tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post3644216784299399700..comments2024-03-28T07:02:44.451+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: Get thee unto the beerhallThe Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-20256604637350023782012-04-04T10:55:14.093+01:002012-04-04T10:55:14.093+01:00adding additional artificial sweetener let's y...adding additional artificial sweetener let's you off the Reinheitsgebot hock but you can't call it beer anymore. The Weltenburger is in accordance. <br /><br />I still remember an Irish brewery brewing some dunkles... it was a total disasterNickhttp://lautering.net/tasting/42643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-86658443106153293672012-03-09T17:15:13.789+00:002012-03-09T17:15:13.789+00:00You got a point there Beer Nut. Yeah I do eat sau...You got a point there Beer Nut. Yeah I do eat sausages. I guess I'm just in denial about what's actually in them.Mark Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151857584483533199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-463009401554341692012-03-09T04:19:53.759+00:002012-03-09T04:19:53.759+00:00Funny you mention "something hacked off a dea...Funny you mention "something hacked off a dead animal and swimming in gravy". I made a field trip to Kloster Weltenburg last summer and while I enjoyed the beer the menu was something out of a horror movie. I don't mind meat at all but I can do without the lungs, heart, tongue, and hoof.Mark Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151857584483533199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-17368037766994419612012-03-07T10:48:33.904+00:002012-03-07T10:48:33.904+00:00Ah, Yeah, I've had the Störtebecker one, which...Ah, Yeah, I've had the Störtebecker one, which went down the sink :) And I clearly tried to forget the <a href="http://thebittenbullet.blogspot.com/2009/01/landskron-beers.html" rel="nofollow">Pupen-Schulzes</a>! Bleurgh! So, that's 4 :D But these are definitely a minority, as even up around NRW (where I lived for close to 3 years), even the brewpubs and micros produce some decent dunkels. Sadly, it's the crapper ones that stand out the most :DBarry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-76049125694746812222012-03-07T10:33:37.754+00:002012-03-07T10:33:37.754+00:00I can add at least one more to that - Landskron Pu...I can add at least one more to that - Landskron Pupen Schultzes Schwarzes, which I liked nonetheless somehow. Plus those "porters" like Stortebeker Hanse-Porter. But you're right that south Germany sticks more to tradition. Unfortunately, where I live, artificially sweetened Czech and Slovak dunkels are much easier to get than those traditional ones from south Germany.Kubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813090079588043032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-18142352627576450222012-03-06T23:37:44.984+00:002012-03-06T23:37:44.984+00:00I think the only two beers I've come across wi...I think the only two beers I've come across with sweeteners added after fermentation in Germany have been the two examples mentioned by ElDesmadre. Both of which <a href="http://thebittenbullet.blogspot.com/search/label/Lausitzer%20Dunkel" rel="nofollow">were awful</a>, and yes, both from the former east (where it might be less unusual, and where porter is often referred to as "ladies' beer". But two out of.. well, I can't count how many Dunkels I've had, does not mean it's difficult to get a Dunkel that hasn't been sweetened!Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-13390102121677189072012-03-06T11:18:40.412+00:002012-03-06T11:18:40.412+00:00We have a soft spot for this one. We first tried i...We have a soft spot for this one. We first tried it on the trip to Regensburg which started us blogging and it's one we always find in El Corte Ingles on trips to Spain. Possibly not as excited by it now as once we were but would still snap up a few bottles if we saw it.Baileyhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-51139144993874675162012-03-05T14:34:02.070+00:002012-03-05T14:34:02.070+00:00Well, it's seemingly easier with German dunkel...Well, it's seemingly easier with German dunkels than with Czech or Slovak ones. But even in Germany some producers omit the Reinheitsgebot, as shows the example of the hideous Eibauer Lausitzer Dunkel as well as the marginally better but still disastrous Schwarzer Abt from Neuzelle. From my experience the perpetrators are mostly brewers from eastern Germany and the way they do it is fairly simple - the smallprint on the backlabel states it's a "Biermischgetraenk" (mixed drink based on beer). Ingredients: Dunkelbier, Saccharin.ElDesmadrehttp://thebeervault.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-87587201050213146092012-03-05T10:52:39.507+00:002012-03-05T10:52:39.507+00:00Really? Isn't the whole reinheitsgebot dealy t...Really? Isn't the whole reinheitsgebot dealy there to stop that kind of dicking about?The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-86764553543259631202012-03-05T10:46:07.349+00:002012-03-05T10:46:07.349+00:00"I can only think about Germany for a couple ..."I can only think about Germany for a couple of sentences before meat enters the picture." Brilliant :D<br />I think the Weltenburger dunkel is very good, within its style even top notch. A shame it's becoming increasingly difficult to get a dunkel that hasn't been defiled by artificial sweetener.ElDesmadrehttp://thebeervault.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com