Thread 21545310

This is the first beer I've tried other than American piss beer. It's a German lager. Did I do good?

>>21545310 (OP)
You can't really go wrong with German beer, even their worst brews like Becks or Bitburger are still better than any American piss.

>>21545323
Honestly it's hard to even find near me. There are at least 12 liquor stores in my small town but only one has a quality selection which included this German beer. I know this one isn't German but I've always wanted to try Gulden Draak

>>21545329
try some wheat beer (unfiltered)
just pour 90% into a big glass, swirl the bottle a bit to get the remaining yeast at the bottom to solve in the remaining 10% of beer and pour that in too

>>21545310 (OP)
kor......

>>21545310 (OP)
Bavarian Beer is overrated

>>21545323
Tell me youddon't drink beer without telling me you don't drink beer.

>>21545310 (OP)
It's pretty bland.
>>21545323
>worst brews like Becks or Bitburger
Not even close to worst.

>>21545310 (OP)
idk, but beers from those regions are usually p. good, I have yet to try a good lager, haven't tried any fancy one

>>21545310 (OP)
German beers are the piss beer of Europe
Best beer country is Belgium

>>21545310 (OP)
That is, in fact, the best mass produced lager you will ever drink. So yes you did good

>>21545310 (OP)
you did a lot better
this is german piss though

>>21546407
that's a funny comment
nobody likes belgian beer except belgians

>>21546419
>>21546407
nta, I like both, and a lot

>>21546407
That's incorrect. Their beers are predictable and straightforward, but the vast majority is decent or better. If you want to know what a bad beer tastes like, try Leffe: reboiled leftovers from Stella with syrup and artificial flavours added.

>t. Belgian who worked in the best beer restaurant in the world, according to RateBeer.com.

>>21546436
nta, what's the ascended franziskaner dunkel? never had anything top it 2bh, and I've tried quiet some beers of that style in particular

>>21546419
That's a funny comment too. We had plenty of American customers who flew over just to have dinner in our restaurant.

>>21546440
that's the funniest comment of them all

>>21546407
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

The best beers come from rather local breweries that haven't evolved into mega corpos yet but aren't hipster craftshit either
Like Zötler or Rothaus.
I'd say OP did good

>>21545310 (OP)
Get Paulaner Oktoberfest lager (blue label) if it's available, it's in season.
Otherwise get Radeburger. It's cheap and fucking delicious.

... any nazi beers?

>>21546539
The Hofbrau house is where Hitler made some of his earliest speeches and they organized the putsch from there as well if I'm not mistaken, so it doesn't get much more on theme

>>21546549
fuck yes, saved

>>21546557
>Hofbrau house
>>21546549
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Adolf_Hitler_-_Hofbr%C3%A4uhaus.jpg

>>21546531
Oktoberfestbier is boring af and Radeberger just bad.

>>21546539
>brewed according to the german purity law

>>21546380
Been working in the industry and drinking beer longer than you've been alive.
>>21546511
Rothaus is top tier.

>>21546511
>>21547088
Just Googled Rothaus near me. Closest store is 265 miles away. Worth the trip?

>>21545323
Completely wrong. American beer might be tasteless but it's inoffensive, while bad German beer is aggressively bad with a foul skunked taste.

>>21546511
I was unimpressed by Rothaus, but it might have been sitting on the shelf for a while.
>>21545310 (OP)
Hofbrau is solid. My German of choice is Ayinger (oktoberfest marzen is my go to but they're all good), otherwise Hofbrau or Weihenstephaner. I drink Paulaner a bunch too but I honestly can't tell if it's good or bad, just tastes fine and tends to be cheaper.

>>21547131
Is Hofbrau Oktoberfest good? Might try that one next

>>21547163
I liked it.

>>21547163
Its heavier, richer flavor, more abv. It's good once in a while but the lager is better for a day to day beer

>>21545310 (OP)
i've had that
tastes like budweiser
tastes like sapporo ichiban
the most readily available beers all kind of taste similar. rolling rock has a softer mouth feel though

>>21547168
Glad someone else posted it
>>21547251
you know why sapporo it tastes like german beer? Because it is. Most of the beer you've ever drank are german beers or imitations of varying quality. Even american mass market slopwater is a cheap copy of a german style beer.

>>21547168
Based Augustinerbräu poster. For me it's Schlenkerla and their seasonal beers as well

>>21545310 (OP)
had the same beer today at the bar after work. Good choice, really. But you should also try their hefe weizen. The taste is... different, and brings appetite if I may say so. It would be good to eat some savory snacks with it, or even at dinner.

>>21547131
>>21547116
Beer doesn't travel all that well, and a lot of the shitty boomer "import" brands use green glass bottles and can get skunked from exposure to light.

>>21548941
>hefe weizen
I think I saw this one at the store too. I will definitely try it tomorrow after work

>>21545310 (OP)
I like looking at beer/whiskey/etc bottles and art

>>21545310 (OP)
>This is the first beer I've tried other than American piss beer

You're supposed to drink from the bottle not suckle your pee pee.

German beer is like French wine
massively overrated because "muh tradition" and "muh purity law". all it is is an appeal to authority.
I guarantee in a blind taste test you couldn't tell the difference.

>>21550261
thank you for your retarded opinion

>>21549205
Of course you be sure to not to leave the sediment in the bottle.
If you look inside, you'll see white~ish deposited stuff on the bottom (or the side, if the bottle is stored laying down). That's where most of its distinct flavour is. SO, if you just pour the beer in the glass, you're missing, a lot. Try what this anon said >>21545341
DON'T BE A CASUAL - ask for the bottle unopened. I had a young girl bartender asking me what I was doing there, swirling the bottle. Fucking zoomerette.

>>21550261
Nope. I'm Italian and, while we have a couple or so of decent lagers but I'll never, ever say that we can brew better than the wursts. Credit is where credit is due.

>>21550655
Respect. You pastabros are winning on every other front anyways

Imagine being so weak willed and spineless that you outsource your opinion on the beer you just drank to the armpit of the Internet.

>>21546440
The american brewery/bar I worked for over a decade ago had the same but in reverse with euros/strayans/kiwis flying in. It's really not anywhere near as impressive as you seem to think it is.

Most beers trying to "have some flavour!" end up too flavour-full in a bad way. Mostly hoppy ass IPAs.

>>21550655
Baladin
Toccalmatto
Birra del Borgo
Cane di Guerra
Pedavena
Tre Fontane
Birrificio del Forte
There's nothing wrong with Ichnusa's non filtrata.

Just off the top of my head. Can hold their own against anyone in their category. Italian beer is ridiculously underrated except in international beer circles. Ignore Moretti, ignore overflavoured "artisanal" hipster bullshit and stop drinking beer with pizza, it's a culinary disgrace.

>>21550812
There are 5 very good (semi-)regular anons, 2 of which worked in world-class establishments, 1 still runs several and has for decades. There are 10-12 more who really know their topic (and it isn't slop). Only an idiot would take /ck/ at face value.

>>21550943
>Baladin
>Toccalmatto
>Birra del Borgo
>Cane di Guerra
>Pedavena
>Tre Fontane
>Birrificio del Forte
>There's nothing wrong with Ichnusa's non filtrata.

And most of them are literally unseen at local bars, not even in the stores (unless some limited time "beer specials" sale, usually in the upcoming Oktoberfest period).
I am talking about stuff you can drink almost everywhere, anon. I can almost always find Peroni / Nastro Azzurro and HB/Franziskaner together in a bar fridge, so (in a wrong~ish way I admit) those are what they make common beer culture.
At least pic related is not that bad anyway, if maybe a bit of a "plain mary sue".