German Beer Appreciation 2025

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  1. Bavarican

    Bavarican Pooh-Bah (1,815) Apr 27, 2025 Germany
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    On the way back from the Munich Airport today the wife and I stoppen by the Brewery and had Lunch at Weihstephaner. Always a top place.
     
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  2. Blogjackets

    Blogjackets Grand Pooh-Bah (4,816) Nov 22, 2017 Ohio
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    Their Hefeweizen is my favorite of the style. Recently after years of searching I finally found a couple of bottles of their kristalweizen. Excellent. Vitus is liquid gold. I’d love to visit there one day. Cheers.

     
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  3. Bavarican

    Bavarican Pooh-Bah (1,815) Apr 27, 2025 Germany
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    While I was there they have a couple of new beers which I have added to BA.
     
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  4. Techichi

    Techichi Pooh-Bah (2,061) Sep 25, 2012 Texas
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    Tucher Festbier canned mid May. Very nice.

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    #364 Techichi, Jul 27, 2025
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  5. SLeffler27

    SLeffler27 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,906) Feb 24, 2008 New York
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    Yes, I like this idea.

    No, I think this is less valuable than the effort to maintain it.
     
    #365 SLeffler27, Jul 28, 2025
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  6. mactrail

    mactrail Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,999) Mar 24, 2009 Washington
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    Now for something completely different-- Bärentöter German Sour Gose Bock from Ritterguts.

    My first thought is "a bock gone bad," which is a bit unfair since the brewer seems to want it this way. While the stuff is quite repellent at first mouthful, it gets a little better as you sip. The salt and spices add to the weirdness. It's slightly sweet and slightly sour, a combination that only Rodenbach seems to have mastered. Flavors of strange fruit, then some cinnamon lingering. It's not bitter but the aftertaste has some bark and barrel. I can't say this is a pleasure, but anyone who enjoys trying truly weird brews will want it.

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    #366 mactrail, Jul 29, 2025
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  7. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    That is quite an oddball. Sounds awful actually. Hey, but you never know until you try something. Cheers!
     
    #367 ATL6245, Jul 29, 2025
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  8. Techichi

    Techichi Pooh-Bah (2,061) Sep 25, 2012 Texas
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    Flensburger Dunkel. Date on the bottle is 1.8.26. Was this bottled last month, or am I not getting that right? Seems almost impossible for an import.

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    #368 Techichi, Jul 29, 2025
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  9. moodenba

    moodenba Pooh-Bah (2,502) Feb 2, 2015 New York
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    Euro-style date is Aug. 1, 2026. Looks like an expiration date. An 18 month span between bottling and exp. date is common. So it's possible that it was bottled about Feb. 1, 2025.
     
    #369 moodenba, Jul 30, 2025
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  10. Techichi

    Techichi Pooh-Bah (2,061) Sep 25, 2012 Texas
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    I see, so not the 6 month span like US best buy dates. Thanks!

    Still pretty good date for an import here in a small town in TX. It's a decent dunkel for sure.
     
    #370 Techichi, Jul 30, 2025
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  11. moodenba

    moodenba Pooh-Bah (2,502) Feb 2, 2015 New York
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    A six month age is probably fine. And I'm not in an area to find fresh German beers, so I've had good tasting year old German lagers.
     
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  12. Blogjackets

    Blogjackets Grand Pooh-Bah (4,816) Nov 22, 2017 Ohio
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    First Ayinger Oktoberfest märzen of the season. Cheers.

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  13. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    Heck yeah! That's my favorite for the season.
     
    #373 ATL6245, Jul 30, 2025
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  14. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
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    ...I just stumbled upon this thread earlier today...

    BRAUWELT Köln -- Sünner Kölsch
    Kölsch
    ABV: 4,8%; pouring temperature: 42.8 ℉; bottling info: L148; best before: 1 16
    Source: local purchase

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    ...a generally good beer, but a recent version I had from Chuckanut was incredible...
     
    #374 beergoot, Jul 30, 2025
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  15. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Real gambler with that laptop, you are. :wink:
     
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  16. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    Cool! Thanks for posting, I've never seen that one before.
     
    #376 ATL6245, Jul 30, 2025
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  17. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
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    ...it's an old laptop with my Linux install...it's expendable :sunglasses:...
     
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  18. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
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    ...I've had it a few times...their may even have been a BA online tasting with kölsch beers...regardless, I've posted two reviews of it on the beer's BA web page...didn't bother updating anything this time...

    ...off the subject of kölsch beers but still dealing with German beers, I lived for five years in (West) Germany (roughly 1986 - 1991) -- two in West Berlin (Tempelhof Zentral Flughaven), three in Sembach Air Base)...there was a great brewery in the Rheinland Pfalz called Bischof (Privatbrauerei Bischoff GmbH & Co. KG) that made some great beers...it was located in Winnweiler, survived 150 years, but closed its doors in 2022...it was a small operation (like so many German breweries), but I do recall finding some of their beer in a Florida shop (Total Wine?) sometime in the late 1990s or 2000 while on a USAF Space Command IG inspection at Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral AFS...and I still wonder if Berlin still has Schultheiss and Berliner Kindl (I preferred the Kindl)...anyway, I love all the classic German beer styles, so now that I'm watching this thread, I'll be back periodically...
     
    #378 beergoot, Jul 30, 2025
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  19. ATL6245

    ATL6245 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,984) Aug 16, 2018 Georgia
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    I have access to pretty much the same German beers most everyone else does: Paulaner, HB, Ayinger, Reissdorf, Gaffel, etc. Maybe a few like Goller and G. Schneider & Sohn that many don't, but it's interesting to see what everyone comes up with that I have never seen before.
     
    #379 ATL6245, Jul 30, 2025
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  20. CarolinaCardinals

    CarolinaCardinals Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,231) Jun 11, 2003 North Carolina
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    My last trip up to Asheville proper in late June yielded Brauerei Göller Dunkel and BRAUWELT Köln Sünner Kölsch. Should be investigating in the near future.
    Cheers!
    Tom
     
    #380 CarolinaCardinals, Jul 30, 2025
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