Which styles do you wish were brewed more often?

Doppelbock's and Schwartzbiers

 

I'd like to see more of the lesser known German styles around. Helles Lager, bock and doppelbock, dunkelweizen, weizenbock, eisbock, schwartzbier, and altbier.

 

I believe i saw on tv that eisbocks can only be brewed at a facility that carries a distillers license because of how high the abv of the style is? Id like to see one myself. Haven't yet.

 

Interesting. I'd like to try an eisbock but I've never seen any around my area. That might explain why.

 

It is not the percentage of alcohol that prohibits US breweries from making true eisbocks - it is the amount of water that is removed. Federal regulations state that the freezing process can only be used if "...(1) the volume removed is a de minimis amount (not more than 0.5 percent of the volume of beer used in producing such product)..." As noted in that BATF ruling in 1994, most US breweries' "ice beers" at the time simply replaced most of the volume of the ice crystals removed with water to follow US law.

That regulation does not prevent some US breweries from producing eisbocks - as explained in Joe Sixpack's Ice bock: Frozen out in the U.S.A.

 

would love to see more American brewery takes on helles style like surly hell, great beer

 

Sahti and Gruit.

 

Regular Stouts without adjuncts. The only one I can readily find is Guinness Extra Stout. Everything else is either a Milk, or Oatmeal, or Imperial.

 

Germany-specific:
Altbier
Berliner Weisse
Gose
Schwarzbier
Rauchbier

 

I wonder people in the US experience lack of munich beers, kellers, pilsners and weizens. There are lots of them here.

 

Berliner Weisse

 

It depeds on where you live in the US. It appears that the amount of German imported beers is less than it was a few decades ago; likely because more shelf and tap space is occupied by US craft beer.

I am fortunate that in my area (Southeastern Pennsylvania) there are a number of US craft breweries making various German style beers. Last evening I was at the Sly Fox brewpub and I drank a couple of draft pints of Tettnang Keller Pils. I am fortunate to live in an area where beers like Munich Dunkel, Kellerbiers, Pilsners, Hefeweizen, Doppelbock, etc. are appreciated by American craft beer drinkers and the local craft breweries produce those sorts of beers. Most of the US is not as lucky.

Na zdorovie!

 

I'm right with floridadrift. We need more Barleywines, Old Ales, Scotch Ales, and Abbey alees

 

Pilsners. I had one at Hill Farmstead a few months ago and was blown away. Now i want more...

 

Hill Farmstead Mary is indeed a tasty beer. Lots of high quality Pilsners are brewed in Southeastern PA but I suppose most do not make it up your way. Some examples: Sly Fox Pikeland Pils, Neshaminy Creek Trauger Pils, Stoudts Pils, Straub Pilsner,...

I would recommend Sixpoint Crisp to you; that should be available in your area?

Cheers!

 

Menthol malt liquor

 

I'm happy with just stouts

 

Another vote for maibock, and bocks in general.

 

More hop forward lagers would be good. I don't know if this is a real thing or not, but something like a dry hopped pilsner might be up my alley. Light, crisp and bitter.

 

Bitters and traditional Porters.