The first 4 beer recipes from the Ecomusée d’Alsace. – Ecomusée d’Alsace
Honey, schnapps, vegetables, apple juice and now … beer! The Alsace ecomuseum, located in Ungersheim (Haut-Rhin), has just launched a new production. Finally, in several, since four kinds of the famous drink will be offered: blonde, white, IPA and dark.
“I have already bottled 400 to 500 bottles”, explains the brewer, Jean-Charles Decarprentrie, who has therefore installed his tanks and all his equipment in the heart of the village-museum which will reopen on Wednesday 23 June. “I’m in a glass cage,” he laughs again, wanting to talk about his large windows behind which visitors can see him working.
Several different recipes
“This new activity complements the museographic discourse. We already had a hop field where we organized a participatory harvest, then it stopped there ”, we detail at the ecomuseum. “There, we can use it for beer, even if it will obviously be supplemented by others from elsewhere. “
The 33 and 75 cl cans will be sold on site in July, but from June 23 at the Trèfle cellar in Ungersheim, which is participating in the operation. Prices have not yet been communicated. Contrary to future recipes: pumpkin, chestnut, Christmas … “In total, we should produce between 400 to 500 hectoliters per year”, concludes the brewer.
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