Bayernbiere Bought and Drunk

Dave,

I wonder how well a beer labeled as Dull Beer would sell in the US!?!

Cheers!

 

That's a great pic, too.... as I recall the head was so hefty and fluffy... took all day to pour... on draft... great bier....

Prosit!

 

I used to drive the A7 just about every weekend for a few years to Nördlingen where my wife lived before we married, I've never even heard of Gnodstadt LOL. FWIW I did attend a Brauereifest at Landwehr Bräu, I believe it was a Herbstfest, or even their Fränkische Brauereifest. Have you ever been there @Bierman9 it's not far from your beloved Rothenburg o.d.T?

 

Have had lots of their Bier while in Roth.... One year I borrowed a bike from the Herr at my Gasthaus and rode out there.... lovely ride... had a couple of Biers... nice place... have always hoped to do there tour but can't match the right dates/times....

Prosit!

 

Tony (@boddhitree) you have to pay money to Photobucket to 'upgrade' you account such that they will let you share your photos on BA.

I recommend that you set up an account with imgur. They will let you share photos with no charge. I also found imgur to work 'better' than when I used photobucket.

Cheers!

 

This is one of my favorite imported Pilsners. I believe I've had it on draft as well.

Unfortunately I rarely buy it because there's no date on the bottles. Maybe I'll find some good Pils in Darmstadt?

 

FWIW from my review of a year ago: Found some of this locally with a decent best-by date of May 2017 -- and no more green bottle. Sure wish I could remember where I found this.

Good Pils in Germany? Good luck with that.

 

Yup, they're all brown bottles over here. I don't recall ever seeing a best-by date though.

You drank it in February 2017, assuming it was bottled a year before the best-by date (May 2016), wouldn't that make it 9 months old?

Well, the only other time I've been to Germany I was in Munich. Based on this thread, it sounds like I was in the wrong place for Pils.

I do remember it being soft, and not crisp, and it also had a very mild hop presence. The Helles on the hand was obviously outstanding.

 

The last time I had tried it green bottles were the norm.

Since some German breweries add an 18 month best by date, I suppose it could have been older. But the review speaks for the beer.

There's plenty of Pilsner to be found in Munich, I drank it every time I was there. My first beer in Germany was a Pils at the Munich Airport while waiting for traveling companions arrival.

That could have been the particular brand(s) you were drinking, not to mention freshness and non-Pasteurization in contrast with imports. But I definitely remember crisp & hoppy in those I drank -- especially compared with Helles.

 

You guys in other parts of the country getting Weihenstephaner Pilsner in bottles? Just saw it pop up locally and gonna grab some. Schlenkerla Urbock apparently came in recently too, so gonna have to jump on that as well.

 

I can usually get 6-packs over the border into Wisconsin -- or take a trip to the other side of the county to find it. Most Weihenstephaner around here is Vitus and Korbinian in .5 liter bottles, or past-dated Weizen six-packs.

Been a long time since I've seen any Schlenkerla with regularity.

 

We've been getting the Vitus/Original/Weizen/Seasonal sixpacks fairly "regularly" (meaning maybe 2-3 drops a year). Just hadn't seen the pilsner until now.

Just started getting Schlenkerla again, and never got anything other than the marzen and weizen, so definitely know the Urbock is fresh. I guess unless we're getting crazy old bottles pawned off on us, which I'd like to believe isn't the case. It being a fall/winter beer makes me think it showing up now makes sense/suggests it's fresh. Been too long since I've had any Schlenkerla, since there's no bottle dates I don't ever grab them. If we start getting seasonal beers, though, I'd probably take the risk.

 

I know the fAstenbier is the go-to answer, but the Urbock is my fave Schlenkerla.

 

So has anyone had the Schenkerla cans yet?

 

Haven't seen any Schlenkerla cans yet, but I'm going shopping toward the end of this week with the hope of buying some.
For me, I enjoy Schlenkerla's rauchbiers beers on tap, but in bottles they're a bit too much. The smoke seems to get stronger and stronger even over the course of a few months. Compared to how they taste in Bamberg, or even just a relatively fresh US keg it's a big difference. I haven't seen any of their bottles in years, but the Spezial bottles that made it stateside tasted close to what Schlenkerla's smoke level is in Bamberg.
In terms of beer preferences, the kräusen is easily my favorite. After that it's a toss-up between the normal märzen and fresh bottles of helles. The bock's sweetness is too much for me, although I do like the Fastenbier's hoppy notes. Eiche is an occasional thing, but I really have to be in the mood for it. My local pub gets a keg every year and 1-2 pints is all I can handle of it for the year.

 

I think I've been seeing the Pilsner for about a year now.

Hasn't the Urbock been available over here year-round? Maybe I've just seen it sit on shelves.

Compared with other Bocks and Doppelbocks out there. I don't find the Urbock sweet at all. I was just talking about this offline, but there are few beers that I can point to as cloyingly sweet -- it seems like there's becoming a sort of prejudice against beers that are perceived of as "sweet," as opposed to hoppy, I guess. What other beers do you find too sweet?

 

I'm not sure it's just the pure sweetness of the Urbock, but more of that sweetness combined with the smoke. People sometimes compare rauchbiers to BBQ sauce, and that's one I fully get that note with.
In terms of other beers I find to be overly sweet, I'd put Salvator up there for sure. Most super super hoppy beers from the mid '00s (120 minute, Devil Dancer, etc.) would be up there as well. Most everything I've ever had from Southern Tier tastes like they added sweetener to the finished product. The Bruery's stuff leans in that direction, too. While I truly enjoy them, the New Glarus fruit beers are incredibly sweet. I don't necessarily mind sweetness as long as there's something else I like going on.

 

Wow. I understand the sweetness, per se -- but no to any point of being overly sweet. Anyone else?

Domingo, do you drink soda pop when you aren't drinking beer? I do and I wonder if my palate is set more for that sugary sort of sweetness than any beer.

And any sort of fruit beer would probably be super-sweet (or tart) to me too.

 

I drink things like vitamin water and energy drinks, but usually the diet versions. I prefer to get my calories from beer and/or food. I do drink a decent amount of OJ and cranberry juice, too.
I find most fruit beers aren't super sweet, but the New Glarus ones definitely are. The Lindeman's back-sweetened lambics are similarly sweet. Yet the fruit beers I get from Crooked Stave, Casey, Trinity, etc. aren't usually. They have a tarty juiciness, but rarely anything I associate with sugary sweetness. Non-sweetened lambics are even more so.
I don't really mind sweet beers, but they're situational. I mean, I appreciate a lot of the stupid "pastry stouts" sweeping the beer world as a nightcap type of item or dessert substitute.