Erdinger Weissbier

A late start!
Ok, welcome to my beer diary! In this diary I will document all the beers that I have consumed in 2008, and possibly beyond. Just to inform readers what to expect, I am by no means a ticker! So if you want an in depth beer geek analysis of the beer, go and visit ratebeer.com. I’ll offer my opinions and thoughts and let you guys make up your own mind. If you disagree with one of my opinions, please state your own by leaving a comment.

After an easy New Years Eve it has taken me a whole five days to sample my first beer of the year. My first beer was Erdinger Weissbrau – Weissbier (5.2% abv) from the Privatbrauerei Erdinger Weißbräu Werner Brombach GmbH in Erding, Germany. Erdinger’s claim to fame is being the world’s largest wheat beer brewery and was founded in 1886 by Johann Kienle.
The beer itself is a golden cloudy beer with low bitterness and high carbonation. The palate is very dry resulting in a beer that would kick ass on a hot summers afternoon and could quench even the strongest of thirsts. On the downside the beer does have a “mass produced” taste to it and in terms of brewing scale is the mega swill of the Wheat beer world!
So all in all not a bad start to the year but not necessarily a great one either!
Happy New Year…