Nothing like a brewery tour to start off your Saturday! The Brew Master behind Franconia is Germany born Dennis Wehrmann. He hosts tours every Saturday at 11am. Today was a beautiful day in Texas around 75 degrees and a lot of people came out for the tour. I estimate there were around 100 people that showed up which seemed like a lot since I anticipated only around 10. The brewery is pretty small, so it was difficult to fit everyone in the building in each room at once, but we managed to make it happen.The tour begins the best way in can...Dennis introduces himself and shows us the way to the beer! Franconia has three main brews; a larger, wheat and dunkel. We were able to try large glasses of all three kinds (that's right they definitely aren't stingy when it comes to trying out the beer).
The wheat beer tasted like you would expect, with slightly sweet flavors. The lager was smooth and had more flavor than a lot of lagers out there. The dunkel was interesting. It's a dark brew lager that was much more drinkable than it looked. I really wish I would have taken pictures of the beer...oh well, I guess that just means I will need to go back! Anyways I could smell and taste coffee and chocolate flavors and it was quite nice.
Dennis did a great job explaining the process of brewing the beer and all the ingredients and work that goes in to each barrel. He has a great personality and made the tour very enjoyable. If anyone lives in the area I highly recommend checking this place out if your a beer drinker! They currently don't sell bottles of their beer YET, but are working on it. For now you can enjoy a glass at local pubs in Mckinney, Frisco, Plano and other surrounding cities.
Interesting Fact: Franconia is one of the only two breweries in the DFW area. It's a shame, I know. The other one is Rahr in Fort Worth.
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