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Offline imref

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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2825: September 24, 2013, 11:44:06 AM »
Blue Moon pumpkin is pretty good.
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« Reply #2826: September 24, 2013, 11:46:10 AM »
Black Squirrel has Jolly Pumpkin Artisanal on tap right now.
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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2827: September 24, 2013, 12:27:50 PM »
Two questions: Is there any german made hard ciders or other "girly" drinks available?

Also, what are the best German beers available here in NoVA. Not a Kraut recipe, but legimitately imported from Bavaria.
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« Reply #2828: September 24, 2013, 12:52:41 PM »
Frankfurt (am Main, i.e. the western one where the big airport is) is famous for apple wine ("apfelwein").  Often served with handkäse (literally "hand cheese"); "handkäse mit musik" is handcheese with onions. 

Quote from: Slateman on September 24, 2013, 12:27:50 PM
Two questions: Is there any german made hard ciders or other "girly" drinks available?

Also, what are the best German beers available here in NoVA. Not a Kraut recipe, but legimitately imported from Bavaria.
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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2829: September 24, 2013, 12:58:45 PM »
Quote from: Slateman on September 24, 2013, 12:27:50 PM
Also, what are the best German beers available here in NoVA. Not a Kraut recipe, but legimitately imported from Bavaria.

this may sound like blasphemy, but thanks to german purity laws, most of the stuff tastes pretty similar. I'm partial to Hoffbrau, but that's just because I got really crap faced at one of their beer halls
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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2830: September 24, 2013, 01:07:49 PM »
Spaten does not suck
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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2831: September 24, 2013, 01:10:13 PM »
Quote from: Slateman on September 24, 2013, 12:27:50 PM
Two questions: Is there any german made hard ciders or other "girly" drinks available?

Also, what are the best German beers available here in NoVA. Not a Kraut recipe, but legimitately imported from Bavaria.

Schneider Weiss Tap 7 is the best German hefe-weizen I've had; it's available at a lot of liquor stores.
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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2832: September 24, 2013, 01:26:04 PM »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on September 24, 2013, 12:52:41 PM
Frankfurt (am Main, i.e. the western one where the big airport is) is famous for apple wine ("apfelwein").  Often served with handkäse (literally "hand cheese"); "handkäse mit musik" is handcheese with onions. 


Where can I get that here?

Quote from: KnorrForYourMoney on September 24, 2013, 01:10:13 PM
Schneider Weiss Tap 7 is the best German hefe-weizen I've had; it's available at a lot of liquor stores.

Uh . . . since when do ABC stores sell beer?
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« Reply #2833: September 24, 2013, 01:31:39 PM »
Quote from: Slateman on September 24, 2013, 01:26:04 PM
Where can I get that here?

Uh . . . since when do ABC stores sell beer?

He must be a Marylander or such.
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« Reply #2834: September 24, 2013, 01:34:23 PM »
Ewwwwwww . . . .
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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2835: September 24, 2013, 02:53:48 PM »
Quote from: Slateman on September 24, 2013, 12:27:50 PM
Also, what are the best German beers available here in NoVA. Not a Kraut recipe, but legimitately imported from Bavaria.

Couple things:
1)  All German beer does not come from Bavaria.  There are plenty of good non-Bavarian German beers.
2)  Lagers do not travel as well as ales, and most German beer is lager.  Therefore, it is difficult to find in NoVa anything that does justice to what it tastes like in its natural habitat.
3)  Look for Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen and/or Schneider Aventinus.  Total Wine and More should oblige.  Or the Westover Market.  They are both Bavarian, by the way.
4)  Jever Pils is a fine hoppy German beer.  Comes from about as far away from Bavaria as you can get and still be in Germany.  Reisdorfer Kölsch is also worth a try (and NOT from Bavaria).  I am a fan of Warsteiner (from Warstein in the Ruhr area), but it really doesn't travel very well.
5)  Hit up the Biergartenhaus for German beers on tap.
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« Reply #2836: September 24, 2013, 03:11:02 PM »
Liquor stores don't sell beer?  Next you'll tell me they are closed on Sunday. 
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« Reply #2837: September 24, 2013, 03:12:56 PM »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on September 24, 2013, 03:11:02 PM
Liquor stores don't sell beer?  Next you'll tell me they are closed on Sunday. 

