# My Beer Tasting ...err Class Reunion... is coming up.  What beer should I not miss?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** beer\
**Created:** [August 1, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beer-tasting-err-class-reunion-is-coming-up-what-beer-should-i-not-miss/315180 "2005-08-01T18:25:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beer-tasting-err-class-reunion-is-coming-up-what-beer-should-i-not-miss/315180/21 "2005-08-11T01:19:49Z")

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Dude…

Michelob Amber Bock

Sponsor of the SDMB World Poker Tour!

😃

(I had to do it!)

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beer-tasting-err-class-reunion-is-coming-up-what-beer-should-i-not-miss/315180/22 "2005-08-11T11:47:44Z")

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> [@Yeticus Rex](#):
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> Michelob Amber Bock

I was starting to wonder why it took 21 posts for that to pop up.

Nice use of the color tag.

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**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beer-tasting-err-class-reunion-is-coming-up-what-beer-should-i-not-miss/315180/23 "2005-08-11T12:06:14Z")

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I noticed a couple of people already mentioned the “hefes”, but as someone who spends way too much time analysing any wheat beer I can get my hands on, I have to recommend the ‘Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier’ over the ‘Franziskaner Hefe Weissbier’. Franziskaner is great, but just shadowed by Weihenstephaner IMHO.

Weihenstephaner is the king of wheat beers and rightly so, considering that the Weihenstephan brewery is the oldest in the world at some 1000 years old.

If you are a bit hesitant of the ‘hefes’, you can always try the Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier, which is almost identical save for the fact it’s a filtered beer.

Someone has also mentioned the Hoegaarden, which I also strongly recommend because it’s a bit lighter than the Weihenstephaner and is more suited to session drinking.

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