Homebrew?

It is always nice to discover a beer that shares your family name.

Distant relatives? Great. A namesake who happens to be a director of The Humane Society of the United States? Positively chipper.

But nothing beats discovering that your venerable name is connected with beer. But not just any beer, oh no, this sounds like a seriously tasty example of central european jungle juice. "Brauerei Reder" from "Pfeffenhausen" sounds like the real deal to me. But where can a 20-something London dwelling suburbanite obtain such a beverage? A road trip deep into the Bavarian countryside fills me with dread, as my car is of the 1988 Nissan variety.

Will I succeed? Will I be reunited with my long lost beer-brother? who knows.