German Beer Appreciation 2025

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  1. Freising

    Freising Initiate (185) Aug 6, 2025 New Jersey

    A good Pils deserves a better Pils is how the saying goes, if I remember correctly.

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  2. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Damn, that's really pale.
     
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  3. Freising

    Freising Initiate (185) Aug 6, 2025 New Jersey

    Right? Hard to get a beer that pale without the use of adjuncts while getting it up to 5.1%.

    When fresh, it’s an amazing beer. This is BB January and quite good.
     
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  4. SLeffler27

    SLeffler27 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,906) Feb 24, 2008 New York
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    I’m still trying to figure out what “UCL action” might be. :slight_smile:

    Ultra Clear Lager?
     
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    Freising Initiate (185) Aug 6, 2025 New Jersey

    UEFA Champions League. Football. Or soccer, if you must.
     
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  6. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    @JackHorzempa and I have discussed before how nice it is to have local breweries who make German style beers well. We can get a fresher beer than the aged imports we tend to get. I'll have to brag on Round Trip Brewing here in Atlanta and their Dunkel Platz. They release it after Oktoberfest season and I look forward to it every year. Very well crafted and spot on style. Prost!

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  7. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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  8. mactrail

    mactrail Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,999) Mar 24, 2009 Washington
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    Eibauer Zwick'l Naturtrüb from Privatbrauerei Eibau with getting toward the last of the dahlias.

    Pleasant wheaty taste with a tangy finish. Malty in flavor and just sightly sweet. Lush and sudsy with creamy carbonation. This doesn't appear unfiltered but it does have a more robust flavor than the Hells of the world. Warm yet tangy, some spicy notes, and a bit of greenery in the aftertaste. Overall this is another excellent beer from a brewery that would remain invisible except for the distributor who put together this Costco Biergarten box idea.

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  9. Freising

    Freising Initiate (185) Aug 6, 2025 New Jersey

    I have a soft spot for Spaten Oktoberfest, as it’s the first Oktoberfest I ever had.

    First semester of college, my German professor brought in Spaten Oktoberfest and apple strudel for a classroom Oktoberfest celebration. She was fully aware that most of us were not of legal drinking age and it was very much in her personality to not care about that inconvenient fact a single bit.

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  10. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    Great story. Thanks for sharing!
     
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  11. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    Just a reminder; we have just exited peak German style beer season - Oktoberfest. But there is a beer for every season. Don't forget about all those higher gravity bock style beers for the winter months! I hope to see more of those styles over the coming months. Btw, one of my Christmas Eve traditions is to enjoy a bottle of Schneider Weisse Aventinus. Keep enjoying and posting those German style beers!
     
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  12. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Is this an offer to launch the 2026 Appreciation thread on January first? :grin:
     
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  13. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I am in Texas now visiting family and friends. Got here via a road trip with one stop being Hot Springs, Arkansas. We have a favorite German restaurant there and we went there again for dinner and beers. My first beer was Schneider Aventenis served on draft. I am a BIG fan of that beer.

    Prost!
     
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  14. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    One of us will. I was surprised I was able to launch it as late as March!
     
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    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    I'd love to try that on draft. We have a pretty good German restaurant here in the town I live in and I don't think I've ever seen it on draft there. Maybe I should ask sometime. The bottles actually turn frairly quick here and many stores keep it. I've never tried the cans. Probably should do a side-by-side sometime. Prost!
     
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  16. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I haven’t tried the cans yet either. When I visit my local Retail Beer Distributor I see the four packs of cans on the shelf and look at it longingly but then I see the price below it…

    Maybe I will buy a four pack as a Christmas present to myself this year!?!

    Cheers!
     
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  17. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    There you go! I mean, you gotta treat yourself every now and then.
     
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  18. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    I will tonight!

    Heading to Wursfest this evening with my wife, sister and friends. Many pitchers of German brewed Oktoberfest. You won't believe (well, maybe you would) how much a pitcher of Paulaner (or other) Oktoberfest costs.

    Plus we get to watch/hear good music as well:



    Prost!
     
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  19. davetharave

    davetharave Aspirant (299) Apr 6, 2008 California

    Dang, I drank a lot of Schneider's years back but haven't had one in ages - this looks great I'll be on the watch for it
     
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  20. davetharave

    davetharave Aspirant (299) Apr 6, 2008 California

    The Ayinger Oktoberfest Marzen was the gold standard this year (says I) - maybe the best I've ever had and I've had several
    For German style in Ventura County, Callee-fornia there is first and foremost Enegren Brewing in the lovely town of Moorpark , a must visit for lager lovers of all ages (95%of the beers on their board are lagers)
     
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