Sunday, 8 February 2015

All About German Beer

By Chris Carr


Germany has over 1,000 breweries throughout the country, reportedly the most breweries than any other country in the world. It is a popular culture in the country with many festivals celebrating the beer. All beer brewed in Germany has a set of rules that must be followed. There is a purity law that dictates to the companies that brew the beer which ingredients that they are allowed to use. The basic ingredients are hops, barley malt and water.

Quality German beer has a distinct taste with little or no after taste. A few German ales are Koelsch, Weizen and Altbier and Rauchbier. The lagers include Bock, Pilsner, Dunkel, Helles and Maerzan. The taste, aroma and colour vary with each beer but they all are able to identify as German made beer.

Some of the styles of German ale include Koelsch, Weizen and Altbier. Lagers include Bock, Pilsener, Dunkel, Helles and Maerzen. The taste, colour and aroma vary from brew to brew but still are identified as good quality German Beer. The German beer Altbier is a brown style ale and is conditioned for longer than normal periods that allows it to mellows out the fruitiness and produces an exceptionally smooth and delicate brew. The colour ranges from medium to dark brown and has a great balance between malt and hops. Rauchbier is known to have smoky colour and flavour. These beers taste great and are very popular throughout the regions of Germany.

Pilsener is one of the most popular and familiar beers, both in Germany and throughout the world. The Pilsener beer has less malt and more of a hop taste on the palate. It is a fairly dark lager that is quite popular all over the world in particular in North America, where is it sold in the many bars and restaurants.

Throughout Germany there are over 4,000 brands of beer. Some of the more popular and well known larger companies that produce German beer in the north of the country are Beck, St Pauli, Warstiener and Krombach, In the south of Germany there are many more breweries, however they are smaller and locally owned and operated. The Benedictine Abbey, one of the oldest brewers in the world is also in the south region of Germany. It was established in 1040, and run by Benedictine monks.

Just about everybody in the world would have heard of the Oktoberfest that is held every year in Munich. It commences in late September and runs for two weeks, ending in October. It is estimated that nearly five 5 million people come to Munich from all over the world to celebrate German beer during the festival. During the period of the Oktoberfest, only six of the local breweries are allowed to supply beer and have a variety of different beer for consumption in the bigger tents.

During Oktoberfest only local brewers from Munich are permitted to serve beer in the bigger tents. There are six breweries that produce a variety of beers during the festival for the thousands who attend.

Anyone attending this festival is guaranteed to have a most enjoyable time. The main aim is to experience the Full boded flavour of some of the beat beers produced in the world. Their taste is without doubt unequalled anywhere in the world.




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