Germany - brewers fear beer price war!

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Message Erlangernick beers 6 º places 2 º 02:09 Mon 5/6/2013 Originally posted by pivnizub "Franconian" beers can’t be listed as one style, that would be a complete nonsense… It is the diversity and the craftmanship that makes them so great. You can feel with every sip, that the brewers really love their products. Nevertheless You may find also bland or even bad beers in Franconia, but compared to all the other parts of Germany it is a paradise. Who needs crappy german industrial Lagers ( like Warsteiner, Veltins or Holsten)… Get Yourself a Mahrs U, a Spezial Rauchbier Märzen, a St. Georgen Kellerbier or a Witzgall Landbier and You’ll be happy! Only one of those is really worth the effort of seeking out. A second one is worth seeking out if you’re into Rauchbier.
Message rauchbierlover beers 3459 º places 336 º 04:15 Mon 5/6/2013 Originally posted by Erlangernick Originally posted by rauchbierlover In a country that has invented Mahr’s U, why should people be interested in pineapple, resin-tasting IPA??? OTOH, one could ask, in a country that invented pineapple, resin-tasting IPA, why should people be interested in bland, astringent, uninteresting German beer like Mahr’s U? When not interested, simply don’t drink it. Ganz einfach! We’re not forcing people to drink boring, flat, uninteresting German beer, so IMHO we should not ask german brewers to do like Americans do. Multikulti is a value, not a limit, IMHO. Autarchy and respect for one’s own roots, too. Originally posted by Erlangernick There’s so, so much better around -- even on the same bloody street in Bamberg! Really? Which beer(s) are you referring to? I’m coming back to Oberfranken this summer and I’m up to every kind of recommendation
Message rauchbierlover beers 3459 º places 336 º 04:27 Mon 5/6/2013 Originally posted by Erlangernick Originally posted by rauchbierlover Originally posted by Erlangernick You can brew intersting beer only using malt, hops, yeast, and water though. Sheesh. Some German brewers do manage this, even with traditional recipes, without trying to brew "craft" [sic] beer! Genau! The first who comes to me in mind are Giesinger Märzen, Forschungsbrauerei Pilsissimus, not to mention the "new" Scheneider Tap5, TapX and so and so. Or we can talk about the German IPA of Alewerkstatt, Camba Bavaria, Shoppe Bräu... Well, what do you want to say about those kinds of IPAs? I would say that some of them do a good job of emulating the resiny, over-sweet US IPA style (which I don’t really like), and some are just badly made. I just wanted to say that even following the Reinheitsgebot you can brew something different from the average lager. Reinheitsgebot says you should use water, barley malt and hops, but doesn’t say which hop-variety. So if you want to use Cascade, Simcoe, Citra or Goldings to brew your german beers, you can do it. (btw, the Doppel IPA made by Gänstaller with Citra rocks!). I do agree with you, I’m not so much into IPA style and related and yes, some of what I said is good, something is terrible.

Message lberges beers 19 º places 64 º 04:56 Mon 5/6/2013 Originally posted by MannyGoldberg Brewdog are currently looking at locations to open a bar in Berlin. Who cares? Just another place to rip-off tourists.
Message lberges beers 19 º places 64 º 05:02 Mon 5/6/2013 Originally posted by Erlangernick Originally posted by pivnizub "Franconian" beers can’t be listed as one style, that would be a complete nonsense… It is the diversity and the craftmanship that makes them so great. You can feel with every sip, that the brewers really love their products. Nevertheless You may find also bland or even bad beers in Franconia, but compared to all the other parts of Germany it is a paradise. Who needs crappy german industrial Lagers ( like Warsteiner, Veltins or Holsten)… Get Yourself a Mahrs U, a Spezial Rauchbier Märzen, a St. Georgen Kellerbier or a Witzgall Landbier and You’ll be happy! A Witzgall Landbier! My kingdom for a Witzgall! Only one of those is really worth the effort of seeking out. A second one is worth seeking out if you’re into Rauchbier.
Message pivnizub beers 12929 º places 633 º 12:56 Mon 5/6/2013 Originally posted by lberges Originally posted by Erlangernick Originally posted by pivnizub "Franconian" beers can’t be listed as one style, that would be a complete nonsense… It is the diversity and the craftmanship that makes them so great. You can feel with every sip, that the brewers really love their products. Nevertheless You may find also bland or even bad beers in Franconia, but compared to all the other parts of Germany it is a paradise. Who needs crappy german industrial Lagers ( like Warsteiner, Veltins or Holsten)… Get Yourself a Mahrs U, a Spezial Rauchbier Märzen, a St. Georgen Kellerbier or a Witzgall Landbier and You’ll be happy! A Witzgall Landbier! My kingdom Only one of those is really worth the effort of seeking out. A second one is worth seeking out if you’re into Rauchbier. Witzgall is the most underrated Brauerei here in Germany! Their Landbier is so delicious and so well quaffable… Nearly a reason to cry!
Message Erlangernick beers 6 º places 2 º 00:38 Tue 5/7/2013 Was at the Witzgall Keller for the first time this season on Sunday. The Landbier (sometimes AKA "Kellerbier") served bayerisch Anstich (German gravity pour) there (as opposed to the Vollbier at the Gaststätte) was better than it’s been in a long time. Last year, it often seemed a bit thin and over-gassed. Don’t miss it!

Message Erlangernick beers 6 º places 2 º 00:55 Tue 5/7/2013 Originally posted by rauchbierlover Originally posted by Erlangernick Originally posted by rauchbierlover In a country that has invented Mahr’s U, why should people be interested in pineapple, resin-tasting IPA??? OTOH, one could ask, in a country that invented pineapple, resin-tasting IPA, why should people be interested in bland, astringent, uninteresting German beer like Mahr’s U? When not interested, simply don’t drink it. Ganz einfach! We’re not forcing people to drink boring, flat, uninteresting German beer, so IMHO we should not ask german brewers to do like Americans do. Multikulti is a value, not a limit, IMHO. Autarchy and respect for one’s own roots, too. Originally posted by Erlangernick There’s so, so much better around -- even on the same bloody street in Bamberg! Really? Which beer(s) are you referring to? I’m coming back to Oberfranken this summer and I’m up to every kind of recommendation The obvious answer is Keesmann -- Pils and the Dunkel are more flavourful than the Mahr’s U.
Message MannyGoldberg beers 208 º places 31 º 08:46 Tue 5/7/2013 Originally posted by lberges Originally posted by MannyGoldberg Brewdog are currently looking at locations to open a bar in Berlin. Who cares? Just another place to rip-off tourists. Yeah the bars are crap but they do have some good guest beers.
Message lberges beers 19 º places 64 º 07:04 Thu 5/9/2013 Guest beer is a good british tradition. Rare in Germany because many bars are bound by contract. Wonder what brewdog will serve. Another UK beer? A major German? Or something more interesting, something better than brewdog?