volume2.7CategoryBeerJAN4589718742946Shipping Start2025/11/18Regarding shipping datesPlease note that, when multiple items are ordered together, they will be shipped out after the shipping start date of the latest product in the order.Best Before2026/07/17
