tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post5789508719261724716..comments2023-09-01T11:29:18.150+01:00Comments on BeerViking: Meanwhile in German beer, it's 1971 all over again...BryanBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-25601572556925109242012-08-28T09:03:53.615+01:002012-08-28T09:03:53.615+01:00The issue is that unless a micro brewery has its o...The issue is that unless a micro brewery has its own pub, its beers won't be distributed much. Most restaurants and pubs have one pilsener and one hefe-weizen on offer - if they think of themselves as innovative they will offer beer cocktails rather than a range of different beer styles. There is also no such thing as matching beer styles and food (well, apart from Weisswurst and Weizen for breakfast). For a country loving its beer so much its a real shame to see that so little is expected of its flavour. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03782699315319503752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-13732162044878888472012-08-27T22:20:31.912+01:002012-08-27T22:20:31.912+01:00True - but Franconia is not Germany, and even ther...True - but Franconia is not Germany, and even there you will need to change pubs for a choice of beer. When we visited Fässla there was precisely one draught beer available, across the road at Spezial there were two. (Mind you, having to do a pub crawl of Bamberg is such a hardship...) <br /><br />I was thinking something similar while reading Tandleman's blog praising the pubs of Cologne and Düsseldorf. Elsewhere in Germany things are different - more bars and restaurants as opposed to pubs, and less resistance to (or awareness of) real locally-made beer being replaced by cheaply-made corporate fizz. <br /><br />I hope I'm wrong. I hope there will be a backlash, demanding beer that tastes as it ought to. I guess I can live with a bit less variety if what's there is really good!BryanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-21758666291043538142012-08-27T20:33:19.073+01:002012-08-27T20:33:19.073+01:00Depends where you go. There's plenty of good s...Depends where you go. There's plenty of good stuff and variety in Franconia. One of my favourite regions to go drinking in. Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-70249579648192257712012-08-27T18:55:39.649+01:002012-08-27T18:55:39.649+01:00Thanks, I think I'd read one or two of your Ge...Thanks, I think I'd read one or two of your Germany posts in the past, but not the whole lot! I see you've come to some of the same conclusions - brewpubs that produce just the regulation light and dark Pils, declining consumption, pub closures, a shift to cheaper beers mainly sold through supermarkets, a rise in alcopops and trouble related to drunkenness - and yet at the same time beer is still a very popular drink. <br /><br />The innate conservatism of many brewers and drinkers has its upside, in that as you say it cherishes tradition; sadly it all too easily runs straight into the sort of chauvinism that insists German is best, and no other beer is worth drinking, despite all the evidence. <br />BryanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-61902595558789415752012-08-27T13:30:52.594+01:002012-08-27T13:30:52.594+01:00I've written extensively about this subject ov...I've written extensively about this subject over the years. Have a look here: http://tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=germany<br /><br />Look forward to seeing your views.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-14427398370035028532012-08-27T13:05:46.168+01:002012-08-27T13:05:46.168+01:00Thanks, bloody Blogger had bent all my carefully h...Thanks, bloody Blogger had bent all my carefully hand-coded links! now fixed, I hope, BryanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-87565929870913316862012-08-27T12:56:46.174+01:002012-08-27T12:56:46.174+01:00The EBCU link doesn't workThe EBCU link doesn't workkeeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497154728307729517noreply@blogger.com