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Beer | March 28, 2025

Goldfinger x Pollyanna x Binny's - Bank of the Rhine

Goldfinger x Pollyanna x Binny’s
Bank of the Rhine
Our Homage to Alsace

We’re proud to announce the arrival of another collaborative lager project with Goldfinger and Pollyanna. While interest in lagers continues to grow, the craft community continues to focus heavily on pilsners. While we love a good hop forward lager, the lagers that balance hop bitterness with malt complexity are ones we tend to treasure, imparting a lasting impression that leaves us longing for more.

Great lagers capture the flavor and culture of a place, transporting the drinker through the magic of fermentation and terroir. We invite you join us as we raise a glass to the flavors of Alsace. Situated along the Rhine River, this region of France is famous for a comingling of cultures, one where brewing and hop cultivation has been celebrated for centuries. Strisselspalt is the iconic hop of the Alsace. Grown in fields outside of Strasbourg, this delicately floral and herbaceous variety serves as the parent to many modern French varieties including Barbe Rouge. Barbe Rogue is known for imparting lovely dark fruit flavors, reminiscent blackberry, currant, and strawberry.

 

For the base of our Alsatian-style lager we utilized Avalon, a 2-row barley that was grown and malted at Sugar Creek Malt Co. in Boone Country Indiana. Avalon is a product of Virginia Tech’s Small Grain Breeding Program and was bred from barley with French parentage. A flourish of French specialty malts from Malteries Franco-Belges imparted additional color and complexity.

After a lengthy rest in Goldfinger’s horizontal lagering tanks, our rustic Alsatian-style amber lager is ready to be enjoyed. We hope you share a glass of this remarkable beer with friends over good food and conversation. Bank of the Rhine makes for the perfect partner to the Alsatian staple tarte flambée.

A big thank you to the teams at Goldfinger and Pollyanna for bringing this project to life.

Santé!

 

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