Beer!!

posted on November 28th, 2010, 11:07 am

I'll quote some posts and lets continue from there.

You should try "Bockbier" - this is a special german beer with double original wort and about 9% - 10% alc.
Those little demons taste great and you will be satisfied after 4 or 5 of them. In late summer it is "Bockzeit" in germany, so if you want to pay a visit here, take a Bockbier with you ;D

... we should open a thread about german beer.

I know Bockbier. It's well known in the Netherlands as well. One of my favorites for that is Jopen 4 Granen Bok | Jopen Bier

If you like bockbier i strongly recommend you try this.

Just keep in mind that Germany isn't the only country with a history in brewing beer. I would like to propose we ban any mention of "American beers"

posted on November 28th, 2010, 11:42 am

Okay, to my favorites:

Here in germany I've tasted a lot of different beers, and here is a little summary of them:

"Bockbier" or "Doppelbock"

- Freibeuter (Pirate)
9,0% alc. and you dont taste the alc. in it. Thats good, because alc itself wont bring a lot of taste, its the mixture. So, when you like a very aromatic beer with a lot of taste, take the "Freibeuter".
Be aware that it is strong - some like it, some not. I like it.
http://www.bier-index.de/biere/freibeuter-starkbier.html

"Becks" and "Jever"
Its the std.-beer here in northern germany. Or Jever. Those two are the classic "pils"-beer and taste quite good.
I dont like pils-beer that much, because it will taste good only after you have had the first or second, but those are good from the start.

White-beer - "Hefeweizen"
This beer is an invention of the bavarians and it includes besides water, barley, hop and malt also wheat and barm. This gives the beer quite a sweet taste and makes it more "thick". It tastes good from the start. In berlin, the capital of germany, there is quite a misdeed going around: Mixing white beer with "sweets" for example woodruff. It might be nice for girls or similar people, but it is a sin to mix a good beer with sherbet.

A good white beer is "Franziskaner".

Czech-beer:
German beer is not the only good beer. The Czech are also very good if not even better in brewing beer. I cant give a real favorite there, because I only had two kinds of czech beer - but they are good. ;-)

posted on November 28th, 2010, 4:08 pm

im from bavaria and can tell you: the more intelligent bavarians know that good beer does not only come from germany. Tested alot stuff, and some of it was quite good, even though i dont remember the names.


the not so intelligent bavarians still think they make the only good beer ... wonder when this will stop

posted on November 28th, 2010, 4:37 pm

To name a few, Belgium and the Netherlands (alright, a bit of bias here).

There are run of the mill type of beers like Heineken, Amstel and Jupiler and there are some exceptional brews.

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posted on November 28th, 2010, 4:56 pm

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some run of mill beers are quite good. (just because a beer was brewed in Netherlands or Germany doesn't necessarily make it good )

Im personally a fan of windhoek lager, windhoek Draught and bavaria draught.

my day is never complete without a ice cold brew down the hatch.