Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to The BEST European Beers" video.
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The "PAULANER Hefe-Weizen" is a beer that Aldi in Australia have several times each year, however the 0%alcohol type.
The 'Weizen' beer is available in two forms the clear type and the 'Hefe' variety that is cloudy in form due the the yeast residue that it contains. Both are terrific refreshing in hot summer times.
One important feature of the ckear type is it is highly gassed, and pouring is an art. Too fast, and particularly in not perfectly clean glass, it foams as poured to the point that you lose a lot spilling over as you pour. MUST slowly pour gently running down one side of the glass, tilting to vertical as the glass fills. Do NOT drop hard vertically to massively foam over. Note all German beer is EXPECTED to have a big foam cap. In fact if you get served a glass of beer without cap, it is taken as stale beer and expected to be replaced not consumed. Do not worry, the correct beer measure is assured as the serving glasses have top space for that foam cap. In many places, including Australia and USA, as well as others countries, a foam cap is NOT accepted as it is assumed you are being under servdd on beer volume.
German beer inside Germany must conform to only the specified 4 pure ingredients, a 400 year old rule, that forbids all those additives used around the world, bittering agents, preservatives, foam stabilisers/inhibitors, even colouring. As such without any false additives, German beer must be very fresh brew, and fully natural flavours from brewing art. No preservatives means it must be new, fresh beer, as long term storage (and world shipping time) makes it necessary recently brewed. Thus even German export beer can be less than full national standard and quality, as for export the beer must be age stable, for shipping, warehousing and distribution to stores, so may deviate from home (German) quality and flavour. Also the export beer may have foam stabiliser, bittering agent, as it is expected by the foreign consumers. I suggest caution rating German beers if "export" grade, though far from certain that you could not get authentic quality German export product too.
There is really only one good way, have the beer in Germany or at most have some brought direct by a traveller to be consumed within few weeks of German purchase.
Of the many beers, my favourites are Pils, Bock, Double Bock, Clear Weizen, Cloudy 'Hefe-' Weizen beer, but certainly there are many beer types beyond these. I have on travel for work had many different beers in various places and in various containers, from carboard cup at hot dog stand to glass 1L boot, all very satifying. Virtually each city, town or significant vollage will have one or more resident breweries.
Only one type beer made in Berlin, claimed popular there, that I got from a boyfriend of my girl cousin, to me was terrible, beyond drinkable, plain disgusting. It by my statement may as well have been 'Cow Piss'. Had a horrid clover like aftertaste, and created a strong burp to follow.
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