What`s your favorite beer type?

I`m searching for quality beers with a friend of mine and we`re wondering what`s your favorite beer type? Wheat beer or pilsner? Bitburger or Paulaner? German or American? And: How much do you drink?

We have three favorites: Königsbacher Pilsner (my favorite), Stuttgarter Hofbräu (best local beer in Baden-Württemberg) and Bitburger (best local beer in Rheinland-Pfalz). The best non-German beer is "Bofferding" (Luxemburg).

Oh, and my personal favorite that can not be buyed in stores is "Mönchwasen". That`s a little "Hausbrauerei" (local pub and brewery) near my hometown. http://www.moenchwasen.com/ .

My favorite beer is by far the beer from the local pub and brewery Kieler Brauerei (that does not help you, I know ), it has a unique taste. German (/ European) beer all the way, IMO Canadian beer is from hell (sorry Jibb).

I don't like beer (or anything with enough alcohol in it to taste ), so the beer here wouldn't bother me any more than it did back in Australia.

I hear good things about German beer, though, so I may have to try some if I ever get over there!

I think Bitburger is also available in America. Maybe you can buy it online at Amazon foodstore or at a big supermarket (Wal Mart?). By the way, what happens if you get caught by police with a beer if you`re under 21 in America? And what do you pay for a regular beer? In Germany it`s about 50 cent for a qaulity beer (a bit more than half a dollar).

America, Canada, US... get your geography straight

I personally only drink what people decided was good enough to be put in front of me (I probably drink only bad tasting beer...), but thats also why I look like a deer on a street facing a car when people ask me "so, what beer shall we buy?" (hint: HeelX, I mean you ^^).

Hmmm... we should send Redeemer out for some "practical" research.
No idea, but probably a lot more than 50 cents! That's amazing that you guys can get good beer for so cheap! I haven't bought a beer since my 18th birthday in Australia (since that's drinking age there), and I don't remember how much that was. Next time I'm in the liquor store (a good stew needs some booze) I'll look out for beer prices if you want to know what Canada's like -- I imagine the US is pretty similar.

Kapsreiter ... What Else?!



Schmeckt mir nicht nur am besten, sondern hat auch eine hohe Auszeichnung (Quelle):

Yes, that would be interesting. Maybe you could also check the prices for German beers (hint: "Bitburger" "Warsteiner" "Paulaner" are exporting to US, maybe also Canada.) The beer culture has a long tradition over here. Every bigger city has its own beer bewerys and beer types. We have more brewerys than any other country in the world. The quality is very high because of the "German purity law". In Bavaria beer is deemed to be staple food. Beer is legal from 14 years on in company of the parents or from 16 years on for everybody. If you`re interested in German beer culture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n47zPRKVa...5567EC0D4ED2DD4 .

@Harry: Very interesting. Never heard from Kapsreiter before. Do you know where to buy it in Germany? It`s an Austrian beer. Do I have to import it?

In all seriousness though, it varies by state. Where I live (Indiana), it's not illegal to give alcohol to people under 21; they just can't buy it themselves. Supposedly it's illegal to handle alcohol before it's been bought (?), but I've never seen or heard of this being enforced on anyone.

As for my favorite type of beer, I can't really say; because of the aforementioned law against selling alcohol to minors I'm limited to the selection of my parents and older siblings. Corona seems pretty good, but we import that from Mexico.

EDIT: I almost forgot to mention: Vodka is pretty good (although it's not beer) when it's combined with cranberry juice, although I could never drink it without the juice... there's just not enough flavor otherwise.

Interesting fact, the Pils beer is, assumingly, named after the Bilsenkraut which was used instead of hop long before the german purity law was enforced by the church. But, the Bilsenkraut is a drug which also affected the sexdrive of people drinking beer (and hitting the lethal dose is very easy too), so they (by which I mean, 'The Church') started experimenting with different ingredients and ended up with Hop which results in beer that stops the sexdrive almost completely and also darkens the mood of the user.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzes_Bilsenkraut

Well, that`s a repeating story in history. "Coca" Cola also used to be a drug (Coca plants instead of caffeine) until some people exaggerated the use of it. But I think Binsenkraut is by far more dangerous than coca plants. Probably the church wanted to protect people from going crazy / getting controlled by the devil. And all has its good: Without the purity law you wouldn`t drink ecological beer without additives nowdays.


