2017 German Beer Pointless Prize

@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.

#2 – Kostritzer Schwarzbier – a mild black lager.
1. Purchased on 1/7/17
2. Purchased at World Market
3. Brewed by Kostritzer in Bad Kostritz (as opposed to Good Kostritz)
4. Schwarz lager (may the schwartz be with you)
5. Photo:

Beerneurers,

I want to suggest you consider some multitasking in your pursuit of the Beer Prize, and please remember, beer isn’t just for breakfast anymore! Milk Stout with old fashioned sour cream doughnuts is a sure winner in Two Pointless Prize contests!
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#1 Einbecker Ur-Bock Dunkel

1. Purchased January 15, 2017

2. At Total Wine Alexandria, VA

3. Brewed by Einbecker Brauhaus, Einbeck, Germany, which I am told is in Lower Saxony.

4. Rate beer says it’s a dunkel bock, which is good enough for me, especially as that means I tick one more style.
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It is lighter, both in color and mouthful than I expected for the style name. It is definitely a sweet, malty beer, with more going on in the taste than the aroma.

#5. Weihenstephaner Korbinian Beer advocate describes it tasting like, “fruity hints of plums and figs, a dark malt aroma – reminiscent of toffee, nuts and chocolate.” It tasted more like malted caramel to me.
1. Date beer purchased.: 1/15/17
2. Place beer purchased: K-1 Beer and Wine
3. Name and location of brewery – Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Freising
4. Type of beer: Doppelbock
5. Photos are welcome.

#7. Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier – It’s like a cross between a wheat beer and a soda. Very carbonated and with a weak taste. Not citrusy like American wheat beers and not banana flavored like the Ayi
1. Date beer purchased.: 1/16/17
2. Place beer purchased: K-1 Beer and Wine
3. Name and location of brewery – Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
4. Type of beer: Heffeweissen
5. Photos are welcome.

#2. Erdinger Weisbier Kristal.

Purchased 1.20.2017. The day Chancellor Merkel becomes the leader of the free world.
Purchased at German Gourmet, on Columbia Pike. BTW making a vehicular left on Columbia Pike is no fun at all.
I think the German name is Erdinger WeissBrau.
In Erding. Bavaria. Which I guess is more bike able than Columbia Pike?
It’s a kristalweizen, for yet another style tick (64 out if 77 on ratebeer)
The clear metallic yellow color is quite something. The aroma and flavor had something flowery and like apples aside from the wheat (and a little banana in the flavor, but not the aroma). The mouthfeel was very light.

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#8 Weihenstephaner Vitus – According to Wikipedia “Vitus is considered the patron saint of actors, comedians, dancers, and folk art administration, similarly to Genesius of Rome. He is also said to protect against lightning strikes, animal attacks and oversleeping.” As a beer, Vitus is more wheat beer than bock. It had a very light and foamy head. Pleasant aroma with a good banana taste. Would drink again.

1. Date beer purchased: 1/19/2017, drunk 1/22/2017
2. Place beer purchased: K-1 Wine and Beer
3. Name and location of brewery: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan in Freising, Germany
4. Type of beer: Weizenbock
5. Photos are welcome.