Took it easy this evening and enjoyed a nice Andechs beer.  You can see on one of my previous posts that we’ve visited this Kloster as well.  It sits on top of a hill and overlooks a very large lake.  Although heavily commercialized (because it is so close to Munich),  it is still a great experience!

Today’s beer is the Andechser Spezial Hell.   This is a classic “festbier” lager — light in color, easy in drinkability with the distinct possibility to really light you up if you’re not careful!

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Tonight I was out in a few different places … and I was able to find another Augustiner beer I hadn’t had: this was the Augustiner Weisse.

I had mentioned this in a previous post, but this brewery is the oldest brewery in Munich … I’ve yet to make the trek down there to visit it … and I’m actually torn as to whether I want to go to Munich for a beer visit OR go back to Belgium for a quick Trappist Brewery tour (again).  I’m leaning heavily toward the Trappist tour … but tasting this very nice Weizen from Augustiner just gives me that urge to go “Muenchen way.”

Oh the hard decisions in life!

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Tonight I went back to my Kloster beer collection … I pulled out an Irseer Brauerei “UrWeisse.”  This nice hefeweizen was just the ticket — it gave me that banana smell right off the bat … and it was uniformly balanced, a little sweet — just a wonderful brew.  Yummy!

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We were making the rounds again tonight and I came across a brew I hadn’t had yet: Schwaben Brau Meister Pils.  Yes I had one, and yes, it was a typical Pilsener … and there’s not anything wrong with that!  “It filled the bill for new beer and it filled the stomach with new cheer.”  Yes, corny I know, but still funny!

Enjoy,

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You better believe I’d have an excellent beer for my 150th!  I’ve been saving this one for a special occasion … and this occasion worked.  This is another one of the “hand-brewed” beers I picked up in Norway.  This one comes from the HaandBryggeriet brewery in Norway and it’s called: Odin’s Tipple.

This is a fantastic Russian Imperial Stout.  Wow!  When I cracked it open and poured it, it looked exactly like motor oil coming out of the bottle.  Ha Ha!  And I could smell it while I was pouring it.  Bam! Right in the nose the roasted barley … again, wow!  It’s 11% abv, but I’m thoroughly enjoying this beer.

Here’s what the brewers put on the bottle: “Odin, the chief god of Norse mythology, was a forceful but complicated being of many moods – the symbol of battle, victory, and death, but also of wisdom, poetry, and prophecy.  With this hearty, complex ale, Handbryggeriet imagine Odin in later years, when his victories on the battlefield were but shadowy memories, his reflections tended toward loftier themes such as life’s meaning and his drink would have been a deep, dark, and contemplative one.”

I think they hit the mark with this brew!  Get it if you can … and sit back and savor it.

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Ha ha!  Today I had a party to celebrate my advancement to the next rank in the military.  I think some people thought it wouldn’t happen, so it was only appropriate that I celebrated it on April Fool’s Day.

Fortunately, while celebrating, I found a Weizen beer I hadn’t had yet: Maisel’s Weisse.   This was  a decent beer and I thoroughly enjoyed it, considering the circumstances.

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Today I had a nice surprise when I went to the Schoenbuch Brauhaus.  They had just released their Maibock.  My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed this release … what a pleasure!

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Tonight I enjoyed another Kloster brew — this one from Weltenburg again.  This particular beer was their Weltenburger Barock Dunkel.   This beer won a Gold Medal at the World Beer Cub as the best Dunkel in the world–twice! (2004, 2008).

I have to tell you … this was a very nice Dunkel.  It sure hit the spot I can tell you that much–I can see why it was a Gold Medal Winner.

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