We spent a week in Thüringen and a week in Bavaria in August, which offered lots of beer-tasting opportunities. Memory's fading, of course, and notetaking limited -- it was a holiday, after all -- so this can't hope to be comprehensive, and not every beer below has a huge discription. But this list should give an overview of tastings, and it will definitely point out a few really fantastic finds. I attempt to group beers by style below, but I don't promise to get everything just right.
Weissbiers sampled included:
König Ludwig Weissbier Hell:
Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrüb:
Franziskaner Weissbier: Better than Paulaner, I'd say, but I suspect there are lots of arguments about this.
Kapuziner Weissbier: Ceramic top. Kulmbacher brewery.
Erstes Laufer Weissbier: Tasted after a long hike with a grumpy 9-year-old and other friends. Went down a treat.
Dunkel Weissbiers, a fantastic style in general, included:
König Ludwig Weissbier Dunkel:
Paulaner Hefe- Weissbier Dunkel:
Schöfferhofer Dunkles Hefeweizen: From Frankfurt am Main.
Veldensteiner Dunkles Weissbier: Neuhaus an der Pegnitz
Then there were a number of pilsy and lagery offerings:
Bitburger Pils: A major brand. Not worth going out of your way for, which is why it has to be ubiquitous, I suppose.
Flensburger Pilsener: Great little bottle with a ceramic top. Reasonably tasty beer.
Fürstenberg Pilsener: From Donaueschingen down south.
Krombacher Pils: Not outstanding.
Kulmbacher Edelherb Premium Pils: Fair.
Licher Pilsner: Nothing special.
Radeberger Pilsner:
Ruppaners Schimmele: Pilsener from Constance on Bodensee in Baden-Württemberg. Quite nice.
Krüg-Bräu Lager:
Hirsch Zwickl: A hoppier lager.
Brauerei Mager Ur-hell: Pale lager.
Brauerei Mager Pottenstein Pils: More on this brewery below...
Altenmünster Brauer Bier Urig Würzig: Ceramic top. Fat bottle. A solid lager.
We tried a couple Landbiers, though I've really no idea what makes something a Landbier:
Mönchshof Landbier: Another ceramic-top bottle. I remember liking this one from Kulmbacher Brauerei in Kulmbach, Germany, which we eventually ended up visiting later in the holiday.
Veldensteiner Landbier:
Dunkels:
Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel: The oldest cloister brewery in the world? It looks like a crazy place, being located down a gorge. www.weltenburger.de
Brauerei Mager Pottenstein Dunkel:

Other styles:
Köstritzer Schwarzbier: Black beer is a speciality from Thüringen, and this formerly East German brew has seen a nation-wide revival in the post-unification age. Burnt caramel, yet still light and drinkable. Wow, wow, wow. This is one I really loved.
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier: Very wild. A "smokebeer" from Bamberg. It's like no other beer I've ever tasted, having its malted grain smoked like bacon before brewing. It's the best known of this odd genre, but I've been told there are even better smokebeers from smaller breweries in and around Bamberg. Next time...
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