# Lowenbrau Beer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [September 3, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578 "2012-09-03T21:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/1 "2012-09-03T21:07:36Z")
Any of us who came of age during the 70s probably recall Arthur Prysock singing “Here’s To Good Friends” that was eventually rewritten for the Lowenbrau Beer commercials. Question: Where can I purchase Lowenbrau beer in the Midwestern states? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/2 "2012-09-03T21:12:47Z")
I don’t know. I don’t drink beer, but I certainly remember the Lowenbrau jingle. …So tonight, toniiiiiiiiight, thanks for the ear wig. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/3 "2012-09-03T21:14:13Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/70YgvKHipV0/hqdefault.jpg "Lowenbrau Beer [01] TV commercial - 1981") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70YgvKHipV0) I’m pretty sure you can find it just about anywhere. My question is: Is this stuff imported from Germany, or brewed here by Miller? ---
**Author:** ![Hottius\_Maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/4 "2012-09-03T21:20:58Z")
Actually I can’t find it anywhere; that’s the reason for my post. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/5 "2012-09-03T22:18:30Z")
I saw some for sale about three years ago in a liquor store, which was the first time I’d seen any in ages and I haven’t noticed it since. It was a German export, unlike the old American-made Lowenbrau I fondly remember drinking in my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/6 "2012-09-04T14:09:30Z")
As near as I can tell, you can’t. They don’t make American Lowenbrau anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/7 "2012-09-04T14:24:41Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > unlike the old American-made Lowenbrau I fondly remember drinking in my childhood. Me too. My parents were so proud when I learned to drink from the bottle, and they didn’t have to pour it in my sippy-cup. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/8 "2012-09-04T14:33:33Z")
Speaking of the “Brau,” does Meister Brau still exist? Or did it just become Miller Lite? I swear I drank it on a camping trip back in the mid- to late-90s. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/9 "2012-09-04T14:36:16Z")
The American Lowenbrau back in the day was brewed in the US under license to Miller. They stopped American production a while ago. The original Lowenbrau is still brewed in Munich as it has been since 1383. You can find it in most well stocked liquor stores. The kind that would also stock beers like Spaten and Hacker-Pschorr. The parent company of Lowenbrau is now owned by Anheuser-Busch. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/10 "2012-09-04T14:54:41Z")
I regularly frequent a place called the Löwenbräu, that specialises in German beers, but sadly they can’t serve Löwenbräu however much they want to for the reason that it used to be brewed under license from Germany by one company and the other year Carlsberg managed to buy the license and they only fill it on cans, not kegs or bottles. I have asked if it’s not possible to import it from Germany but apparently Carlsberg doesn’t allow it. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/11 "2012-09-04T15:11:48Z")
Here’s to good _Freunde_ Tonight is kinda _Spätzle_ Yeah, it doesn’t really work. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/12 "2012-09-04T15:22:28Z")
> **[Löwenbräu Original - Where to Buy Near Me - BeerMenus](https://www.beermenus.com/beers/154262-l-wenbr-u-original)** > > See bars, beer stores, and restaurants near me selling Löwenbräu Original with prices and whether it's on tap or in a bottle, can, growler, etc. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/13 "2012-09-04T15:35:13Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Löwenbräu Original - Where to Buy Near Me - BeerMenus](http://www.beermenus.com/beers/lowenbrau) Yep, that’s the German one, and the picture is of their hefeweizen. Also, as a side note, the pronunciation in German might be unrecognizable to an English speaker. It’s something like “looven-broy,” or, more precisely, /ˈløːvənbʁɔʏ/. Oh, how nice, here’s an [audio sample](http://www.forvo.com/search/lowenbrau/) in German. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/14 "2012-09-04T15:45:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yep, that’s the German one, and the picture is of their hefeweizen. Also, as a side note, the pronunciation in German might be unrecognizable to an English speaker. It’s something like “looven-broy,” or, more precisely, /ˈløːvənbʁɔʏ/. Oh, how nice, here’s an [audio sample](http://www.forvo.com/search/lowenbrau/) in German. From the link I gave you can find where the nearest place to get it. Don’t know how accurate it is. There is no American version any more. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/15 "2012-09-04T16:09:50Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > There is no American version any more. Yes, that’s been mentioned several times. I was under the impression the OP was looking for the Lowenbrau of his youth, which no longer exists. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/16 "2012-09-04T17:38:52Z")
If the OP does decide to try some of the Munich-brewed Lowenbrau, I would recommend getting a single bottle first, instead of a 6-pack, as it doesn’t travel well, and not being one of the more popular German exports, may be long out of date. I have drank a wee bit of Lowenbrau in Munich and thought it was exceptional, but I ended up leaving a couple of full bottles of the (rather pricey) imported stuff in a hotel room in Denver, preferring to take a couple of PBR tallboys in my bags with me instead… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/17 "2012-09-04T17:58:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > …the OP was looking for the Lowenbrau of his youth, which no longer exists. Now there’s a metaphor for life in general! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/18 "2012-09-04T18:20:04Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Now there’s a metaphor for life in general! What, that you’re going to piss most of it away? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/19 "2012-09-04T20:46:11Z")
I drank a lot of it in my teens, until I began to develop an appreciation for beer that actually tasted like something. It wasn’t until years later that I realized how similar the name of the beer is to the term ‘low brow’, and how accurately it reflected the quality of the brew. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578/20 "2012-09-05T16:09:33Z")
We used to call it Millerbrau. Overpriced swill. While in Bermuda or somewhere I had the real thing Wow! That was good beer. I also used to drink Suisse Lowenbrau Dark and loved it. I haven’t seen that around here (east coast) in a long time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowenbrau-beer/633578.md?page=2)