![]() The flavor is milder than the scent, which is distinctly citrusy and acidic. The beer is mildly carbonated but has a thick, lingering head and reasonable lacing. The beer has grassy lemon elements with a light body and bready notes. The malts are white wheat and two-row barley. Its fruity nose comes from Saaz and Hallertau hops. Their sunshine-colored German-style Kolsch uses warm-fermenting top-of-tank ale yeasts. Is it still the best German beer is it’s brewed in Chicago? Maybe not, but Goose Island maintains the rules of German brewing. This is a German bottle so it’s 500 ml (16 fluid oz). ![]() The beer’s ABV is 5.3% and every bottle has roughly 220 calories, with 15g of carbs (0.5g from sugar), 0.5g of fat, and 0.05g of sodium. It’s a strong malty beer with fruity aromas. You might describe this mouth-feel as ‘soft’ because it reminds you of soda pop and other soft drinks. They give their beer an almost sparkling feel. The extra fizz comes from heightened portions of carbonic acids. And this beer has a generous frothy head. Its pale gold color is gorgeously see-through due to ints intensive filtration process. But some wheat beer drinkers prefer clarity. Hazy hefe’s use unfiltered wheat as a base. (That’s a ‘church bar’ which raised money for religious needs.) Today’s Salvator is brewed with light barley malt (pilsner), dark barley malt (Munich), and hops that include Hallertau and Herkules. And later, they could sell some in their cloister pubs. Monasteries often hosted travelers so they spread stories of this magical beer. The rest was given away to poor parishioners. And poverty vows meant the monks drank most of their beer. The Purity Law ensured the beer was fully organic and naturally-brewed. Their Salvator doppelbock was first brewed by monks in 1516. But if you want to enjoy German all year round, talk to Paulaner. Many breweries restrict their Marzen sales to the fall. ![]() It has about an inch of head and reliable lacing and a touch of caramel at the back. ![]() The aroma is bready and the color is golden amber. This beer is heavy on its barley malts with a little heat in the finish. Each can has 215 calories, 2.1g of protein, 5m of sodium, and 14g of carbs. Their Marzen has won lots of indie beer awards.Īyinger Marzen has an ABV of 5.8% and an IBU of 21. And Ayinger is an independent German brewer. Marzens are lagers, so they’re bottom-fermented at low temperatures. You won’t find many contemporary versions and Ayinger is up there. Hallertau hops bring balance to this bottom-fermented brew.Ī Marzen (or March Beer) was traditionally brewed in March then aged until October, just in time for serving at Oktoberfest. This Helles is brewed with in-house barley malts that include Helles light caramel and pilsner. Its flavor is mild and dry with a soft, bubbly mouth-feel. The carbonation is good and tingles your senses with the mingled aroma of honey, lemon, and grassy florals. It’s a straw-yellow beer with a delicate nose. This Munich-style beer has an ABV of 5.2% and an IBU of 22. This Helles lager is brewed by Augustiner Bräu, a German brewery that’s been around since 1621. But Helles are pale, full-bodied, and mostly filtered. And all Helles are bocks … which are also lagers. All pilsners are lagers, for example (but not vice versa). Like most German beers, this hefe has a thick, stable head and lots of lace. Each serving – about half a liter – carries 215 calories. The sweetness mainly comes from the yeast. But puzzling as the scent maybe, this beer has won multiple international awards. Plus, if heritage matters to you, this is the world’s oldest brewery (1040AD).įruity flavors come from strange places ( particularly bubblegum/banana). This may come from the saccharine hints in its aroma – banana and bubblegum. But Weihenstephan has a distinctly sweet palate. Hefe’s often have a bitter aftertaste from all that unfiltered haze. It’s a style of cloudy German wheat beer brewed with yeast. A lot of these can be ordered on Amazon or Drizzly, but for the rest, you may need new German friends … The Best German Beer List 1. Then we can check out some of the best German beer brands – preferably brands we can sip on US shores. Start by getting familiar with the most common beer categories. And a lot of American brewers got their start in Deutschland. Still, if you ask the average person which country they associate with beer, they’ll probably say Germany. And here at home, Milwaukee is Beer Central. They say Brussels (in Belgium) is Europe’s beer capital.
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