German Beer Appreciation 2025

Given this I suspect that Delicator may not exactly be a favorite for you.

I discussed Delicator in a past thread:

“Overall:

This beer is quite good. It is on the hairy edge of being too sweet for my personal palate.”

https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...l-time-of-the-year.679076/page-8#post-8103011

Prost!

 

Urweisse. A delightful dark weizen. Cheers.

 

Follow the bouncing ball:

 

Kulmbacher Brauerei (Germany) EKU 28 Doppelbock

33 cl bottle into a short glass in Toulouse, France. €2.89.,,
Headless, except for what looks like a spit splotch in amber brew.
Nose is malty, caramel, um.,.
Taste isn’t horrible. Comes in strong, dragging the malt violently behind. There’s a port essence to it - some raisin, prune., finishes not as sweet as I expected, due to, I’m sure, the lagering.,. there is a reasonable heat and quick red cheeks.
Feel is almost thick, just enough carbonation.
Overall, a high octane buzz ball that’s all right, at best, big calories, at worst.

3.86/5 in the BA DB

 

I lover German beers and there are some good examples made near me (Gold Finger, Art History), etc. But I have never had a great US made Kolsch. Had some good ones but never anything that can really track with the beers in Koln.

 

Likely not available in your area but Von Trapp Kolsch.

Cheers!

 

I agree.,. this one clocks in at 11%, so it’s a bit of a beast. I first tried it, like, 50 years ago., and was advised to be cautious. “All that one will do is make you sleepy”, is what my mentor, Naja, told me.,.

 

Kid Kölsch that they brew periodically. Not bad.

 

Brewed on and off. Not bad, but never had Kölsch in situ so I can only compare to import bottles.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/50290/541096/

Best US-brewed Kölsch I ever had was Metropolitan's Krankshaft, but they're gone now and I'm not sure Short Fuse (who bought the brand) is making that label or how good it is.

 

I like Bavarian beer so much that I moved here along time ago and never left. I like seeing all of these fans of beers that I love. Ayinger, Andechs, Aventinus, Augustiner my A's I call them. There are so many more here. It is just nice to see folks liking beers that I drink all the time.

 

Airbrau in the airport opens at 0800. When ever I pick up visitors I stop by the brewpub for a Bier and Weisswurst. It Haß a beergarden and is Between Terminal 1&2

 

Any chance you can change that to T & A’s with Traunstein?

Prost!

 

Munich's a (relatively) small airport but if he's got a few hours to kill, the train service into downtown is excellent! To the main train station (in the town center) is about 30 minutes (as I recall), so if he's got a couple of hours layover, it might be worth his time to head down to Marienplatz and hang out.