Märican Biere Bought and Drunk...

As you know, the only Spaten Okto I can find in my area is 8 months old, but it's still distinctly different in flavor than the HB or Weihenstephaner Wies'n Fest I've found -- much more so than I think Sinamar could add. And the Paulaner Amber I've had has been very close to Spaten (as always), but with that distinctly drier finish.

No sign of the Paulaner Wies'n Fest this year -- anyone else?

 

The only Augustiner beers imported to the US is the Edelstoff and the Maximator:

http://www.gviimports.com/augustiner.html

Cheers!

 

Shame it comes in those tiny 33cl bottles. And the label is a step down too; I wonder why.

 

I saw a store pull out LAST year's six packs....does that count?

That stupendous bar I always speak of has their Wies'n on tap. I will be having it, alongside with Paulaner's amber at the their Oktoberfest outdoor celebration in two weeks.

No bottles or cans in stores though.

 

Hope you called 'em out on that BS.

Be interesting to hear a comparison... got a notebook?

 

Just a bit of input....

The company I rep for sells Augustiner beers, as mentioned above only the Maximator and helles. It's sort of a mystery to me why they don't do their Oktoberfest at this time of year. Now that most AB houses have taken over distribution of Spaten, it seems there is much less focus and distribution of the Spaten Oktoberfest and most Spaten/Franziskaner beers, at least in these parts.

It should be added that the Augustiner prices are extremely out of whack, they wholesale for about twice of what most German beers sell for. Too bad, they could be moving a lot more beer.

 

You mean the Edelstoff, right? Never seen the basic Helles in the U.S.

 

That must have been outside of Munich. In Munich, every supermarket, convenience store, and gas station seemed to have it for €0,55 per half liter.

 

Yes, the Edelstoff. Sorry.

 

This was 2012. Just found this: http://www.supermarktcheck.de/product/15965-augustiner-edelstoff-bier

Looks like the price per liter ranges from €1,25 to €1,58 -- or €0,62 to €0.79 per half liter.

So, it has gotten somewhat more expensive, but not to the the €1,15 for a half liter mark.

EDIT: that was the Edelstoff. Looks like the regular Helles is in the same range, though: http://www.supermarktcheck.de/product/31011-augustiner-helles-vollbier

 

SPEAKING of Paulaner's Oktoberfestbier... remember this post from last year:

After having this beer, I've sworn off all Paulaner as Einheitsplörre.

 

What the heck is the Edelstoff anyways? It tastes like a Helles to me, but it's stronger than any I've had.

It's listed as a light lager here.

 

Exportbier - another can of worms...

I had always understood "Exportbier" as a different name for a stronger helles.

 

Just the everyday prices I saw. A couple I distinctly remember: a stand-up fridge in a small EDEKA near the Munich Marriott in Schwabing had bottles in the €0,50-0.60 range (we were staying in the Marriott, and I would stock up here while getting my kid a Muellermilch), and an Agip gas station right outside the Munich Airport...also in the €0,50-0,60 range (thought about grabbing a couple of bottles for the flight back using my remaining coins, but passed).

 

Interesting. Well, it tastes like a Helles, not really a stronger one. Same with Ayinger's Jahrhundert. Used to be listed as 5.5%, the recent bottles I saw were 5.2%. A bit higher than some Helles, but not appreciably so. And that one tastes all Helles to me as well.

I'll be honest, I have no clue what Dortmunder is.

And Beeradvocate either has the wrong picture here, and there's an actual Augustiner Light Lager. Or they need to change the name to Edelstoff, and not list it as a light lager. I have no idea why the name is wrong and the category, since they've both VERY wrong.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/820/12272/