Beer (5 Viewers)

[BC]

spaten (oktoberfest blue label)
erdinger
duvel
ureich
budvar
hoegarden (+ lemon slice)
stella (the proper belgian stuff, not that interbrew shite)

and i do like a good pint of guiness now and then.

 

[avernus]

hoegaarden is nice but im not certain about the lemon.

 

[Wobbler]

my favourite beer is Früh Kölsch which is the local brew from cologne.
it's dangerous though, as it's too damn easy to drink

second best invention ever : the Reinheitsgebot

thumbs up also to guinness, hoegaarden and tooheys new.

VB is responsible for the worst hangover i've ever had...drink 4 or 5 of these at your own peril.

I've tried that Fruh (only once though, sorry Dwight) and thought it was lovely. I read an article about Reinheitsegot which said the whole thing was a load of cobblers. It was very interesting and got me thinking. It argued that German beers aren't good because of the purity law but because the country has a strong brewing tradition. It said that the only thing the law achieves is limits the variety of beer in Germany. Lots of great Belgian beers would be illegal. I'll see if I can find a link to the article.

Toohey's new is muck

 

[Wobbler]

spaten (oktoberfest blue label)

Right on. Lovely beer.

 

[Wobbler]

Found that article

http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/reinheit.htm

 

[avernus]

can't bait a good guinness of a december's eve. mmmm toasty.

 

[Charlie Bucket]

my favourite beer is Früh Kölsch which is the local brew from cologne.
it's dangerous though, as it's too damn easy to drink...but it's pure man...so pure !

that'll be the "german purity laws" eh....

 

[Wobbler]

that'll be the "german purity laws" eh....

that's the one

 

[Raudi Raus Schinkel]

hoegaarden is nice but im not certain about the lemon.

thats how youre supposed to serve it!

 

[ratmonkey]

my favourite beer is Früh Kölsch which is the local brew from cologne.

That stuff is dangerous, especially when you get the metre of it and start horsing them back before they go stale. Savage though.

 

[P. Littbarski]

I've tried that Fruh (only once though, sorry Dwight) and thought it was lovely. I read an article about Reinheitsegot which said the whole thing was a load of cobblers. It was very interesting and got me thinking. It argued that German beers aren't good because of the purity law but because the country has a strong brewing tradition. It said that the only thing the law achieves is limits the variety of beer in Germany. Lots of great Belgian beers would be illegal. I'll see if I can find a link to the article.

Toohey's new is muck

post up that link if you find it..articles about beer are always worth reading.

surely the reinheitsgebot is an integral part of the brewing tradition in germany (since the early 1500's anyway) but I can understand what you mean when you say it's restrictive (plenty of local german brewers have had to shut up shop because of non-comliance)..the reinheitsgebot has now been replaced by a more liberal 'purity law' anyway as i understand but i don't know the exact in's and out's of it.

having said that though, i have never had a bad german beer..ever, so i think it deserves all the credit it gets.

 

[P. Littbarski]

jesus i'd love a beer right now

 

[avernus]

thats how youre supposed to serve it!

oh I know, but still. I'm not sold on it's necessity.

 

[Wobbler]

post up that link if you find it..articles about beer are always worth reading.

surely the reinheitsgebot is an integral part of the brewing tradition in germany (since the early 1500's anyway) but I can understand what you mean when you say it's restrictive (plenty of local german brewers have had to shut up shop because of non-comliance)..the reinheitsgebot has now been replaced by a more liberal 'purity law' anyway as i understand but i don't know the exact in's and out's of it.

having said that though, i have never had a bad german beer..ever, so i think it deserves all the credit it gets.

Link here

http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/reinheit.htm

One thing the article doesn't merntion is that, even if the law doesn't directly effect the quality of beer, it does help beer become an important part of German culture and something to be proud of.

 

[Wobbler]

jesus i'd love a beer right now

Me too.

 

[avernus]

jesus i'd love a beer right now

yeah fuck it, I'm off to get beers.

 

[avernus]

spaten (oktoberfest blue label)

havin one of these suckers right now. mmmmbeeer

 

[dAndAn]

I like this shit, of late. Crisp n clean tasting. Fairly cheap in the booze to go chains

 

[Wobbler]

I like this shit, of late. Crisp n clean tasting. Fairly cheap in the booze to go chains

Not a bad beer at all.

 

[billygannon]

Welgo's Garden Scrube is the nicest beer I've ever tasted. Had it last week. Absolutely amazing.