It tastes pretty different from other beers I know...better ! One of the things I notice is it foams like hell and it is a bit foggy in the glass...but I don't know why.
2006-08-08 09:01:51 · 13 answers · asked by Vage Centurian 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
They have the reinheitsgebot
(see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot )
Not even Heineken, the well know Dutch beer, was allowed, till some years ago to be sold in Germany.
I agree, and said it before. Best beer in the world.
Next week staying a whole week in Germany for holidays. Probably on ice wine and Bitburger :)
2006-08-08 09:12:30 · answer #1 · answered by Janneke 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It isn't ordinarily pasteurized, and has a much higher alcohol content. All bottled beer I had while living in Germany had a layer of sediment on the bottom. Looked nasty, but I got used to it real quick! German beer beat American beer all to heck until very recently, when some real enterprising folks began the microbrewery movement over here. Samuel Adams makes some that is the equal of Bavaria's best - but it'll cost ya! Oh - by the way - yes, many German beers seem to be half foam - but that's considered very desireable amongst native Germans. You can buy some that doesn't foam as much, but in my limited experience, it ain't nearly as good as the foamy stuff...
2006-08-08 09:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
German beer uses German hops for flavor and aroma. The cloudiness could be because it's a german wheat beer, or hefeweizen. Those beers aren't filtered. German wheat beers have clove and banana in the nose and taste; this comes from the yeast.
2006-08-08 12:39:17 · answer #3 · answered by dogglebe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was there several years ago and the beer was served warm. Not sure of the appeal but it is popular
2006-08-08 10:36:50 · answer #4 · answered by densil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's REAL beer, nothing else added
water, hops, malted barley and yeast
look up the German beer laws
2006-08-08 09:07:18 · answer #5 · answered by Pobept 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Germany has a purity law which permits only the use of barley, hops, and water, plus yeast, in the making of regular beer.
Budweiser and others use rice instead of barley.
2006-08-08 09:08:10 · answer #6 · answered by Tom-SJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they use urine for the brewing! JK no i think that most german recipes, hold the beer in different containers, then domestic beers
2006-08-08 09:07:32 · answer #7 · answered by Jonas V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's the amount and type of hops they put into their beers.
2006-08-08 09:15:27 · answer #8 · answered by DragonL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a higher alcohol content.
And we say nothing good ever came out of Germany. :-)
2006-08-08 19:27:28 · answer #9 · answered by Rita135 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's unpasteurized whereas US beer is pasteurized
2006-08-08 09:06:26 · answer #10 · answered by Penguin Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