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canyonwalker) wrote2022-06-30 10:21 pm
canyonwalker) wrote2022-06-30 10:21 pm
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Erdinger Weissbier
Most of my recent entries in my Beer Tasting 2022 project have featured dark lagers, aka bock beer. I've grown a bit tired of them. While I do want to explore bocks a bit further I also want to take a break. After trying a shit beer (and kind of liking it) with a light body I decided to try a light-bodied good beer. Almost on a whim I picked up a 4-pack of Erdinger Weißbier. What can I say, it was on sale at Costco. 😂
Weißbier is better known in the US as Weissbier, or wheat beer. It's fun that this beer comes in packaging with the German spelling on it. (In German the character ß is a sharp S sound, kind of an "sz" in English.) Using the letter ß makes it feel even more German than spelling things with umlauts.
Erdinger Weissbier pours out with a surprisingly foamy head. It's light and airy, so you kind of have to wait for it to settle down before you drink it. That's the one thing I didn't like about this beer.
Wheat beers in the US typically have fruity tastes. That comes from the type of yeast used; and American brewer accentuate the fruity and herbal characters. Often at brewpubs a wheat beer is served with a slice of fruit on top, like lemon or grapefruit, to doubly accentuate the fact that you're drinking a fruit-bomb of a beer.
Erdinger is refreshingly not like that. It has a simple, clean flavor. It's smooth and even from start to finish. It goes remarkably well as a solo beer— something to sip on a warm afternoon outdoors, without food to accompany it. But it also has just enough strength of character not to be overpowered by light and medium flavored foods.
This beer is a nice discovery for me. I really like a wheat beer that's not an overdone fruit bomb. I'm starting to really get why people love German beers, with their clean tastes from skillful combinations of basic ingredients.
So far I've been rationing this beer out, wanting to save a can or two (out of a 4-pack) to compare to other lighter German beers. But at the same time it's so good I want to drink it more often. Really I should just buy another package or two and keep them handy in the storeroom.
Weißbier is better known in the US as Weissbier, or wheat beer. It's fun that this beer comes in packaging with the German spelling on it. (In German the character ß is a sharp S sound, kind of an "sz" in English.) Using the letter ß makes it feel even more German than spelling things with umlauts.Erdinger Weissbier pours out with a surprisingly foamy head. It's light and airy, so you kind of have to wait for it to settle down before you drink it. That's the one thing I didn't like about this beer.
Wheat beers in the US typically have fruity tastes. That comes from the type of yeast used; and American brewer accentuate the fruity and herbal characters. Often at brewpubs a wheat beer is served with a slice of fruit on top, like lemon or grapefruit, to doubly accentuate the fact that you're drinking a fruit-bomb of a beer.
Erdinger is refreshingly not like that. It has a simple, clean flavor. It's smooth and even from start to finish. It goes remarkably well as a solo beer— something to sip on a warm afternoon outdoors, without food to accompany it. But it also has just enough strength of character not to be overpowered by light and medium flavored foods.
This beer is a nice discovery for me. I really like a wheat beer that's not an overdone fruit bomb. I'm starting to really get why people love German beers, with their clean tastes from skillful combinations of basic ingredients.
So far I've been rationing this beer out, wanting to save a can or two (out of a 4-pack) to compare to other lighter German beers. But at the same time it's so good I want to drink it more often. Really I should just buy another package or two and keep them handy in the storeroom.