So I've been converted. No more crappy Amstels and Black Labels. At the
Waterfront in Cape Town I had a Paulaner Weissbier, apparently it is
brewed with the same recipe as that brewed at the actual monastery in
Germany. It's not pasteurized or filtered and it was absolutely amazing.

Who knew beer could taste this good?

Brendan wrote:
> So I've been converted. No more crappy Amstels and Black Labels. At the
> Waterfront in Cape Town I had a Paulaner Weissbier, apparently it is
> brewed with the same recipe as that brewed at the actual monastery in
> Germany. It's not pasteurized or filtered and it was absolutely amazing.
>
> Who knew beer could taste this good?


then Franconia will be your heaven. that's where my
beer heaven is. check out kellerbier/landbier/
ungespundet-hefetrüb etc stuff too. even more
fantastic!

cheerssssss

Brendan wrote:

> So I've been converted. No more crappy Amstels and Black Labels. At the
> Waterfront in Cape Town I had a Paulaner Weissbier, apparently it is
> brewed with the same recipe as that brewed at the actual monastery in
> Germany.

What monastery would that be, considering that Paulaner is part-owned
by Heineken? Weissbier ("white" beer, but really "wheat" beer) isn't
particularly associated with monastic brewing.

> It's not pasteurized or filtered and it was absolutely amazing.

So European imports are not easily found in South Africa ... ?

> Who knew beer could taste this good?

A lot of us. Welcome, and if you want to experience even more,
perhaps you could save up a few rand for a trip to Europe,
particularly Belgium, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic.
--
dgs

Saudades (FG) wrote:

> Brendan wrote:
>
>> So I've been converted. [...Paulaner Weissbier...]
>>
>> Who knew beer could taste this good?
>
> then Franconia will be your heaven. that's where my beer heaven is.

Funny you should mention that. I'll be there in just a few days,
planning to tour the Franconian countryside and stop in at a few of the
remaining 275 Franconian breweries (perspective: 15 years ago, there
were 380), and maybe even cross over into the Oberpfalz for more old-
fashioned goodness.
--
dgs

"dgs" > skrev i meddelandet
...
> Brendan wrote:
>> So I've been converted. No more crappy Amstels and Black Labels.
>> At the Waterfront in Cape Town I had a Paulaner Weissbier,
>> apparently it is brewed with the same recipe as that brewed at the
>> actual monastery in Germany. Who knew beer could taste this good?
> A lot of us. Welcome, and if you want to experience even more,
> perhaps you could save up a few rand for a trip to Europe,
> particularly Belgium, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic.

Britain, Scotland, Holland, Sweden or Denmark isn't that bad either.

M