Poll: Favorite German brewing style

[Kellanved]

Poll question: Poll: Favorite German brewing style

Ok, the "Spring beer" thread made me wonder: which style do you prefer?
Note that I'm asking for the style, not the actual brewing location. Nor am I asking for your absolute favorite (I'd like to learn it, though), so please excuse the missing "none of the above" option.




Edit: removed pictures - the post was way too long.

[Leftist78]

1. Nothing warms like a good

Doppelbock :beer:

[Whitacre D_WI]

2. Well, I voted for Berliner Weiss

'cause I like those funny-colored syrups. In reality, there are far too many wonderful beers in far too many styles coming from old Deutschland to decide.

What I like best about German beer is that even something they think of as "bad beer" (for instance, Oettinger) is much better than most of the stuff we drink in the States.

[Kellanved]

4. That is unfair

Beer doesn't travel well. Nor did I find American brews to be bad - ignoring Bud, Miller and that sickly sweet pseudo-Weizen, I did find American beers very acceptable.

Oettinger is a drastic example. It is not one beer, but a label patched on beers produced by anonymous breweries. One can get lucky, but there is a very real chance of ending up with a truly lousy beer.

[Whitacre D_WI]

5. Really?

Well, I liked the Oettinger I drank when I was in Paderborn a couple of years ago. Yummy!

And yes, there is some very good American beer. The problem is that MOST American beer is, well, either Miller or Bud. They control the market to a ridiculous extent.

Frankly, IMHO, the best American beers are not the microbrews that attempt to copy European beer styles, but the regional breweries that make mild "American lager" styled-beers that are quite different from place to place. They're also cheaper than Miller and Bud.

[trotsky]

3. Hofbrauhaus Oktoberfest

Mmmmmmm

[Catch22Dem]

6. Has anyone heard of Rogue's Dead Guy Ale

From Oregon? I love that stuff. As far as I know there's only one place to get it in my town though.

Dead Guy Ale
Gratefully dedicated to the Rogue in each of us. In the early 1990s Dead Guy Ale was created as a private tap sticker to celebrate the Mayan Day of the Dead (November 1st, All Souls Day) for Casa U Betcha in Portland, Oregon. The Dead Guy design proved popular and was incorporated into a bottled product a few years later with Maierbock as the elixir. Strangely, the association with the Grateful Dead is pure coincidence.

Dead Guy is a German-style Maibock made with Rogue's proprietary "PacMan" ale yeast. It is deep honey in color with a malty aroma, rich hearty flavor and a well balanced finish. Dead Guy is created from Northwest Harrington, Klages, Maier Munich and Carastan malts, along with Perle and Saaz Hops. Dead Guy Ale is available in 22-ounce bottles, 12-ounce 6-pack, and on draft.

Measurements: 16.5 degrees Plato, IBU 30, Apparent Attenuation 77.7, Lovibond 8.

[StClone]

7. Franzenkiner

Smooth yeast mellow yummy. Those monks!