Is Munich turning into a beer desert?

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I never found Paulaner to be great, just competent. Unless you're talking their hausbrauerei in Kapuzinerplatz (a couple hundred meters from the Goetheplatz U-Bahn station). The kellerbier there is outstanding.

But Paulaner has slipped a bit as they've been acquired in the wave of German brewery consolidation. I can't recall who they're owned by - or if they're even one of the owners. German brewing has been consolidating like crazy over the past few years, generally not to great results.

Munich,

Augustiner was always my favorite when I was living there.

Are you getting the regular helles, or are you ending up with the festbier/wiesnbier? The beer brewed for Oktoberfest is not great stuff by any stretch, and lacking flavor and body would fit.

Give it a couple weeks. I'd venture to guess that you're getting wiesnbier, not the regular hell. And if that doesn't change for the better, upgrade to the Edelstoff. Now, if they ruin that, the apocolypse is surely nigh.

-Steve

Bavaria used to be famous for its beer with Munich being a city noted for beer. But it looks like the accountants in these firms have calculated that there is more profit in poorer quality beer.

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Steve Jackson

I've drunk it there, of course. I find it good but not outstanding. Maybe it has got worse since you were there.

No, I am talking about the regular helles beer. I drank the festbier. It wasn't bad and it had body but I don't like festbiers in general because I find the alcohol content too strong.

I tried the Edelstoff straight from the wooden barrel in the main biergarten (Augustiner Keller on Arnulfstr.) and it too was thin and watery. Not a patch on what it used to be. There is no sign of improvement yet, though the Oktoberfest ended less than a week ago at time of writing.

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rolandberry

Have you written the brewery?

Dan

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Dan

I'd blame the consumer on that to a large extent. As long as they can get ridiculously cheap "premium" beer, they don't give a damn. Largely. There are exceptions, but they're expecting too much for too little.

JMO.

Reply to
Lew Bryson

No, my German isn't up to it.

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rolandberry

You'd trying to imagine how beer could be as palatable as sand?

You do know the difference between a big, barren strech of land and something you might have after dinner, right?

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dgs

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