Comments on: The breweries of Passau: Hacklberg

By: Tandleman

Tandleman — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:15:41 +0000

Huber Weisse is decent. We sell it at GBBF.

By: Barry M

Barry M — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:10:53 +0000

I can’t say I’m overly excited about Weihenstephan weissbier either. I also got the impresion that the locals in Freising, while being proud of Weihenstephan from an historical perspective, seem to lean more towards Huber Weiss as their weissbier of choice, and quite nice it is too (till you get over the novelty ).

By: Barm

Barm — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:38:00 +0000

Weihenstephan has apparently just won a gold medal for their Weißbier at the International Beer Challenge. I can only assume that not many Bavarian brewers entered.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:43:22 +0000

So many German wheat beers are interchangeable and/or bland, once you get over the novelty of the banana-smelling yeast. We’ve got a post half-written on the exceptions to the rule, though, which should be up in the next week or two.

Weihenstephan’s probably got a bit more character, hasn’t it? But not much.

By: Tandleman

Tandleman — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:20:21 +0000

You mean you find Erdinger and Weihenstephan taste the same? Surely not. The taste in Erdinger can best be described as absent and I’ve drunk it at the brewery tap. Twice, some years apart, proving that hope does triumph over expectation.