I've been more interested in beers lately. I was introduced to several German beers that I quite liked, and it seemed like a good opportunity to jump off of that into learning and trying more. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
feuervogel long ago recommended beeradvocate.com, and that been a big help (thanks for that!). It'd be nice to visit a regional brewery, so I'm using its listings to locate one.
In the meantime, I picked up a sample pack from Flying Dog Brewery. I'd wanted a pack of Paulaner's Hefeweizen, but alas I couldn't find any, and the sample pack included a hefeweizen, so why not?
So far, this hefewiezen is a bit of a dissappointment. It seems a bit thinner, more sour, less yeasty than the divine one I'd had at Berghoff in Chicago.
feuervogel long ago recommended beeradvocate.com, and that been a big help (thanks for that!). It'd be nice to visit a regional brewery, so I'm using its listings to locate one.In the meantime, I picked up a sample pack from Flying Dog Brewery. I'd wanted a pack of Paulaner's Hefeweizen, but alas I couldn't find any, and the sample pack included a hefeweizen, so why not?
So far, this hefewiezen is a bit of a dissappointment. It seems a bit thinner, more sour, less yeasty than the divine one I'd had at Berghoff in Chicago.
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Date: 2010-03-28 05:38 pm (UTC)From:I've never had much luck with Flying Dog, sadly. Though if you were still local, I'd recommend Shotgun Betty from LoneRider Brewery in Raleigh. Dogfish Head is (kinda) local to you; they're out of Delaware. I'm a fan of their summer seasonal Festina Peche, which is kind of like peach sour patch kids beer. It works.
Paulaner and Franziskaner are probably the most popular import German hefeweizen. There's a reason for that.