The Bitchin' Beer Thread

I swear I've seen harvest ale in local harris teeter stores (mine is on n. glebe rd. in arlington)

on tap... no idea

 

Thanks, I'll have to try that one.

 

If they don't have it, God help you:

http://www.chevychasewine.com/

 

Thanks.

I checked their online product database and they carry all Sierra Nevada except the Harvest.

ps-Harris Teeter does not carry the Harvest. I checked Total Wine, Fresh Fields, Giant, Safeway, Shoppers, not available at any of them. Makes little sense that the Washington Post would do a review on a particular item which does not seem to be available anywhere in the area.

 

http://www.realbeer.com/destinations/washingtondc/stores.php/

Didn't see it listed here either:

http://lovethebeer.com/beer-list.html

 

I called them up and to their credit they did carry it but it went quickly...

 

I work at the Sierra-Nevada brewery. Send me your address and a money order and i'll ship you a case of the Harvest in 24oz. bottles. We just got done bottling the Celebration, look for something special in February

 

I want to buy some good Weißbier, any suggestions?

 

Thanks!

I actually contacted my brother-in-law, who lives in the Baltimore suburbs, and he will be getting me a case. I should have it tomorrow.

In my previous post I commented on the Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, it should have been the Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale, it is very good!

I look forward to the Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale!

I always have at least a case of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in the house. I drink it at tailgates, I even play soccer at the tailgates while drinking from my 24oz. cup!

 

The Anniversary Ale was excellent and very popular but we have finished bottling it for this year so buy it while you can. Glad to hear you enjoy our beer, I'll pass that along to the master brewer.

 

It should have read : Flying Dog Dogtoberfest is very good!

 

Brooklyn Brewery's Local One. Holy crap this stuff is good.

 

For a true to style Weisse look at: Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Franziskaner, Tucher, and Weihenstephaner. All of these company’s make excellent Weisse’s that are easy to find in the US. My favorite is the Weihenstephaner.

Hacker, and Paulaner put “bottle on” dates on them. So if it is going to be your first Weisse experience, get one of those brands that were bottled as recently as possible. Weisse loses its flavor quickly. I would not drink one that is more than 8 months old. They are usually not skunked b/c of brown bottles but the nuances and spices will go away if you let them sit around to long.

When pouring you want to pour slowly down the side of the glass until there is about ¼ of an inch of beer left in the bottle. Then place the bottle between your hands and roll it quickly back and forth to re-suspend the yeast. Pour in the remaining beer/yeast.

If you can find a German Weisse on draft I would highly recommend trying it. There simply is no other beer like it.

 

Since you live in Jersey you should take a Saturday afternoon some time to check out the Brooklyn Brewery. They make a traditional German style Weisse that's as good as anything I had in Germany, and since you're actually at the Brewery they'll have it on tap.

The only restaurant outside the Brewery with it on tap that I know of is Teddy's in Brooklyn, which also has the bonus of serving the best hot wings in NYC. To get to either place from the Hoboken PATH should take you about 30 mins.

A lot of places (around me, anyway) also sell Brooklyn Weisse in six-packs, and of the roughly five million bottles of it I've had over the past three years, not one has been skunked.

Brooklyn also makes a Schneider-Weisse and an Ur-Weisse. The Schneider-Weisse is a traditional Weisse with a hoppier flavor; sort of a combination of a Weisse and an IPA. They don't sell it in bottles as far as I know, and the only place I've seen it is at the Brewery itself. Unfortunately I've yet to try their Ur-Weisse.

Of the Ur-Weisse I've had in America, Ayinger is easily the best. You can usually find that at decent liquor stores.

 

Would you describe the Brooklyn Brewery Weisse as hoppy? I don’t mean IPA hoppy, but can you taste any hops in the beer at all (other than a slight bitterness to balance the banana)? I have never had their beer before, but would like to try it. Nothing beats a fresh weizen.

My only concern is the hops. Weisse should have no hoppiness at all. Traditionally only a small amount of bittering hops is used, but no aroma/flavoring hops are added to the wort as its brewed.

I have never tasted an American brewed Weisse that tasted right, many were delicious in their own way, but none tasted like a true Weisse.

 

Close your eyes, tilt back a bottle of Brooklyn and you'll swear you're in Bavaria. It's unlike any other American Weisse - no hoppiness at all, and the fullest flavor you can find in a Weisse beer anywhere.

http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/beer/?id=weisse

 

I am a fan of both of the Brooklyn beers I have had, the East India Pale Ale, and their Brown Ale. But I haven't seen their Weisse in stores around here. As for visiting their Brewery, I would love to, I've been on their website, but maybe in a few years, when I am actually 21.

Thanks for the info guys

 

If I can find some in a local store I’ll definitely try it.

 

There is no doubt that Chimay and Duvel in the big bottles are excellent.

Sierra Nevada Harvest is EXCELLENT!

To be more precise : I can kill for a Sierra Nevada Harvest!

 

Sounds interesting. Just to add a bit of German pedantry though - if you can actually drink it from a bottle, it's nothing like a Bavarian Weissbier (not "Weisse" - that's what's used to describe a different type of beer from Berlin). Bavarian Weissbier is far too fizzy to drink from a bottle, you need to pour into into a glass to enjoy it.

 

Well I ended up purchasing a six pack of Weihenstephan. Man what an experience. I poured it into a glass and couldn't help but admire its color, and the natural haziness. It tasted great, for my first Weissbier I didn't know what to expect. But I was pleasantly surprised.

 

I got a six-pack of the Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale yesterday and had some with dinner, good stuff.

It tasted closer to the classic Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, but a little smoother.

 

I recently had a Magic Hat Hefeweizen. It did not taste like a hefe in any way shape or form. Very hoppy, no clove, no bannana, and lots of citrus. I was very disapointed. I would say it is a decent beer, but they really should just call it something else...

Why do American craft brewers think that every f'n style of beer needs to be overloaded with hops? More hops doesn't equal better beer all the time. Argh.

 

While I am a big fan of alot of the local New England brews, I have never liked anything from Magic Hat.