Wheat beer
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My local does Erdinger on draught, which is pretty good. The only other one I've tried that I like is Schneider Weiss Tap7 from Morrisons.
There was another one I had in Aberdeen. It was a guest ale in Ma Cameron's. It was an American beer called Blue Moon. It had all sorts of other stuff in it like orange peel and coriander and oats. Tasted OK but one was enough - got a bit sickly after a while.
There was another one I had in Aberdeen. It was a guest ale in Ma Cameron's. It was an American beer called Blue Moon. It had all sorts of other stuff in it like orange peel and coriander and oats. Tasted OK but one was enough - got a bit sickly after a while.
just tried my first wheet beer! woohoo. ummm don't like it! the offending item was a co-op branded 5%, light colour, super fizzy and buuurrrppp. tasted like what i would imagine an overly yeasted gone off bread, drank 1/4 pint and the rest went down the sink bluueerrr!
back to my hobgoblin
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This. Tesco used to sell it. It's odd but nice, kind of like the Orval of wheat beers.
My local Morrisons sell it.
I must have tried the majority of German wheat beers and I have many favorites but the ones that currently float my boat are
Schneider Weiss Tap series, all of them
Weithenstephaner Vitus
Schlenkerla Rauchweizen - smoked wheat beer, I believe it's about 50% smoked barley malt and 50% wheat malt. Quite unusual
I'm going to make a smoked wheat beer using 50% smoked wheat malt + 50% barley malt as I can't get the stuff Schlenkerla use.
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Tbh it's pretty much the worst wheat beer in the world. Try a proper wheat beer and you'll be shocked at how different it tastes
After tasting Hoegaarden it's pretty much the only beer I drink now. It's amazing!!!
It's bilgewater compared with the German stuff. I've tried most that are available here, that is Paulaner, Erdinger, Schneider Weisse, Franziskaner & Weihenstephaner. I tried Hacker-Pschorr while out in the USA a few years ago & like it but I can't find it here.
Prefer the German wheat beers to the Belgian, Franziskaner is probably my usual I'll occasionally ger Erdinger for a change and I'll get Blue Moon if I fancy something a bit different. The local supermarket sell them all which is handy, they used to also sell Paulaner but I haven't seen that for quite a while
One of my favourites was a beer called Flying Dutchman brewed by a Scottish brewery I think, found that on tap in a few places which was cool. Think it was only a limited edition thing though as I could find any when I wanted to buy a load.
One of my favourites was a beer called Flying Dutchman brewed by a Scottish brewery I think, found that on tap in a few places which was cool. Think it was only a limited edition thing though as I could find any when I wanted to buy a load.
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Lots of nice beers mentioned, my local has a few on tap.
Fun fact, every German beer has it's own specially made glass. So if you are struggling to pour it, try and get the right glass. Back home I have about 30, some official, some hand made and painted.
Fun fact, every German beer has it's own specially made glass. So if you are struggling to pour it, try and get the right glass. Back home I have about 30, some official, some hand made and painted.
Need to start with an almost horizontal glass. It's very much an art.
Nice to see Erdinger getting good feedback.
Shame it's so expensive over here. When I end up on the continent I end up bringing 4-5 crates back of it for my dad.
16.99 euros for 20. 0.8495 euros each, works out as £0.72. Whereas it's what, £2.00+ from Tesco?
Amusingly I worked out when I last drove to Amsterdam it was still cheaper for me to drive to the German borders to fill up on beer than it would've been to buy it in the UK.
Mixture of the common Weissbier (Light), Dunkel (Dark), Krystal (not cloudy!) and a crate of one that was some sort of "old style" too.
I took a picture of a huge Erdinger glass. I think that's lost when my Galaxy Nexus decided to wipe its stored files