• protist@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    No proper lager beer

    We import almost every German, Austrian, and Czech beer to the US…what do you think we’re missing?

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      1 year ago

      Augustiner or Hofbräu helles would be a great start at least. Fresh from the tap. Usually what you find is either pils or wheat. Bavarian white lagers are hard to source but those two are the biggest.

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        1 year ago

        Both of those are available at grocery stores where I’m at in Texas. I’m a simple man though, I typically go for Becks or Spaten Premium at the store. Helles lagers are pretty popular microbrews where I’m at, and we also have Celis White, which is pretty exceptional

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          1 year ago

          My take on Becks is that the correct answer to the question “would you like to have a Becks” is “no”.

          Yep, you can find them from some grocery stores, but the thing about these beers is how they need to be consumed fresh. From the tap. From a one liter mug. The bottled versions even in Germany are not as good, especially if consumed outside of Bavaria. And then of course there are all these hundreds of small breweries in northern Bavaria that are producing amazing drinks that are impossible to source even in other parts of Germany.

          With all the respect for American beer industry, Germany is far ahead of everybody else in here. And a few spots in the northern Bavaria are far ahead of everybody else in Germany. It’s lager, but it’s hard to describe why it’s so good. Fresh, full bodied taste. I miss that.