Augustiner Edelstoff

First off, and as this is my first beer blog, I wanted to give you guys a little background on why I have decided to create this blog site. I love beer. Simple really. Up until about six years ago I was drinking (and still do albeit to a lesser extent) British ales. Fullers London Pride, Twickenham Naked Ladies, West Berkshire Mr Chubb's Lunchtime bitter et all. These are great beers and I would drink a fair amount and really enjoy them. I attended a number of beers festival , mainly local ones and drank a fair few pints and enjoyed the riches that the British isles had to offer. I then met my wife to be in early to mid 2012 and it was through her that my attention changed to European beers and in particular German beers. Her parents live in a small village just to the north of Munich, which as ever beer lover knows is right in the heart of Bavaria. Beer country! We visited many times and I was shown the wonders of German Beers, Helles, Dunkels, Weissbiers, Dunkel Weissbiers etc. I simply changed direction when I was confronted with these choices. I started to drink a lot of helles beers. Light, crisp, clean, extremely drinkable lagers. I discovered the big six breweries of Munich and tried a decent range of their beers. Augustiner Edelstoff was one such beer. Two important factories I had to consider when drinking German Beers. The correct beer glass to drink from and the condition of the beer. I bought a half litre weizen glass (probably the wrong glass) and chilled the beer in my fridge for a couple of days. As an amateur I had little or no knowledge of the correct way to store and pour the beer. It was just try, try , try again. The Edelstoff was poured as gently as I could into the glass and I admired the rolling carbonation, the golden yellow colour and the foamy white head. The first couple of sips went down in a blink of the eye. There was no hint of alcohol on the aroma nor on the palate, yet the beer was produced at 5.6%, so I was surprised by this. There was a little hoppyiness on the tongue, also a slight sweetness detected aswell but this was overwhelmingly drinkable. I have since bought a Mass and have poured two bottles into the glass and enjoyed a litre of Edelstoff. A beer worth seeking out and enjoying a pretzel and weisswurst with mustard . I have only drunk the beer from the bottle, so its my goal to travel back to Germany and visit the Augustiner Keller and drink the beer fresh from the barrel. A beer that gives you pleasure and is extremely satisfying.