German Beers
What are your favorite German (or german-like) beers? I'm looking for some good beers to try and I tend to like German-Tasting ones the best.
Some of my favs:
- DeGroen's!!! made in Baltimore. The best Pilsner on earth.
- Becks
- Stella
I'm having a St. Pauli Girl right now for the first time. OK. It's pretty mellow. Still prefer those crisp Pilsners, but mellow has a time and place.
Some of my favs:
- DeGroen's!!! made in Baltimore. The best Pilsner on earth.
- Becks
- Stella
I'm having a St. Pauli Girl right now for the first time. OK. It's pretty mellow. Still prefer those crisp Pilsners, but mellow has a time and place.
Comments
Interesting fact: beer brewed in the former German colonies is made according to German purity laws. Well, 'Windhoek', brewed in Namibia is, which is why if you find yourself in Southern Africa you should drink that rather than South African 'Castle' lager which is urine.
Interesting fact: the only place outside of Ireland where they brew Guinness is in Nigeria. They love Guinness in Nigeria.
Proper Czech Budvar is a good pilsner (it is a Pilsner, right?)
I'm not much of a beer man, though, I must admit.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
- Stella
Ugh
Stella is a BELGIAN beer!
Talk about treading on Kopf's ego.
Wrong! What about Park Royal in London, a rather large Guinness brewery that I've done work in. Oh and we like Guinness in London too.
Originally posted by Hassan i Sabbah
German beers are made according to stringent 'purity laws'; French and British-brewed and Australian and Scandinavian beers aren't. German beer has no sweeteners or preservatives (they put sulphur into beer and all sorts of noxious chemicals apparently) and I'm convinced that it doesn't give you the same kind of hangover. I suspect that Belgian beer, which is the best in the world by a very, very long distance, has similar purity laws. (You've never lived until you've drunk double-strength blackberry-infused beer brewed by Belgian trappist monks.)
Interesting fact: beer brewed in the former German colonies is made according to German purity laws. Well, 'Windhoek', brewed in Namibia is, which is why if you find yourself in Southern Africa you should drink that rather than South African 'Castle' lager which is urine.
Interesting fact: the only place outside of Ireland where they brew Guinness is in Nigeria. They love Guinness in Nigeria.
Somehow I doubt these 'purity laws' really mean anything. Buzzword compliance almost...
I've tried Hoegaarden (sp?) for example ... because everybody said it was awesome...didn't really like it much. I'm not really fond of fruity beers, which most German, Belgian and Dutch labels seem to be. The Germans also seem to be obsessed with wheat beers, which make me gag.
Guinness...ech. I don't like nitro beers either. And in general, I prefer porters to stouts...imperial Russian stouts being the exception.
Originally posted by Alex London
"Interesting fact: the only place outside of Ireland where they brew Guinness is in Nigeria."
Wrong! What about Park Royal in London, a rather large Guinness brewery that I've done work in. Oh and we like Guinness in London too.
Oops. Make that 'outside Europe.'
Originally posted by Eugene
Guinness...ech. I don't like nitro beers either. And in general, I prefer porters to stouts...imperial Russian stouts being the exception.
No, no no! Guinness is no 'nitro beer'! It's an institution. It's a very different animal when you drink it draft, but apparently it doesn't travel well.
Originally posted by Hassan i Sabbah
No, no no! Guinness is no 'nitro beer'! It's an institution. It's a very different animal when you drink it draft, but apparently it doesn't travel well.
It travels bloody horribly....I used to drink Guiness in Dublin, back in the 80's...it was deep & oakenly dark....But I never got that used to it....They sell it here in Oz & it gets put brought over in vats to be mixed with the local water & other Sh...t..additives.... God.... whatever..but no matter what.....it always tastes like " metallic & tanked " sh...t.
The spirits people have no shame either....putting their stuff like Jacks & Gordon's gin into concentrates to be watered down..those two also taste like they've come out of a metal tank....Yuk.
Getting back to Guinees....
if you ever go down to Cork you'd be putting your life in danger asking for a Guiness..down they're they consider it almost treasonable to drink anything but Murphy's...I drank copius amounts of that stuff & really liked it..It was more mellow on the tongue & slightly sweeter too....Now that's a real nice drop as they say....
Originally posted by Hassan i Sabbah
Proper Czech Budvar is a good pilsner (it is a Pilsner, right?)
I think it's a lager.
Somehow I doubt these 'purity laws' really mean anything. Buzzword compliance almost...
I've tried Hoegaarden (sp?) for example ... because everybody said it was awesome...didn't really like it much.
The purity laws state that only water, yeast, barley and hops can be used. Hoegaarden wouldn't be an example, since it also contains wheat, coriander and orange peel. Apparently the purity laws are not in effect anymore either, except as the policy of individual breweries.
By the way, what's wrong with nitro beer? I really haven't tried much in the way of beer, so I'm not very good at distinguishing flavours yet.
Originally posted by Mac The Fork
Apparently the purity laws are not in effect anymore either, except as the policy of individual breweries.
Most german breweries still brew according to this law from 1516. I think most germans (at least the older ones) wouldn't touch a beer with "artificial" ingredients. Germany has many local or regional breweries. BTW, I'm just drinking a "Dinkelacker Märzen". Other beers I like, are "Das Schwarze" and "Das Echte" von Schwabenbräu or a Jever Pilsener.
great double bach.
Originally posted by der Kopf
Ugh
Stella is a BELGIAN beer!
Talk about treading on Kopf's ego.
Well, DeGroen's is American. I'm more referring to the continental style than specifically German, but I think that would confuse people. I simply hate UK beers.
I saw Budvar for sale. I think it's lager. . . I know it's the original Budweiser.
Unfortunately, I have never yet tasted a beer from Germany while in Canada or the U.S. that tastes nearly as good as German beers do in Germany. Perhaps German beer does not travel well. Perhaps you really have to drink it draft (I have not seen a German beer on tap in Canada or the US.). Perhaps they don't export their good stuff.
In the end, I don't know the reason why, but the result is that I cannot recommend any of the German beers available here.