Deutschland Bier bought and drunk (2020)

I've been to that brewery. They also pour at the Bootshaus im Hain in Bamberg. They do make good bier.

 

How strange! I was recently gifted a Weiherer Rauchbier (long story) but I've had a terrible head cold and so have been holding off on drinking it. I couldn't remember if I'd had it before or not, but now I'm looking forward to it!

Serious question - why "Rest of Deutschland Biere"? Why not "Bayernbiere" or even "Maerican Biere"? Do you not recognize Bayern's rule over Franken?

 

I'm not sure the Franconians are happy about it either! Re: the thread title, I was just curious, it's all good.

 

I think it was for thoughts on American attempts at German styles with some crossover thoughts on German attempts at American style beers.

 

I enjoyed an Augustiner Maximator on Sunday for £3.40 with the good exchange rate. It was bloody lovely. Edelstoff for £2.90 too which as always from the wooden barrel was magnificent.

 

That was in Garmisch by the way where I also enjoyed Mittenwalders Marzen and their Dunkel. Both very tasty indeed.

 

Canned Jever won a slot at the monopoly for launch this month which I'm happy about. It's been a few years since I had it last, and it's nice to see it being delivered here within a month of packaging. The aroma is fresh and mildly yet noticably herbal hoppy with some light sulphur notes. The taste is tongue-smackingly bitter with a bit of herbal hoppy notes, a light malt flavor in the middle and with a dry finish. The bitterness sticks around in the aftertaste and is definitely more pronounced than in other major German pilsner brands. It is very refreshing. It tastes like I remember Jever tasting, and I think it's a superb dry German pilsner.

 

A really unexpected and most welcome find at a local shop this week, amazing

 

@gavinbrooksbank -- are those LPs stacked in the background? (sorry, I'm easily distracted by the most trivial things )

 

they are indeed, well spotted! You need good music with good beer right!

 

So...has anyone tried the new Bitburger/SN compilation? Heading to TJs today to see if I can grab some.

 

So...to answer my own question...picked up a 6pk today. Canned Jan 8 2020 with 1 year best-by code. $12.99/6pk at a customer of mine hit my pain threshold haha.

According to label, it's a 5.8% ABV pale lager - the color definitely shows the darker side of the pilsner malt. Pours a nice billowing head, aroma is mixed of grassy hops and biscuit-y (Weyermann?) pilsner malts. I believe I read elsewhere 30 IBUs, first sips it comes off slightly boozy, slightly acidic but as the palate acclimates to the blend, it works well. For me it tastes even stronger than 5.8%. Carbonation is spot on.

This is a very flavorful beer. I don't get the "triple hopped" as much as the cracker/biscuit malt base seems to dominate the senses rather than the hops. Almost like Bitburger on steroids. Any fan of German beer will have to try this, it's a pleasant change of pace from the 4.8% ABV mega lagers that we are quite used to consuming. Prosit!

 

Sounds like an interesting beer. It was going to be released here in early April but due to the virus situation the monopoly has decided to discontinue limited releases for the time being. I was looking forward to trying it since the Oktoberfest collaborations never made it here. Oh well.

Concerning the color anything darker than pilsner color would mean that either some Munich and or Caramel malt is being used me thinks. Considering the color shade, and them using both Pilsner, Munich and Caramel malts for their new Kellerbier, a similar malt mixture seems likely, adding both color from the Caramel malt and added malt flavors from the Munich malt.

 

You know, I thought about that too before I wrote it. It's definitely possible, but I have brewed high(er than normal) OG pilsners before and they also ended up being considerably darker. I was also using Weyermann malts and this really took me back to those beers. Again, you may be right @Crusader just basing that on my experience and the "classic" pilsner recipe which usually does not contain Munich or Caramalts.

Saw on a German site today that it's being called an IPL which immediately made sense. It was boozier than the 5.8% and my first thought was actually that it's an imperial pilsner. I am anxious to hear other people's thoughts and read other reviews.