Beer Tastings

I'm a big lover of beverages, and though my in-laws are far more gifted win-os than I am, I think I far outpace them when it comes to sodas, mixed drinks, and beer. My lunch buddies at work have started a beer tasting tradition at lunch -- it's perfect, because no one drinks enough beer that it kills our afternoon, but it's just the thing to spice up last night's leftovers. Anyhow, I'll start posting our reviews here.

I went to BevMo this weekend and bought most every German hefe-weizen, dark and otherwise, that they had in stock. It was foggy this morning, so I thought it might be chilly for lunch, so I thought we should try the dark beers -- turns out, it warmed up; didn't matter, we drank inside anyhow.

Here's a link to the Wikipedia article on Hefeweizen.

Here's what we had:

Bamberger Der Weisse Bock

I liked this beer, it was dark and quite rich, more akin to a porter than our other tastings today. One fellow liked this one the best. I don't know if I'd go out of my way to buy it again, but it was pretty good.

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Hopf Weisser Bock

This was definitely today's champion. It was more similar to a traditional Hefeweizen -- "bock" indicates a strong, dark beer; it was strong, but it wasn't as dark as our other two samples. I'd like to stand this up against our reigning champion, the Ayinger Hefeweizen.

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Weihenstephaner Korbinian

This bad boy is super-malty; it's actually listed as a malt liquor, though its alcohol level was in the range of the other two. Just drinking at lunch, it was too malty for everyone -- but I could imagine it as a fun food pairing.

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