Beerbeque
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When it comes to classic German beers, I can only think of lagers. Hmmm I guess they mostly like lagers just like the rest of the world- but do you know of any classic German ales?
Beerbeque
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What are some classic German ales?
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eschatz
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Wow, there's a whole freaking pile of them. Octoberfest, Marzan, Weisse,....
eschatz
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Dortmunder Export, Altbier, Hefe, Kristal, Kolsch, Sticke, Rauchbier,... I'm sure there's got to be more.
xamers
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He's looking only for ales.
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Beerbeque
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But Oktoberfest and Marzen are lagers.
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Beerbeque
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And Dortmunder export is a lager too!
The funny thing about this forum is that when we are "on our game", there is a good chance we've also had a few too many - I think he maybe misread your question... heh
chrisholst
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German ales are all kinda funky... Weizen, Gose, Berliner Weiss, and a raft of deprecated styles with crazy names like Peeterman. Germany settled on lager as its primary style... you've gotta be looking for something really out of the ordinary to be looking for a german ale...
I like you...you want to wander off the beaten path in your brewing...
Dusseddorf Altbier is one...here's an article on them http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/beer_traveller/46320
ANd Michael Jackson's write up http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000838.html
I even found you a recipe....
And I'm surprised that no one mentioned that old stand by Kolsch...
Here's some info from Wikipedia...
Here's a buch of different Kolsch recipes...http://www.bodensatz.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20020510221215114
I've only had one beer, so I am relative pober
Dusseddorf Altbier is one...here's an article on them http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/beer_traveller/46320
ANd Michael Jackson's write up http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000838.html
I even found you a recipe....
And I'm surprised that no one mentioned that old stand by Kolsch...
Here's some info from Wikipedia...
Here's a buch of different Kolsch recipes...http://www.bodensatz.com/staticpages/index.php?page=20020510221215114
I've only had one beer, so I am relative pober
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Peetermann is from Louvain, but you're right about older styles of German ale being wheaty and weird (and ****ing awesome).
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Try perusing this....
BJCP Style Guidelines
You will find every normally accepted style category.
Just look for German call outs.
BJCP Style Guidelines
You will find every normally accepted style category.
Just look for German call outs.
menschmaschine
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Just to sum it up...
Altbier (Northern German, Düsseldorf, and Sticke)
Kölsch
Roggenbier (Rye)
Most German beer brewed with wheat: Hefeweizen, Berliner Weiss, Gose, Kristallweizen, Einbecker (historic) etc.)
What did I miss?
Keep in mind, many of these need to be fermented with relatively good temperature control (lower than typical ale yeasts) and many are still lagered.
Altbier (Northern German, Düsseldorf, and Sticke)
Kölsch
Roggenbier (Rye)
Most German beer brewed with wheat: Hefeweizen, Berliner Weiss, Gose, Kristallweizen, Einbecker (historic) etc.)
What did I miss?
Keep in mind, many of these need to be fermented with relatively good temperature control (lower than typical ale yeasts) and many are still lagered.
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Edit: menschmaschine you were too damned fast!!
Kolsches, Altbiers and Wheatbiers; Weisse, hefeweizen roggenbier. This includes weizenbocks too.
These are the primary ales.
chefchris
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Wow, almost a year to the date resurrection.
menschmaschine
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Umm, yeah, we were just following up, making sure Beerbeque was good to go with German ales.
Yeah, that's it.Actually, while we're on this topic. A new one (for this list) is Dampfbier. I might brew that next.
chefchris
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haha.
I actually just got back from a German beer tasting at our local shop. Feeling pretty good right now.
I discovered that Dunkels are neat.
Swarzbier's good, too.
I actually just got back from a German beer tasting at our local shop. Feeling pretty good right now.
I discovered that Dunkels are neat.
Swarzbier's good, too.
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chefchris
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So are Schwarz Beirs!
....But they give you nasty schwartz in the morning...
hey, like i said, i just got back from the tasting. i looked at it ... knew it was spelled wrong ... carried on ... played some kirby's avalanche.
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Rudeboy
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From GermanBeerInstitute.com:
<<Dampfbier (literally: steam beer) is a centuries-old style from the region of the Bavarian Forest, the southeastern portion of Bavaria, near the Czech border. It is an all-barley ale, usually deep golden to light amber in color.>>
Wait wait wait. Now the Germans invented Steam Beer too!
Gawddammit. The one beer we could say was truely invented in America. And now the Germans are saying they did it first.
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