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  German Beer Styles
These beers are faintly fruity (less than a Pilsner) and are slightly acidic, with a medium-hoppy dryness and often with a slightly herbal taste in the finish.
Beers of this style are produced throughout Germany, but it is considered a local specialty in the city of Dortmund.
This beer is light- to medium-bodied, with low to medium bitterness and a very mild hop flavor and aroma.
www.beer-brewing.com /apex/beer_styles/german_beer_styles.htm   (1227 words)

  
 Wheat beer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wheat beer is a beer that is brewed with a significant proportion of malted wheat.
German wheat beers are a well-known variant throughout the southern part of the country, the name changing from Weizen in the western (Swabian) regions to Weißbier or Weiße in Bavaria.
'Witte Hoegaarden', Wheat beer from the Hoegaarden brewery in Belgium, or 'Wieckse Witte', a Dutch witbier.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wheat_beer   (940 words)

  
 German beer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
German beer is highly diverse and an important part of Germany's culture.
The German beer market is a bit sheltered from the rest of the world beer market by the German brewers' adherence to the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot (purity requirement) dating from 1516, according to which the only allowed ingredients of beer are water, hops and barley-malt.
Weizen — top-fermented wheat beer 12-12.5° Plato, 5-5.5% ABV.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_beer   (645 words)

  
 german
In the beer tax law, which regulates beer production, it states: "For the preparation of beer, only malt, hops, yeast and water can be used." German brewers observe strict compliance with the Reinheitsgebot and the guarantee that in Germany only good, healthy beers will be brewed.
An prominent date in the history of beer is without a doubt the enactment of the Reinheitsgebot (Purity Law) in 1516 by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria.
Some 78% of German citizens consider a visit to a local watering hole their most beloved leisure activity, and nearly every other German has a "Lieblingslokal" - a favorite place where the host is a friend and where one feels at home.
www.baronbeer.com /german.html   (1465 words)

  
 Beer Travelers - Great German Beer Halls
German restaurants are everywhere, as Marikkas German Restaurant in Lexington, Ky., Bavarian Grill in Plano, Texas, and Felsen Haus in Phoenix illustrate.
But, naturally, you're going to find most German restaurants in places where German immigrants settled, and, although there are pockets in Texas, New York and elsewhere, the largest concentration of German-Americans is in the Heartland.
Beer reps have loved hanging out here for more than 30 years, not because of the huge Richard Avedon photo on one wall or the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed windows but because the 16 taps pour Hacker-Pschorr, Paulaner and Spaten beers as well as regional favorites Schell and Summit.
www.beertravelers.com /indexes/wateringholes/german.html   (1530 words)

  
 The Trouble with German Beer
When I discussed beer with them, I was struck by their lack of basic knowledge of how it's brewed and how it tastes.
German brewers are very competent when it comes to brewing consistent, stable lagers, but don't have much idea about anything else.
He dared to suggest that the Germans were failing to keep up with the rest of the world and that this could start to affect their export markets.
www.xs4all.nl /~patto1ro/gersbeer.htm   (2065 words)

  
 Prost! Types of German Beers Explained
German breweries are pretty secretive about their "how tos".
Real German beer is also not pasteurized as many American beers are, which allows for being able to taste the beer's real flavor.
Below is listed some of the different types of German beers typically found in Bavaria and what you can expect should you order one of these types.
www.deutscheshaus.cc /html/newsletters/May_2002.html   (522 words)

  
 German Beer Purity Law
The Issue Would-be beer exporters to Germany and environmentalists rebelled for decades against the German beer purity law or Reinheitsgebot (originally enacted in 1516), which permitted only four ingredients in the beverage: water, hops, barley, and yeast.
Sub-National Factors: YES Local German beer producers, who must continue to follow strict Reinheitsgebot standards must now compete with large-scale foreign companies which are allowed to substitute cheaper substitutes in their beer.
German "beer snobs" tend to disregard beverages not brewed according to the domestic Reinheitsgebot guidelines, but foreign brewers are beginning to find a niche in the German market.
www.american.edu /TED/germbeer.htm   (1617 words)

  
 German Beer & The Beer Law :: Soccerphile
In fact beer is quite healthy in some respects: one litre of beer contains 45% of the recommended daily allowance of magnesium, 20% of the RDA of potassium, and less calories than the same amount of whole milk or grape juice.
German brewers were amongst the first to introduce non-alcoholic beers some 20 years ago.
Kolsch is the beer of Cologne and no visit to Cologne is complete without trying the "one metre beer" – a stick measuring one metre serves around 12 small 20 centili-ter glasses of beer.
www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/wc2006/culture/german-beer.html   (1909 words)

