Would you like a lemon with that?

[Rhoobarb]

... The oddest thing I have seen was the German girls liked to drink cola-beer. Half coke and half beer....

I used to work with a man originally from the UK who was in his 70's. He drank a 50/50 mix of either 7-up or ginger ale and beer - usually a pale ale or light lager. He said there was a name for it in the UK, but I can't recall what he told me it was.

 

[AHammer16]

When I was in Germany they wer drinking coke w/ beer they called it diesel. They also drank beer and sprite and called it a raddler i think. I just couldn't get past the flavor of the 2 combined. But they drank it like water.

 

[snaproll]

I usually get upset when they put lemon in my beer and tell them please don t do that again. If I wanted lemonade I'd have asked for it.
and don't get me started on Bush. ( what a weasel)

 

[andre the giant]

I agree Snaproll, Busch sucks. I never drink the stuff...

As for our president, I'd say he's no better or worse than anyone in the last 100 years. Our government is comprised of weasels, on both sides of the aisle.

 

[El Pistolero]

I'll drink to that...without the lemon, please.

 

[gijake1]

when i was in germany they always served hefewiesen with an orange slice, never seen it with a lemon slice until i came back to the states. I think i like the orange better. they also made colawiesen with about 3/4 hefe and 1/4 coke or bananawiesen with banana juice. colawiesen is good stuff, never could get used to the bananawiesen though.

 

[reinkingg]

In Spain you can ask for a "Cañita with soda" and you´ll get Half Lager beer and half lemon soda this tastes great and is quite refreshing.
In Mexico we drink "Chelada" and "Michelada" this is a glass with salt and chilli on the edge kind of like the margarita thing, then add ice and lemon juice and lager beer for michelada. For the chelada we use the same as above plus also we add maggi sauce, worchestershire sauce, tabasco sauce and pepper and lager beer. We end up with a very poppular refreshing-hot drink. When ever you come to Mexico try at least one.

 

[SteveM]

Once when I was in Germany, a guy I was travellling with, not mindful of the minor language barrier, ordered a cold beer. It was his first time there and he was concerned that they served beers warm (despite my reassurances). While the rest of us were sipping our Altes, Pils or Hefes, he was trying to suck down a half coke. half beer. The waitress had mistaken his order for a cola beer. Experience can be a good teacher!

Oddly enough, though, I had never been served a Hefe with lemon, either here in the states or in Germany, until yesterday. My wife and I were out to eat and the place we were eating had Paulaner (sp?) Hefe on tap. Served in the authentic German half liter glass, too. With lemon. No thanks on the lemon, but it obviously varies from place to place.

 

[Wayne Havens]

The weirdest thing happened to me friday. My wife and I were checking out a new restaurant in town called Smokey Bones BBQ and Grill. I was delighted to notice they served Blue Moon on tap. That is an american made Belgian White. When they brought me the glass it had an orange slice in it.

 

[Kephren]

That's normal for Blue Moon. I do the same with my Wit I have on tap now. It makes sense since they use orange peel in the brew. I think it compliments it nicely. Other's hate it. I hated it the first time I tried it, but I guess the same can be said for beer in general

 

[snaproll]

I spent 3 1/2 years in Germany and I don't ever recall drinking a Hefe Wiesen beer, but I was young and dumb ( yes even dumber than now) and probably wouldn't have known the difference anyway, I mean it was beer. Paulaner is one of my favorites now, and if you know of a place to get it on tap I can't imagine going anywhere else to eat, at least IMHO
I have managed to brew a batch or so that closely mimics it, needless to say it didn't last long.

 

[El Pistolero]

The weirdest thing happened to me friday. My wife and I were checking out a new restaurant in town called Smokey Bones BBQ and Grill. I was delighted to notice they served Blue Moon on tap. That is an american made Belgian White. When they brought me the glass it had an orange slice in it.

Hey Wayne...what did you think of SB? We tried it thursday...it was nice they had Blue Moon and Killian's on tap, and the BBQ was as least adequate.

 

[Wayne Havens]

We really liked the place. I liked the fact that the whole place is non-smoking. The waitstaff did a great job.

 

[El Pistolero]

Yep, the service was excellent, and with the big screens everywhere and no smoking, I may just have to watch some football there. My only complaint...there were three different sauces on the table, and not one of them was even fit for a yankee.

