Stuttgart breweries/beers to pick up

I feel like there's one more but I can't think of it off the top of my head. I don't know much about the Stuttgart beers (or beer stores, sorry), but Schwaben Brau's Das Echte Schwarzbier is pretty good.

 

Dinkelacker and Schwaben-Bräu is one brewery. They merged some years ago.

 

This is one of those occasions where you'll probably have to sample and decide for yourself which one(s) you like best. I spent a day at the Canstatter Volkfest (Stuttgart's Autumn festival) and enjoyed the beer from all of the breweries.

 

Boak and Bailey have just put up a blog post about Stuttgart, may be of interest to you.
http://boakandbailey.com/2013/09/stuttgart-beer-is-not-the-main-event/

 

Not a Stuttgarter brewery, but you will need to look for Rothaus (Tannenzäpfle) if you haven't had it already.

 

I quite like the Dinkelacker brewery tap:

http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/stutpubs.htm#dinkel

 

I thought the post by Bryan the Beerviking was a noteworthy read. I wonder if there is any genuine impetus for a German version of CAMRA?

Prost!

"When it comes to beer in Germany, your experience of Stuttgart and Frankfurt is the norm rather than the exception. Beer travellers go to the likes of Bamberg and Munich and think they’re typical – but *they* are the exceptions.

For the rest of the country, when it comes to draught beer it’s macro-brewed Pils or Weizen, often by a subsidiary of a multinational.

When I think about it – which I try not to do too often, as it hurts – it drives me nuts that there’s no proper equivalent of CAMRA to draw attention to this. Instead, there’s this Einsheitsgebot-based assumption that all is still rosy and world-beating.

Thankfully, things are gradually changing. It’s painfully slow though.

(By the by, I’ve not been to Calwer Eck for maybe 10 years, the beers were uninspired but OK back then. And I rather like a couple of the other Schwaben beers, notably the Marzen.)"

 

Stuttgart = Württemberg = Wine country
It's like going to Saudi-Arabia and being disappointed you can't get pork sausages.

 

Innsbruck is gorgeous, isn't it? Do you remember the beer you had? I remember drinking a lot of Huber while in Austria.

 

Just sayin' there's much better places for seeking out beer up here

 

You don't read "Gösser" and "tasty" in the same sentence very often. Unless there's a big "NOT" in between there somewhere I generally stay clear of everything defiled by the foul touch of Brauunion...

If you ever come to Salzburg you MUST go to the Stiegl beergarden

 

Oh c'mon -- Stiegl is a big, corporate brewery taking over most of the marketing share of Austria -- how can you support them?

Actually, the Stiegl Biergarten is beautiful and a very fun spot.

 

Stiegl is a successful independent mid-level brewery, much like Augustiner or Bischhofshof. Aren't they ?

 

They have television commercials, don't they?