Man, it's a beer party! No, we didn't taste these all in the same day -- a little behind, this is over the span of a couple of weeks, plus a bonus brew from Ben Chess (the official team photographer).
Hacker-Pschorr Weisse. Ok weisse, wasn't blown away by the flavor.
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Hopf Helle Weisen. The Hopf Bock was a champ before, and this Hopf is another champ as well. Very solid wheat flavor, clear and classic. Drink me!
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Tucher Hefeweizen. Ok, taste, we drank it too cold. Not necessarily needing to write home about it.
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Traquair House, that is from a night out at Monk's Kettle. Special guest beer from Ben!
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Lindeman's Framoise Lambic. If you haven't tried this one, it's not to be missed. It's the king/queen of girlie drinks -- yes, it's a beer, but it tastes more like a raspberry sorbet. My one regret with serving it is that we didn't have a big bottle, just this little one. I won't make that mistake again.
And gentlemen, don't think you won't like this one just because Mark Colbert, King of the Girlie Beers, does. It's just awesome.
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Framboise Boon Lambic. I picked this one up to taste it vs. the Lindeman's above. No competition. I guess it's possible that maybe this one is more "traditional" or something, but we're not historic beer drinkers -- we like what's good today. And sadly, this isn't.
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Hofbrau Munchner Weisse. Ben has fond memories of visiting this brew hall in Munich -- the site of Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch that kicked off his rise to power. Salacious history aside, an excellent and tasty beer.
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Schneider Weisse. Solid hefeweizen, relatively traditional if I recall. Very good.
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Ayinger Ur-Weisse. Brought this one back for a second tasting as a "control" to make sure we weren't nuts to like it so much the first time. Holds up well, still king of the Dunkles Weisses.
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First up: Kapuziner Schwarz-Weizen. Pretty good dark beer, would drink it again. But felt like it was missing a little something, reminded me a little of drinking Guinness in the US instead of Ireland -- not quite the richness you'd like..jpg)
Aventinus -- excellent dark hefeweizen, great flavor -- this was the clear favorite today, definitely will drink again. If you like hefeweizens and you like dark beers, definitely give this a try.
