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Beer of the Week: Freigeist Abraxas Apple Lichtenhainer Ale

**Beer facts** (courtesy of Shelton Brothers Distributing): **Brewery:** Freigeist Bierkultur
Vormann, Hagen-Dahl, Germany
facebook.com/freigeistbierkultur Based on Freigeist’s classic sour east-German wheat beer, Abraxxxas Apple Lichtenhainer and Pear Lichtenhainer feature all the complexity, funkiness, and drinkability of the original, but go one step further by adding tart and flavorful real fruit during fermentation. The resultant brews are incredibly lively, characterful and thirst-quenching. **Style:** Fruit Beer **ABV:** 6.00%

From a faraway land he comes, bringing knowledge and gifts (though you have to pay for the gifts). WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Freigeist Abraxas Apple Lichtenhainer Ale for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

**Greg and Sebastian’s pairing suggestions:** -Fish, poultry, lemon sorbet
-Thanksgiving dinner, butternut squash soup, pork tenderloin, Brussels sprouts (Getty Images/David Silverman)

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Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.