March 10th, 2010 by Nate

Isn’t Nostalgia fun?

The reason I state this is that WAY back at the end of 2006. I followed my career and moved from Australia to Germany. Naturally one of the first things you do when you arrive in German is have a bier. Well at least I did.

So on December 28th 2006 I picked up some brews at my local Rewe (German Supermarket Chain) and then headed back to my apartment to enjoy them in the middle of winter (note that December in Australia is Summer, thus I had just flown from a 32 degree Sydney-Summer day into a Frankfurt -8 Winters day).

If you click on this link, you will be taken back to my first post to Bier Adventures from Deutschland. Back in those days I didn’t review biers I just posted photos of them on my site. As I so eloquently state on the post, a bottle of Maisel’s Wiesse has cost me a grant total of 0.79 cents Euro! Bargain right?

Anyway since that time I’ve ingested a ‘few’ biers from far and wide so my tastes have grown a little. So much so so that although I’ve also posted about drinking Maisel’s Weisse with a Schweinebraten and thoroughly enjoyed the adventure, I think I’ve moved on from thinking this specific Weisse is worthy of such attention.

Yes it is a popular and original family brew from 1887. Yes it is a Weisse that I get to see a lot of and probably drink a lot of when not testing/trying new beers. What the Maisel’s Wiesse isn’t is 5 or even 4 stein material.

Why the change of heart you may ask (or not). Well once you start trying the Schneider Weisse, the Augustiner Weisse, the Franziskaner Dunkel and many, many others you tend to become spoiled for choice and well, at least for me, become a little bit of a Weisse snob. The Maisel’s is simply too sweet for me, a little like a glass of liquid brown sugar + a little bit of wheat.

Having said all of that, I do think that this is the perfect entry weisse bier. It’s great to introduce people to the enjoyability of a weisse without being challenged to early on. So I’m not saying I don’t like the bier, but it has to take a step down in relation to the other Weisse biers.

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January 12th, 2010 by Nate

It’s not often that you come across a bier, especially a special bier that tops the original. But I have to say that the above Tap7 version of the Schneider Weisse weissbier is well, amazing. I have reviewed the original Schneider before and it is one of my favourite wheat biers. However this Tap7 version takes the cake.

It has more alcohol (5.4%) but to be honest I didn’t notice. The one distinctive quality that stuck out for me was just how creamy the texture of the bier was. It really sat perfectly on the palate with very smooth hits of nutmeg, it was perfect with the Christmas dinner (hence the, ah not so subtle, Christmas decorations), although the website states this is best with traditional Bavarian food. Still incase you didn’t get it yet, I love this bier.

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September 14th, 2009 by Nate

Recently, I visited Frankfurt to see my footy (thats Aussie Rules footy) team, the Frankfurt Redbacks smash the Hamburg Dockers in the final round of the AFLG regular season. I previously played for Redbacks when I was an occupant of the stadt of Frankfurt and it was great to get be there and see them get the win!

I wasn’t playing this weekend, so I sat sideline with bier hand. Binding is the local Frankfurt brew and stablemate of the ‘furt for almost 150 years. The bier is a solid Pils, nothing exciting but good none the less with the typical hops flavour and a nice, although slightly dimmed, bitterness. It’s the standard bier to be found in the most pubs, sports grounds and trinkhallen throughout Frankfurt. It truly is the ‘Frankfurt Bier’.

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August 22nd, 2007 by Nate

One of the great things about Deutschland is the bier gartens (beer garden) that are pretty much spring up on every corner when the temperature gets warm. Then there are the mainstays that are there all year round, such as Alt-Oberurseler Brauhaus.

Not only is it a traditional Bier Garten but it also brews it’s own bier & quite the range:
- Pills (as pictured above)
- Hefeweizen
- Bockbier
and many others.

As for a rating, I don’t mind the bier to be honest, it just didn’t grab my full attention. I’ve only had the Pills there, so I can’t give a full rating. But the pils in my mind was more of a 3, than 4 Steins:

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March 2nd, 2007 by Nate

This is a photo of the head of my recently drunk Schöefferhofer. I just really liked how the external light caused the brands shadow to be shown on the froth.

I love this bier, so it gets:

Frankfurt, German Bier, schoefferhofer, Weißbier

February 13th, 2007 by Nate

I was out on Friday in Bockenheim having a few biers. The pub we ended up in whilst being quite dodgy had a pretty cool air to it. They also had a Weiss bier that I’d never tried, a
Tucher Weiss, which wasn’t all that good when compared to other Bavarian biers.

So in my new rating scheme, I give it a 2 out of 5: 2-beers-small.gif

For more information regarding the ranking system, click here.

Frankfurt, German Bier, Weißbier, wissbier

February 8th, 2007 by Nate

Rama V is probably the best Thai restaurant in Frankfurt. I was dining there on Dienstag when I took this picture of a Schneider Weiss .

I must say that I am a particular fan of the Dunkle Weiss bier. There just seems to be a little more earthy textures to it. Most places in Frankfurt seem to serve Schöfferhofer as thier weiss bier, so it was a welcome change to have the Schneider Weiss, which mind you is a very good bier.

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February 5th, 2007 by Nate

I spent Samstag (Saturday…I’m practicing my German) in this funky little Irish bar in Sachsenhausen. It is actually a converted WWII bomb shelter, which was great but for one thing, smoke. In Germany smoking is permitted pretty much everywhere. Being that it was underground this bar was completely smoked in. Coupled with the low-light situation it was hard to get the above shot.

But on the bier front, I had 5 or so hefeweizens (not sure what brand though). A cloudy bier for a cloudy environment.

On another note, Bier Adventures is about to move into a new era, so keep an eye for the changes.

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January 23rd, 2007 by Nate

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 Schöfferhofer 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.

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January 16th, 2007 by Nate

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.

Beer, Frankfurt, German Bier, Pils, Pilsner