  
 German Beer
Germans are behind only Czechs in the per capital consumption of beer, so they know quality beer and how to make it.
German breweries still adhere to a strict beer production guideline dating from 1516, which remained law up to 1988.
German beer is usually about five percent alcohol by volume, slightly more than English and American beers but less than Belgian beers.
www.webwine.com /german-beer.html   (267 words)

  
 Beer and Wine | The German Way
In Germany, Bavarians and Saarlanders are the thirstiest beer drinkers.
Austrians and Germans like to say a proper draft beer can’t be poured in less than seven minutes to achieve the proper head.
Beer is such a vital part of the culture that the right to drink beer is even written into some labor contracts, and a beer with lunch in the factory cafeteria is taken for granted.
www.german-way.com /beer.html   (783 words)

  
 The British Guide to German Beer: pubs, bars, restaurants and retailers.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Recent corporate buyouts of German brewers are casting a dark cloud over German beer and raising fears of a meltdown in the world of German beer [read more...].
Bavarian Beerhouse Ltd. (www.bavarian-beerhouse.co.uk) are advertising a Bavarian Oktoberfest in London on 15, 22 and 29 October 2004, with unlimited Erdinger beer, pretzels and Bratwurst for a charge of £29.
Their versions of German beers (sold as Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Cologne-Style Lager [sic], Munich Style Festival Lager, Bavarian Style Wheat Beer, Organic Bavarian Style Lager and Viennese Style Amber Lager) are very good UK versions of German beers, brewed by Alastair Hook, who trained at Weihenstephaner in Bavaria.
www.germanbeerguide.co.uk   (2118 words)

  
 Lidonna Beer on German Haiku
German haiku writers seem to capture the essence of "being alone," much like Matsuo Basho would extol in his haiku.
Another German haiku that I felt was over-the-top in its approach is as follows.
When you identify a haiku as Canadian, or German, or French, you are leaving it to full interpretation only by the people of those regions.
www.millikin.edu /haiku/studentessays/BeerOnGermanHaiku.html   (1024 words)

  
 Travels Through Germany - Beer
Babylonians and Egyptians developed the art of brewing beer, and passed it to Romans who considered it to be a barbarian drink.
It was initiated in 1899 to assure beer drinkers the right amount of drink for their money, but its current incarnation was created in 1970.
The society has also launched a campaign against the steadily rising price of beer and a now defunct EU plan to harmonize beer taxes across the 25-member bloc, calling the brew a "diet staple" that is excluded from unwarranted price hikes.
www.travelsthroughgermany.com /website2/beer.htm   (742 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - German beer festival lives up to its Bavarian roots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
ERLANGEN, Germany — Dirndl-clad waitresses weave through the crowds with huge mugs, more beer is finding its way to the floor than to drinkers' lips, and even the tables seem to be moving as people sway to folk tunes played by a band.
Bergkirchweih roughly translates as "the dedication of the mountain church," referring to a church on the outskirts of Erlangen.
A liter of shandy (beer mixed with soft drink) may not contain quite as much alcohol, but the drinker is still confronted with the same volume of frothy liquid.
www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2006-04-12-germany-beer_x.htm   (977 words)

  
 German Beer Guide: Hefeweizen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Wheat beers were the exception as the wheat content lightened the colour of the beer.
Wheat beers were originally forbidden by the Reinheitsgebot (German beer purity law), that forbade the inclusion of anything but barley, hops and water (spontaneous fermentation was used instead of yeast).
Gose: a distinctive Leipzig wheat beer brewed with salt and coriander.
www.germanbeerguide.co.uk /hefeweiz.html   (1343 words)

  
 An Obsession Explained: Beer, Brewskies and Liquid Bread - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
It is a bottom-fermented beer (the yeast settles to the base of the fermentation vessel and fermentation takes place at a cool temperature which limits the production of byproducts and results in a cleaner tasting beer).
In addition to straight beer, Germans are also known to imbibe a dizzying array of beer-soft drink concoctions.
A mixture of beer and lemonade is known as Radler in the south and Alsterwasser in the north is a perfect way to cool off in the middle of the day while avoiding that often-annoying early afternoon buzz.
www.spiegel.de /international/1,1518,406529,00.html   (1794 words)