We have stills in VA.   :)
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« Reply #2838: September 24, 2013, 03:13:52 PM »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on September 24, 2013, 03:11:02 PM
Next you'll tell me they are closed on Sunday. 

we've a little more progressive than that (not much). Actually, I really like abc stores- they're clean, well laid out, and they have great scotch and bourbon selections
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Offline imref

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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2839: September 24, 2013, 04:47:05 PM »
Quote from: WerthHisWeight on September 24, 2013, 02:53:48 PM
Couple things:
1)  All German beer does not come from Bavaria.  There are plenty of good non-Bavarian German beers.
2)  Lagers do not travel as well as ales, and most German beer is lager.  Therefore, it is difficult to find in NoVa anything that does justice to what it tastes like in its natural habitat.
3)  Look for Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen and/or Schneider Aventinus.  Total Wine and More should oblige.  Or the Westover Market.  They are both Bavarian, by the way.
4)  Jever Pils is a fine hoppy German beer.  Comes from about as far away from Bavaria as you can get and still be in Germany.  Reisdorfer Kölsch is also worth a try (and NOT from Bavaria).  I am a fan of Warsteiner (from Warstein in the Ruhr area), but it really doesn't travel very well.
5)  Hit up the Biergartenhaus for German beers on tap.

I second Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen, easily the best beer I've ever had.  I believe Doner Bistro in Leesburg has it on tap.  Wegman's sells it too.
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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2840: September 24, 2013, 04:48:57 PM »
Quote from: Slateman on September 24, 2013, 12:27:50 PM
Two questions: Is there any german made hard ciders or other "girly" drinks available?

Also, what are the best German beers available here in NoVA. Not a Kraut recipe, but legimitately imported from Bavaria.

About the only German "girly" drink I can think of is a Shandy (lemonade and beer).  I got laughed at pretty hard at a bar in Munich when I ordered it in December  (It's a summer drink).  There's also Jagermeister, depending on what kind of girl you are talking about. :)
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« Reply #2841: September 24, 2013, 04:52:47 PM »
Doner Bistro just opened a second location a block from my house - their currywurst is awesome.

Quote from: imref on September 24, 2013, 04:47:05 PM
I second Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen, easily the best beer I've ever had.  I believe Doner Bistro in Leesburg has it on tap.  Wegman's sells it too.
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« Reply #2842: September 24, 2013, 04:52:55 PM »
Quote from: imref on September 24, 2013, 04:48:57 PM
About the only German "girly" drink I can think of is a Shandy (lemonade and beer).  I got laughed at pretty hard at a bar in Munich when I ordered it in December  (It's a summer drink).  There's also Jagermeister, depending on what kind of girl you are talking about. :)

I went to a beer garden in the english gardens, and everyone was drinking shandy- granted most people biked there and it was being served in large enough glasses that you were still getting a couple of pints or beer per drink
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« Reply #2843: September 24, 2013, 04:53:56 PM »
 :rofl:

Quote from: imref on September 24, 2013, 04:48:57 PM
There's also Jagermeister, depending on what kind of girl you are talking about. :)
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« Reply #2846: September 24, 2013, 06:14:35 PM »
Quote from: HalfSmokes on September 24, 2013, 12:58:45 PM
this may sound like blasphemy, but thanks to german purity laws, most of the stuff tastes pretty similar. I'm partial to Hoffbrau, but that's just because I got really crap faced at one of their beer halls

 Yeah  and it's just  ok.  nothing spectacular.  and I  want to like it a lot. I like the darker German beers better
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« Reply #2847: September 24, 2013, 07:24:55 PM »
Watching Oz and James makes me really want to drink bitters- do they even sell that here,  and if so,  what is it called?
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« Reply #2848: September 24, 2013, 07:35:42 PM »
Bitters :shrug:



Unless it's something different.  I have a bottle of that ^
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Re: Beer, Beer, and More Beer
« Reply #2849: September 24, 2013, 08:27:12 PM »
Dinkle Acker is a good German beer available in the area

Quote from: Slateman on September 24, 2013, 12:27:50 PM
Two questions: Is there any german made hard ciders or other "girly" drinks available?

Also, what are the best German beers available here in NoVA. Not a Kraut recipe, but legimitately imported from Bavaria.
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