Forst World
THE COMPANY VALUES.
A SUCCESS BORN FROM PASSION.
For generations, FORST beer has been committed to preserving the pleasure of the art of brewing with passion and skill, offering FORST specialties which have always maintained the highest standards of quality.
A company with close links to its local area, to its values and to its traditions, keeping a deep respect for nature and the environment.
The wish to preserve brewing culture and the attention to detail that can be sensed throughout the company are also evident in the numerous FORST pubs, where beer enthusiasts can experience them in a convivial atmosphere.
With close links to the territory and its people, FORST beer is committed to the community with a strong sense of social responsibility, which takes shape in its support of numerous organisations and associations throughout Italy.
THE PRODUCTION PROCESS
FROM RAW MATERIALS TO THE BREWHOUSE
The malt supplied by the malthouses is stored in large silos. The amount needed for a production batch is then ground and mixed in the mash tun along with spring water from Marlengo mountain, in order to obtain the “wort”. The wort is then transferred to a kettle, along with the hops, and boiled for about an hour. In this way, three main ingredients come together in perfect, complete fusion in the brewhouse: a liquid (water) a grain (barley malt), and a flower (hops).
THE HISTORY OF FORST BEER
FORST Beer originated in 1857 thanks to an inspired idea from two entrepreneurs from Merano in nearby Forst/Lagundo, a place that immediately provided the best conditions for beer production: superb water gushing from the mountain springs, the possibility of storing natural ice during the winter, needed to cool the cellars dug into the rocks in the summer, and a convenient road for transit. Today, more than 160 years later, the company is still based here.
Generation after generation, the company evolved, becoming one of the most important independent family-run businesses in the brewing industry, producing high-quality specialty beers. Margherita Fuchs, together with her daughters, represent the fifth generation of the family, and as of today she continues to follow and carry on the corporate vision: a purist approach to the art of brewing, top quality raw materials sourced with total respect for nature, a long-standing relationship with loyal customers as well as a strong sense of social responsibility and close ties to the local community form the core commitments of a company with deep, local roots.
The production process
FROM YOUNG BEER TO AGED BEER
After adding the hops and boiling the wort, the solid particles that coagulate during the process are strained out using a special piece of equipment: the Whirlpool. The wort, now cooled, is then placed in the fermentation tank. Beer yeast is added, which transforms the sugars in the wort into alcohol and carbon dioxide. After the first fermentation phase, the yeast is removed from what can now finally be called “beer”, or more specifically, “young beer”. The fermentation process lasts 7-8 days at a controlled temperature. But this “young beer” still needs to age in order to fully express its extraordinary flavor.
The long aging process, which requires very low temperatures (below freezing) takes place in our lagering cellars, under the watchful eye of our master brewers. This phase naturally removes the components that make beer “sour”, turning the “young” beer into an “aged” beer. It is then filtered and bottled.
The result is a fresh, thirst-quenching FORST beer.
THE KEY TO HAPPINESS
Renowned for their fresh, subtly bitter flavors, our beers undergo constant quality control in order to preserve these features. The cutting-edge technologies used by our master brewers allow for continuous, stringent quality controls throughout each phase of production. What’s more, FORST beer only uses the highest quality ingredients, for its malt, barley, spring water, and hops.
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