German beers with low IBU?

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  1. Zamnb

    Zamnb Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2017

    Does anyone know of any?
     
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  2. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Weizens
     
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  3. einhorn

    einhorn Savant (1,175) Nov 3, 2005 California

    Many Kölsch
     
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  4. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    What do you consider low?

    Helles and Dunkel are not too high, but higher than the Weizens.
     
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  5. FrankenBier

    FrankenBier Zealot (645) Feb 4, 2003 California

    I had a Berliner Weisse at Strassenbräu (in Berlin) that had 0 IBUs. Does that count :slight_smile:
     
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  6. Zamnb

    Zamnb Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2017

    Thank you. I would say 20 and under.
     
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  7. Zamnb

    Zamnb Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2017

    What did it taste like? I have always wondered what beer would be like with no hops or other such flavors at all?
     
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  8. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    Those above should be tried, then?
     
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  9. Zamnb

    Zamnb Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2017

    Yes, after looking up what these types are I have actually had a couple but didn't know what they were at the time. I liked them and they weren't very bitter so now I have the names of the types and I can find them again. Otherwise it would have been a guessing game trying to figure out the few beers I have liked over the past decade but do not know the names or types of. Kolsch in particular I remember liking years ago but never would have remembered that that is what it is called until I read that here and then read up on it and saw the type I had.

    EDIT: also just remembered I had a dunkelweizen a long time ago and it was very good. Again not a word I would have remembered without seeing it again set aside as a lower IBU beer. Seeing these beer types along with the sea of other beer types and zero info on what types have high or low IBU makes it difficult to figure out.
     
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  10. Lurchus

    Lurchus Zealot (733) Jan 19, 2014 Germany

    german sour beers as well-berliner weisse,gose,lichtenhainer...
    Kölsch should be over 20...
    A lot of Helles and Dunkles are over 20 as well.
     
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  11. jonb5

    jonb5 Pooh-Bah (1,745) May 11, 2010 England
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    What about Zwiesel Dampfbier?

    Might be hard to track down though.
     
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  12. Zamnb

    Zamnb Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2017

    Okay thank you.
     
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  13. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    The perceived bitterness in a Dunkel should be low. Ones from Franconia will have more hops.

    Munich Helles will be on the low side, the ones from Franconia will be higher. Augustiner at the Keller, well I had to really search for any Hop character to bitterness.
     
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  14. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,252) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    Aren't those lagers like Beck's Gold essentially very under-hopped pilsners? I made a mental comparison to Jupiler the one time I had one.
    They wouldn't have weizen/Berliner/Gose level IBUs, but they'd be lower than most other beers.
     
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  15. FrankenBier

    FrankenBier Zealot (645) Feb 4, 2003 California

    It was very good, nicely tart. Enough malt flavor that you knew it wasn't lemonade :slight_smile:
     
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  16. Lurchus

    Lurchus Zealot (733) Jan 19, 2014 Germany

    And a lot of Dunkles and Helles is brewed in Franconia.......:wink: At least a lot of different examples.
    Are they even still around and relevant?? A lot of those "gold/mild" beers retired a year or two after their introduction...


    I had dolo once in western africa, a local beer style also without any hops. But that was not the weirdest part of it......By far the most unique beer experience I ever had:wink:
     
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  17. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    The last German beer I had with the word “gold” in the brand was Flensburger Gold. I had this beer a year or so ago. To the best of my knowledge this beer is still being produced. I have no idea what the measured IBUs are for this beer.

    Cheers!
     
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  18. Lurchus

    Lurchus Zealot (733) Jan 19, 2014 Germany

    From my perspective, there were two "boom periods"...the "gold rush" after Beck's Gold was introduced in the early 2000s ,with a lot of copycats (Krombacher Extramild, Bit Sun, Flensburger Gold and tons of regional, lesser known copies) and in more recent years, some breweries like Krombacher make a "Hell" again...to me it seems more like marketing than anything else. And...it's been a while since I've seen Gold beers "in the wild".
     
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  19. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    what about the Gold Krone from NORMA? :wink:
     
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  20. jonb5

    jonb5 Pooh-Bah (1,745) May 11, 2010 England
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    I used to enjoy a Becks Gold from time to time, Flensburger Gold is pretty forgettable though.
     
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