Jack Daniels + Cola + icecubes is better . But you have to be careful with that.

Auf Dooyoo - Kaufberatung online wird es als internationales Bier bezeichnet, das jedoch den Nachteil hat, dass es nur schwer erhältlich ist. Aber ich glaube, es schon mal in Deutschland gesehen zu haben. Weiß aber nicht mehr wo.
Dooyoo schreibt darüber:

In Österreich gibt es das Bier in jedem BILLA-Supermarkt (REWE-Gruppe). Vielleicht gibt es das Bier ja in Deutschland bei irgendeinem REWE-Supermarkt?!

Da Kapsreiter von der Ottakringer-Brauerei aufgekauft wurde, kann man es auf deren Seite bestellen: Ottakringer Shop - Party & Bier
Du kannst dort auch ein 50-Liter-Fass für 106,40 Euro kaufen.

Eigentlich sollte ich eine Provision bekommen, für soooo viel Werbung.

I wasn't saying that the church did something evil, I just wanted to throw this tidbit in. But yes, Bilsenkraut isn't something you want to really take, like I said, the lethal dose is extremely near to the dose you need to get high (which also isn't much).
Another interesting tidbit, european shamans peed out of their window after taking drugs (which I guess was very common back then), and other people gathered around it to catch the pee and drink it since it still had enough of the drug in it but wouldn't kill you (*)

(*)disclaimer: Doesn't work with every drug, you might some of the rare edgecases who dies right after taking just a little bit of the drug. Don't try this at home!

I don't need a disclaimer to keep myself from drinking some persian dude's pee, thanks.

@Sid: Ok.. interesting story

@Harry: Thanks for your hints. I`ll check the local Rewe store tomorrrow.

Edit: @Sajeh 2 Posts weiter unten: Meinst du im Steam wegen ner Runde zocken? Ich schau nachher mal rein. Sry, war die letzten Tage kaum online.

I can relate, i never got why people like beer. once in a while one is ok i guess, but id like me a captain and coke, or a dj lemonade

I only drink black beer (love Porter), I'm more of a whiskey type.

Rondidon du Verräter, melde dich mal endlich

Kreuzbergbier! Was besseres gibts nicht

1. Augustiner

2. Binding Lager

3. Sternquell

well I hate beer and alchol in general
but my question is
Can people really distinguish a beer with a blind test ?
We made this test with a friend who claimed to be a whiskey expert
He could not distinguish a supposed top brand from a cheap one
I read that in a Sommelier dinner it was served a white wine with some tasteless additive to make it red
None of the wine gurus realized that he was drinkng a white wine with meat

yes everyone has its own taste . And I wouldnt go with an "expert" who is commanding that beer_xyz is the best.

I dont know the diffrence between champagne and sparkling wine.
But if the sparkle stuff tasts better I would the public brand No.1 raining down in the sink.

not really into beer, so mostly i grab the first one i see (last time it was bud). usually i drink cider (somersby)

btw most of the brands discussed here were new for me - strange

There are huge differences in quality of sparkling wines. The more expensive ones ("traditional method", "bottle fermentation") are based on local quality wines instead of cheapies, they don`t have additives and the producers use bottle fermentation in the making. It`s comparable to the purity requirement in German beer brewerys instead of internatinal beers which has additives like sugar, "flavor enhancers", preservatives. And you really taste that, too. Problem is the price: ~10€ per bottle

There are also huge differences in beer types. I mostly know European beers which are believed to be the best ones, but even here there are differences in quality and/or tastiness. Scottish beer for example is a lot different than bavarian beers. And bavarian beers are set apart from beer from northern Germany.

Some time ago I tasted a chinese beer in Shanghai. No comment.

Guinness. About the only one I like.

"Kreuzbergbier! Was besseres gibts nicht"

+1
But only the dark beer.
http://www.kreuzbergbier.de/brauerei/index.php

Wow, Fogman, you`re still alive How`s it going?

I don`t like dark beer that much. Tastes too "heavy" for me. I`m one the Pils guys.

..and since the dark beer is not served everywhere...

There's nothing else but a Tegernseer Bier

My favorite "JELEN":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31BfAto13nM



Also a canned version (good for cooling)

2nd choice for me. Also very good.

best beer of the wordl (bals oberaudorf [boisei])