  
 Beer in Germany
Practical advice on how to get to the bottom of a beer stein without losing a bit of the rich taste of German beer.
Great descriptions of beer and beer gardens in Bavaria.
German beer, readily available in St. Louis and quite reasonably priced.
www.germanculture.com.ua /library/links/beer.htm   (265 words)

  
 BEER
The History of Beer and Beer in America by brewer Paula Weber.
German Brewery Glassware and Gifts from PM Imports Ongoing vote for Top Ten German beers.
Regardless of your opinion of their beer, the history of the brewery and the German immigrants who founded it, its beautiful architecture and a gallery of photos, the sheer magnitude of the production and the many other entertainment and philanthropic aspects of AB make this a link worth visiting.
www.serve.com /shea/bier.htm   (427 words)

  
 Amazon.de: German Wheat Beer (Classic Beer Style): English Books: Eric Warner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It explores this German beer style and has everything a brewer needs to brew wheat beer at home or in a professional brewery.
German Wheat Beer covers many aspects of the important styles: Weizen, its most popular variations (Dunkles, Krystal, Weizenbock, etc.), Berliner Weisse, and its cousin from Bremen.
It is a fascinating story for the person who enjoys wheat beers, as well as a resource for the craft brewer.
www.amazon.de /German-Wheat-Beer-Classic-Style/dp/0937381349   (688 words)

  
 Wine Lessons in Germany - German Wine - Wein - The German Way
A German friend wanted to buy several cases of his favorite wine, and we were on our way to do a little wine tasting.
In stark contrast to the Reinheitsgebot, or purity law that protects German beer drinkers from any adulteration of their suds, wine lovers are unprotected from vintners who choose to blend wines (a common practice in Germany and in California).
While the beer law favors the consumer, the wine classification law leaves the consumer in the dark as to the actual origin of the vintage.
www.german-way.com /wineupd.html   (865 words)

  
 GermanFoods.org: Celebrate German Beer Day!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The German Purity Law of 1516 is the world's oldest food and drink regulation and is still valid today.
At first the law pertained only to beer brewed in Bavaria, but it was then adopted by the state of Baden in 1886 and by the state of Württemberg in 1900.
With new technologies and challenges in the beer brewing industry over the past centuries, the Reinheitsgebot of 1516 became no longer sufficient to regulate beer brewing.
www.germanfoods.org /consumer/germanbeerday.cfm   (383 words)

  
 German Breweries
This number includes brewpubs that produce beer only for their own on-premise sales, packaging breweries that service mostly their local or regional markets, as well as huge breweries that ship their beers all over the globe, including to North America.
Among the 16 German states, Bavaria is clearly the leader in beer-making, with about half of all German breweries.
The German Beer Institute of North America is supported by its commercial and not-for-profit members.
www.germanbeerinstitute.com /breweries.html   (187 words)

  
 German Beer History
In 1851 his son, Gabriel Sedlmayr II, who learned the art of brewing in various European countries laid the cornerstone for what was to become the SPATEN brewery in the heart of Munich, where it is still located to this day, just a few blocks away from the center of town.
Highly regarded the world over by those who know good beer, because no other beer is purer, better, or more natural in taste.
Try a SPATEN beer, and you might just forget that there is any other kind of beer.
www.oldworld.ws /okbeerhist.html   (1681 words)

  
 German Beer Institute Home (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
And thus it is, especially if the beer is a German brew, sublimely crafted and perfected over centuries, even millennia.
Fortunately for beer lovers around the world, many of these breweries export their beers to near and far, including the New World.
The German Beer Institute is supported by its commercial and not-for-profit members.
www.germanbeerinstitute.com.cob-web.org:8888   (532 words)

  
 Beer Articles
Beer: Warm or cold: The Myths and Misconceptions.
Beer traditions: A few notes on the German's approach to beer.
Jörg's Beer-page: This guy is a real collector with over 2500 beer labels from 51 countries; great listing of German beer museums; extensive list of breweries on the web, especially German and American.
www.csulb.edu /~parayner/beerlist.html   (795 words)

  
 German Beer - German Drink
According to a representative survey, beer is a German's favorite drink.
The Germans are known to the whole world as a true beer-loving nation.
You can find here everything you want to know about German Culture and even more about German beer.
www.tlc.kherson.ua /~alex/germanbeer.htm   (72 words)

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