Weihenstephan

hamsterboy

Anybody ever had this.
Got some nice glassware with the logo on it.
Big fan of these types of beer but it doesn't seem to be on sale here, or can someone prove me wrong?

HB

oblivious

The wheat beer I presume? Yea I like it its also a very famous yeast bank and training facility. Probably the most used wheat beer yeast yeast and lager in the world to day

I have seem its around in a few place, you may have to look a Little. As per usual Redmonds have a few of their range

hamsterboy

Anywhere you can get it here?

oblivious

I have seem its around in a few place, you may have to look a Little. As per usual Redmonds have a few of their range

Also try the bull and castle ,they did do the Vitus and hefe

hamsterboy

Hmmmmm, a trip to Dublin then......

oblivious

You could also try The Bierhaus since you are in Galway

BeerNut

Or Harvest.

Not sure what you mean by "these types of beer", OP. There are a lot of beers from the other major German wheat beer breweries around, like Schneider, Erdinger and Paulaner, for instance.

hamsterboy

Hi
Yeah I meant Wheat Beers mainly. Well aquainted with Erdinger, Paulaner and Schlofferhoffer. Was just wondering as I'm always on teh lookout for something new. Can't stop drinkin Hoegaarden ATM......belgians do it so differently.....:D

HB

the beer revolu

Weihenstephan do a great range of beer.
The Dunkelweiss being one I'm particularly fond of.
Their Korbinian is pretty amazing too.
Hefe is a very good example of the style.
Their pils is good, standard fare.
Tradition is well worth a try too.

Duck's hoop

hamsterboy wrote: »

Can't stop drinkin Hoegaarden ATM......belgians do it so differently.....:D

HB

You said it. Partial to a Hoegaarden myself. Now if only Aldi was to start stocking it.

oblivious

Duck's hoop wrote: »

You said it. Partial to a Hoegaarden myself. Now if only Aldi was to start stocking it.

Nice alright, just be aware that are two different types of wheat beer with some very different yeast and spices

mayordenis

aye your talking of wheat bear, wiesse(erdinger, paulaner, franiskaner) and witte/blanche(hoegaarden, watou's wit, Bruges)
anyway Abbots in cork, World Wide Wines in Waterford and I haven't been but I assume Redmonds in Raneleigh at very least will stock the full whack of the Weihenstephaner (Y-en-steffan), the beer revolu above mentioned the korbinian and dunklen obviously very strong, delicious, reasonable heavy dark beers.
The Vitus wins it for me though, tasty beverage that, just ahead of the hefe weisse.
Of Pubs, Abbots off license not only has them all on bottle but the Bar upstairs does too, and has the Hefe Weisse (regular) and Vitus on tap permanently. the Bierhaus have most of them on bottle, and I probably shouldn't know this but the Pavilion also has bottles of just the Hefe Weisse (all cork for anyone who doesn't know.)

Overall strongly recommended.

JIZZLORD

harvest sell it, and so does the slainte offie on Bothar Bhreandain Ui Eithir (the curving hill leading from prospect hill to forster street)

the beer revolu

mayordenis wrote: »

the Pavilion also has bottles of just the Hefe Weisse .

But not upstairs, any time I've been at gigs there:mad:

oblivious

Deveneys Dundrum have the kristall, hefe, vitus

JIZZLORD

i'm now tempted to make my weihenstephaner dunkel stew again

mayordenis

I implore you to use Liefmans Goudenband in that Stew.

flag123

aw i bought this lovely beer the other day...cost me loads but!....it was a pure white label with a blue line going across spelling sumting like T.E.S.C.O and then it said value..
im buying it for my gf for valentines..nedd 2 know.:D

mayordenis

flag123 wrote: »

aw i bought this lovely beer the other day...cost me loads but!....it was a pure white label with a blue line going across spelling sumting like T.E.S.C.O and then it said value..
im buying it for my gf for valentines..nedd 2 know.:D

A rare vintage - stock up on that asap.

oblivious

mayordenis wrote: »

I implore you to use Liefmans Goudenband in that Stew.

Ah the Carbonnade,a much nicer beast than the trad Irish

the beer revolu

mayordenis wrote: »

I implore you to use Liefmans Goudenband in that Stew.

Ok, I love GuldenBand
To drink
And I love a stew made with beer
And I know GuldenBand is famous for stew
But is it not very sour?
I really must try it.
Aventinus makes an amazing beef stew

flag123

mayordenis wrote: »

A rare vintage - stock up on that asap.

hmmm i was thinking the same...
im going in now to buy loads of it...pure quality
The thing i don't get is, why is there so much availble??
it's like people don't know its there, well lets not complain, the more for me!:D.
have you ever tasted it??

mayordenis

the beer revolu wrote: »

Ok, I love GuldenBand
To drink
And I love a stew made with beer
And I know GuldenBand is famous for stew
But is it not very sour?
I really must try it.
Aventinus makes an amazing beef stew

I wouldn't of thought it the very best idea but think of the bitterness in relation to some wines that are used in sauces, there's alot more going on in GoudenBand than bitterness and sourness (I'm not preaching, you probably know the beer as well are better then myself).

flag123 wrote: »

hmmm i was thinking the same...
im going in now to buy loads of it...pure quality
The thing i don't get is, why is there so much availble??
it's like people don't know its there, well lets not complain, the more for me!:D.
have you ever tasted it??

Lol nah can't say I have and I pride myself on not turning my nose up at a beer before tasting. But there's just something about Tesco Value that gives me a negative vibe.

mayordenis

JIZZLORD

what's the availability of that stuff outside the pale?
never had it

mayordenis

JIZZLORD wrote: »

what's the availability of that stuff outside the pale?
never had it

It's plentiful in abbots ales in cork and the beirhaus pub also other than that and redmonds in dublin yer fecked I'd imagine.

BeerNut

JIZZLORD wrote: »

what's the availability of that stuff outside the pale?
never had it

Any of the country's good beer off licences would be worth checking, though. Harvest in Galway, for instance. Or World Wide Wines in Waterford, should you happen to be in that direction.

parsi

Franciscan Well (Cork) also does it.

redshoulder

Theres a special offer in Harvest off license at fr. griffin rd Galway.
4 bottles of Weihenstephaner Tradition for €5, its past its best before date though, (22/04/09).

the beer revolu

redshoulder wrote: »

Theres a special offer in Harvest off license at fr. griffin rd Galway.
4 bottles of Weihenstephaner Tradition for €5, its past its best before date though, (22/04/09).

I wouldn't worry about the date on that for at least 6 months!

Also be on the look out for recently out of date Vitus. Im told it will be in The Abbott's in Cork this week sometime!

BeerNut

Very good price on the Tradition, though you'll never get through the four bottles in one sitting without a knife and fork.

redshoulder

Had the tradition last night, not good compared to the other Weihenstephaner styles.

oblivious

the beer revolu wrote: »

Also be on the look out for recently out of date Vitus. Im told it will be in The Abbott's in Cork this week sometime!

That would be good to try