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Personal Best Of....? |
| Posted by Nick B. on 2016-08-18 00:06:36 |
| Hard to argue with any of those, TBH. What explicitly helles Bier though...I keep thinking back to the Witzgall Vollbier, draught (keg or tank?) at the Gaststätte. It's got a nice "black pepper" note to it, almost reminds me of Pilsner Urquell in a way, with a slightly sweet & buttery note to it as well. But I know I'm missing something else. 2. Mager, aye, or maybe Held Bräu. 3. Roppelt or Griess, but both vary quite a bit.When Roppelt's not great, it's really disappointing. 4. A desert island beer for me wouldn't be from Franconia, sorry. At the moment, I think it would have to be Harvey's Sussex Best, or maybe even their 3.7% Pale Ale, like a Best Lite. BTW David, I live in Erlangen, so it's not a big deal for me to know about and document those places, but you're welcome! There are a couple more cafés I should've added there to form a more complete "guide" to finding good beer in town, but was only thinking of the specific Hell(s) in response to your question. I'll add them in a follow-up. None of them are "traditional Franconian" Brauhaus though, rather, more like Café Abseits: city/student cafés. Which are also nice to experience when travelling Europe IMO. The thing about those places & beers is it's a good collection of otherwise well-scattered countryside brewery's offerings in a convenient café crawl. Aside: the term "Vollbier", like "Landbier", doesn't say anything about what sort of beer it is, just that it's "full strength": i.e. neither low-strength nor strong beer. It's actually a tax classification, to be taxed at a higher rate than low-strength, but presumably lower than a strong beer. |
| Followups: |
 Personal Best Of....? by David on 2016-08-18 03:09:15 |
| Personal Best Of....? by pivnizub on 2016-08-18 22:54:12 |
| Personal Best Of....? by barry on 2016-08-19 03:17:20 |