Is Becks Proper German Beer?

semi-pro waster · 2 May 2010 at 22:35

thedude23 said:
For someone thats never had german beer,what would ye recommend I start off with?

Becks is quite nice, an easy drinking beer, a crisp clean taste. However it depends on your tastes so I'd suggest buying a few different varieties and see what suits you.

Jimbeam3678 · 3 May 2010 at 02:56

Paulner is another top beer , had it in our local P&P at around 6 quid a pint!!

Meridian · 3 May 2010 at 07:52

Wicksta said:
Reinheitsgebot doesn't exist anymore afaik.

While it has lost its original legal standing, and the Germans cannot use it to keep out foreign beers, most German beers brewed in Germany for Germans still follow it. However, the vast majority of "German" beers sold in this country are as German as the Queen. That is, made in this country. A small amount of the genuine article finds its way over here so they can say: "Brewed in Germany and the UK", but the Germany bit applies to about 1%. Similar is true of things like Carlsberg and Guinness. Importing beer is pretty inefficient if you sell a lot of the stuff, so popular beers are pretty much brewed entirely in this country, no matter what country of origin is stamped on the bottle/can. Especially can.

Budvar wins...

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RoboCod · 3 May 2010 at 08:19

I'm in Germany now, guess what I'll be bringing back with me on the train

Vern1961 · 3 May 2010 at 08:43

KautoStar said:
Its certainly is. You can buy single bottles of Augistiner for £2.09 from beers of europe or £40 a case which isnt to bad considering its 20 500ml bottles.

Id say as pilsners go my favourite is Paulaner, shame tesco only do the wheat beer paulaner now

Yes theirs' is a good site, the problem is persuading the missus I need to part with £40 up front to buy some beer. Still I guess it's cheaper than Eurostar/Thalys/ICE to Munich to buy in person!

I actually emailed Asdsa and Sainsbury re expanding their German beer range beyond the wheat beers. Sainsbury weren't interested but Asda said they would look into it. Tesco don't have a contact email per se. The local Safeway round here has turned into Morrisons so all they stock is Becks and the ubiquitous Erdinger.

RoboCod · 3 May 2010 at 08:52

Also agree on the Paulaner, we got a few crates in this week from the local market - good Weissbier that!