January 2007 Archives
The above photo was taken in the The Klosterhof restaurant, famous for it's big servings of meat and very hospitable environment.
The bier is (obviously) a Schoefferhofer hefeweizen. I have previously posted about Schoefferhofer, however that was from Australia where the it would cost about 5 to 8 Australian dollars a bottle. Over here in Deutschland, I am looking at .75 Euro cents (or about $1.20 Australian). So as you imagine, I'm a happy man.
Radeberger is one of the first German Breweries to develop and brewed a pils.
The bier is actually quite sharp and refreshing. Its no Czech Pils, but it does very well by any standard.
I was sorting through some of my photos last night when I am across this shot I took in Dubai. I believe the beer is the Dutch mass produced Amstel . Seeing that the UAE is actually an Islamic country and does not permit alcohol to be produced, there are a lot of 'big' imports such a Amstel and Fosters. Whilst it isn't the most flavour-rich of beers, a cold Amstel in the oppressive 45-50 degree heat certainly hit the spot.
The building in the background is the Burj Al Arab (Arab Tower), the worlds only 7-star hotel. You can check out more photos that I took of from Dubai here.
Well it didn't take me long, but I was straight onto the local bier :-)
Funny thing is just how damn cheap bier is here. The above half litre bottle of Maisels Weisse cost me the grand total of 0.79 Euro. So you can imagine that I am a happy man :-)
