2017 German Beer Pointless Prize

Does the beer have to adhere to the Reinheitsgebot? :rolleyes:

@consularrider 151161 wrote:

Does a bear … well, you know the rest.

Does a rauchbier qualify? Is smoke considered an ingredient?? (I’ve actually wondered about this…)

@consularrider 151198 wrote:

Well, Beck’s is (mostly) from Bremen, but Amsterdam?????

I am pretty sure ABI produces most of the Beck’s sold stateside in their giant US breweries (as they do with Bass Ale). But you said “licensed to produce”, so I guess that counts.

I assume brands created by US brewers that aspire to German styles do not count.

It also sounds like anything made by Stone Berlin would not count? IE a US branded beer made in Germany?

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I “purchased” this Kostritzer Schwarzbier black lager from Judd L. at a party hosted in my apartment building on January 7, 2017.
The Kostritzer Brewery is located here, about 40 km south of Liepzig

@consularrider 151152 wrote:

Documentation required:
1. Date beer purchased.
2. Place beer purchased.
3. Name and location of brewery
4. Type of beer, i.e. hefewisen, hell, pils, dunkel, schwarz lager, etc.
5. Photos are welcome.

Just drank a Bitburger Premium Pilsner – which is Germany’s most popular beer according to the packaging. It tasted sort of like a more carbonated Miller Lite. I chilled it by riding home in 19 degree weather with a six pack in my pannier.
1. Date purchased: 1/8/17
2. Place purchased: Trader Joe’s in Old Town Alexandria
3. Brewed by the Bitburger Brewery Group in Bitburg, Germany
4. Premium pilsner
5. Photo

@consularrider 151784 wrote:

Well, Bitburger is one of the German beers I have seen in so many places outside of Germany. I’ve only seen a few places where that is on the sign outside the biergarten. Most seem to emphasize a local brewery.

It appears that they aggressively market outside of Germany. Sort of like the Foster’s of Germany. The packaging itself heralded that it was exported.