# Tell me about German Style Beer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-german-style-beer/553910 "2010-09-15T23:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-german-style-beer/553910/21 "2010-09-16T16:23:24Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > > > Someone’s already mentioned Shiner, no need to go any further 😃 > > You could certainly do worse. And most [Shiner](http://www.shiner.com/main.php) varieties are available in California. I like Shiner Bock, I lived in Houston for a while and it was my drink of choice the whole time. But I have been told that Shiner is about as close to a real Bock as Bud is to a real Pils (only with Shiner actually being, you know, good). Passingly similar, but not really the same thing. Is that true? I haven’t seen the other Shiner offerings for sale, but I’ll keep my eyes open. Spaten I see all the time, but haven’t really tried. I’ll pick some up the next time I am out. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-german-style-beer/553910/22 "2010-09-16T16:26:14Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I hate to have to say this, but if you want to drink German beers, you have to go to Germany. It’s on my list. ☹ I’ll get there someday, but probably not this year. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-german-style-beer/553910/23 "2010-09-16T16:29:27Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > …I like Shiner Bock, I lived in Houston for a while and it was my drink of choice the whole time. But I have been told that Shiner is about as close to a real Bock as Bud is to a real Pils (only with Shiner actually being, you know, good). Passingly similar, but not really the same thing. Is that true? I haven’t seen the other Shiner offerings for sale, but I’ll keep my eyes open. > > Spaten I see all the time, but haven’t really tried. I’ll pick some up the next time I am out. My current favorite Shiner is Bohemian Black Lager. That touch of Czech I mentioned… ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-german-style-beer/553910/24 "2010-09-17T03:16:16Z")
Crud… totally forgot about bock and dopplebocks! Anyway, if you want to know about beer styles (any), take a look at this site: [http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php](http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php) German beers are in the following categories: Light Lager: Helles, Dortmunder German Pilsner: Pilsener Euro Amber Lager: Oktoberfest Bock: Bock, Eisbock, Helles Bock, Trad. Bock Light Hybrid: Kolsch Amber Hybrid: Alt, Dusseldorf Alt German Wheat and Rye Beer: Hefe Weizen, Weisse, Dunkelweizen, Weizenbock, Roggenbier Smoke Flavored/Wood Aged Beer: Rauschbier ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-german-style-beer/553910/25 "2010-09-17T03:34:58Z")
A Fresh Oktoberfest batch, a Liter Hier, a Liter dort, of their Festbier prepared especially and presented in a Bier Fair from all of a German gebiet equaling several hundreds of years of Brewer’s/Caskers, is really incomparable. Whose combined experience in bier brewing under the Reinheitsgebot brewing could add up to millenia of beer. Those beers are as special as the finest wine vintages. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-german-style-beer/553910.md?page=1)