 

[SwAMi75]

My only complaint...there were three different sauces on the table, and not one of them was even fit for a yankee.

I've eaten there once, and I thought the same thing. The ribs were dry and sticky.....and this was in Alabama! Note that they're owned by the same outfit that owns Red Lobster and Olive Garden.

 

[El Pistolero]

I've eaten there once, and I thought the same thing. The ribs were dry and sticky.....and this was in Alabama! Note that they're owned by the same outfit that owns Red Lobster and Olive Garden.

Bummer! I hate red lobster ...almost as much as spammers.

 

[SwAMi75]

Bummer! I hate red lobster ...almost as much as spammers.

So do I. I haven't eaten at an Olive Garden recently enough to have an opinion.

What sucks is Smokey Bones started out as a little BBQ shack in Georgia, if memory serves. They had quite a reputation. Just goes to show that just as in the beer world, big business can screw up anything good.

 

[Wayne Havens]

Yep, the service was excellent, and with the big screens everywhere and no smoking, I may just have to watch some football there. My only complaint...there were three different sauces on the table, and not one of them was even fit for a yankee.

The sauce left a lot to be desired. The best thing was, they had to change the keg before I got my first Blue Moon, so I got a fresh beer!

 

[kneemoe]

My only complaint...there were three different sauces on the table, and not one of them was even fit for a yankee.

geeze, our sauces suck, we apparently put fruit in our beers (tho you wont see that round here) damn glad we done *something* right round here
oh wait, that hasn't even been acknowledged!

 

[El Pistolero]

I've acknowledged your pizza.

And by the way...I didn't say that was your sauce...just said it wasn't fit for a yankee. A met might like it just fine.

 

[kneemoe]

I've acknowledged your pizza.

And by the way...I didn't say that was your sauce...just said it wasn't fit for a yankee. A met might like it just fine.

LOL - funny you should mention it, my favorite pizza shop told me at lunch they're becoming carpet-baggers, headed down to palm springs, fl to start a new shop....damn shame for me, now i gotta hunt down the second best pizza in town.

 

[El Pistolero]

They should come down here...the few NY style places around here are packed all the time, and dang, suddenly I'm real hungry.

 

[homebrewer_99]

There's a Smoky Bones in York, PA, and Fayetteville, NC, too.

 

[busmanray]

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[Spoonta]

i to was dumb to the whole lemon thing til a bar maid showed me the light

 

[RogerN]

I was dumb about a lot of things until a barmaid showed me the light

 

[Franiblector]

i have found one hefe brew that doesn't need a lemon at all: paulaner's.

try it!

 

[snaproll]

I can't beleive this thread is still going and I"m getting updates on it.
however I just read in a book by Eric Warner, titled German Wheat beer.
This fellow graduated from the prestigious Weihenstephan school of brewing in Germany. ( they brew one of the best Hefe Weizens you have ever tasted by the way).
And Hefe Weizen has been brewed in germany since the 17th century.
He sums it up pretty well when he said he never saw a lemon tree growing in Germany all the time he was there.
However I know as you all do, that as things get sent around the world, people do things with them and to them not origianally done by the place of origin.
so if that's what you like, then have at it, but I'll still have mine plain.
Perhaps while you are at it you (who like it with fruit), could get the barkeep to add a little umbrella too.
I'm sorry I couldn't resist, I think the devil made me do it.

 

[rewster451]

As I recall, the origin of this thread was that a lemon was served in a bouly wheat. I'm originally from Kansas City, so I kind of feel bad saying this, but Boulevard does not produce a quality of wheat beer that can be appreciated without the lemon. Paulaner does make a good hefe, and does not need a lemon (sorry I can't remember who brought this up earlier). I may be biased though, because I am not a fan of the weizen, hefe or otherwise, but I especially hate putting stuff in my beer. It's supposed to taste good on its own. It's like putting sauce on a steak. If it needs it, it's bad.

 

[snaproll]

I agree it would seem that the thread has wandered a bit, and you are correct the American wheat beers are different , I won't say bad just different and have to be enjoyed on thier own merit. They do lend themselves to an additional flavor such as Rasberry wheat or Cherry wheat etc.
Sierra Nevada has an unflitered wheat that is a bit hoppy (as wheat beers go ) and it can stand alone. this is my opinion only.