Favorite Reinheitsgebot beer?

Locally we get a good range, Spaten, Weihenstephan, Ayinger, Urquell and others. What I choose depends on the bottling code.

 

Paulaner Oktoberfest Weisn

 

Aventinus 6

 

Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock - http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/72/1934/

 

The new Weihenstephaner 1516 really gets me going.

 

Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier.

 

I loved Paulaner's Oktoberfest. Has a certain bready goodness that American Oktoberfests can't quite seem to match.
Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock and Kulmbacher Eisbock are also great.

 

Can't say I give a crap about reinheitsgebot per se, but I do love me some Ayinger, Andechs, Weihenstephaner, Schneider Weisse, etc. I don't know how to pick a favorite since an eisbock and a helles are so drastically different.

 

Am I missing something here? The main purpose of the original Bavarian Reinheitsgebot was to exclude wheat from the production of beer, either for competitive reasons (German breweries outside of Bavaria were much more likely to use wheat in their beers) or to ensure that enough wheat was available so that bread remained available and affordable. As such, the two wheat beers you have chosen violate the Reinheitsgebot.

 

I agree with your observation, and also thought the choice of Weizenbock was rather ironic. However, the Reinheitsgebot was "amended" to include wheat in brewing some years later -- just as it was amended to include yeast... once it was discovered that was actually a pretty integral part of making beer what it is.

That said, my favorite beer following the Reinheitsgebot? Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, of course. What? Water, barley malt, hops and yeast -- right? There you go.

 

Naturally carbonated too, which is important. It's not just about the ingredients.

 

PU, love a fresh one with the Saaz hops.

 

Boston Lager

 

Troegs Sunshine Pils will be released in April which is just a few days away.

WOO-HOO!!

Cheers to water, malt, hops and yeast!!

 

That's what I was going to post. Come to think about it I could post Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout and many other US brewed craft beers.

 

Be careful with the Stout, it may have un-malted Barley in the grain bill and call down the RHGB wrath!

*That, right there, is suspect.

 

Yeah most American IPAs follow the Reinheitsgebot after all. I like German beers but they're not my favorite. They're good "drinking with mates" beers. Beyond that, I have something more challenging : a gueuze, a complex IPA, a balanced English porter, a bonkers stout etc...

 

Bitburger.

 

I stand corrected, I guess you can't go by just whats on the label.