German beer - Weissbier

[Dow Jones]

Where I work, opinions are split about Hoergarden, the most popular one (found almost everywhere in the City these days):
Half love it - unusual, strong, nice taste
Other half hate it - tastes like fairy liquid

PS It's Belgian, not German though

[Charles Foster Kane]

Peroni.

[gingerjedi]

Becks is a very nice beer but its common (for good reason) so that in itself would rule it out for most people on here... saying that, avoid the 'Vier' pi**water version unless you want to drink 8 pints and go home sober.

[Moscow Mule]

Becks is a very nice beer but its common (for good reason) so that in itself would rule it out for most people on here... saying that, avoid the 'Vier' pi**water version unless you want to drink 8 pints and go home sober.

4% is perfectly acceptable for a pleasant evening drinking sesh. If you drink 12+ pints you won't be sober (enough to drive).

[darmstadt]

Erdinger. It's OK, but I'm more of a cider man, myself.

I used to live just round the corner from the Erdinger brewery and although I don't like Weißen beer that was practically all you could get in town. Interestingly enough, it tasted a lot better better there than anywhere else, nearly palatable. Currently live just down the road from the Darmstädter brewery but much prefer Pfungstadter...

[Francko]

Peroni.

You are cool Charles.

[NotAllThere]

I'll third the Erdinger proposal. Our local English pub has it on tap - which is much better than bottled.

Having said that, the bottled Erdinger alcohol free is quite a palatable drink in its own right.

[hyperD]

Franziskaner (saw the old monk's castle a few years ago) is good, Edelweise ok.

Don't put all the uncooked rice grains in the beer if offered with the lemon - makes the Tambora eruption look like child's play...

[NickFitz]

Given that this discussion seems to have strayed somewhat from discussion of true Weissbier...

Virtually any so-called "German" beer you find in the UK has been made in a converted abattoir in Warrington, using the leavings of a chemical plant in Runcorn, but with a licence to use the German branding. It has as much in common with German beer as my left foot has with Cleopatra.

[NickFitz]

Does that apply to the stuff sold in Lidl & Aldi? I'd be surprised if it did...

It depends - if it's brewed in Germany it will be fine, because of the German beer purity laws. If it's "Brewed under licence in the UK" then it could be any old muck