Oktoberfest

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Wine Country in Long Beach, http://www.thewinecountry.com/, hosted a beer tasting this evening. All imported German beers. It's always curious to me that foreign beers taste so much better than the mass produced American beers. American beer is like drinking water, no flavor and dull.

Tonight we tasted 14 beers and they were served with, naturally, sauerkraut and sausages, warm German potato salad and the must have large baked pretzels with mustard. The mustard had a sweetness to it. This is a mustard that I will definitely buy.

Among my favorites of the night was Ayinger Jahrhundert-Bier, a larger from Bavaria, Ayinger Brau-Weisse (this beer was voted one of the top 50 in the world, ) the Spaten Optimator (we were calling it Arnold's beer) and the Kostritzer Schwarzbier, a very dark, almost black, larger.

Everyone got to take home a Pilsner glass or a tankard. They unfortunately did not have enough of each kind (3) to give everyone one of each, so it was mad scramble at the end to grab the one you wanted.

Next month is Stone Brewery tasting at The Wine Country and I am attending that also.

I believe in being a equal opportunity alcohol beverage consumer. As long as its good quality.