Okay, today I'm going to introduce some little 'enhancements' to my beer journey. I will rate the beer as either novice, intermediate, or expert. I base it on my beer experience. Therefore, if you are one to only drink Canadian, Corona or Blue, and rarely venture outside of those, perhaps you think that Bud Lime was the best thing since online porn, then a Novice beer is good for you.
After a few, you should move on to Intermediate.
Intermediate is for those that like to experiment once in a while, favourite beer may be a Heineken, the darkest beer you've ever tried is Guinness, and you know that Stella is not the be all and end all of Belgian beers. There are a lot of intermediate beers that I'll be commenting on, and I'll try to vary them as much as I can, so that you may move into - Expert. Now, my expert and your expert will differ greatly. True and trained beer connoisseurs may disagree, which is fine, but the beauty of beer is that, much like art and music, it is a very personal and subjective thing. My expert rating is to introduce to you those beers that may well fall out of your natural comfort zone (porter, lambic), completely bizarre concoctions (lemon, orange peel, chocolate), or ones that are either hard to come by or deserve to stand on their own merits.
So, here we go with Day Four.
Beer: Erdinger Weissbier
Region: Germany
Type: Wheat Beer
Rating: Intermediate
On my way home from work, I decided I needed to make a trip to the LCBO to stock up for the week. The store in Orleans (Innes Rd) has a pretty good selection, from international to local Ontario craft beers.
As I carried my basket around, I noticed a few old favourites as well as new, seasonal beers. With the intent of only grabbing two or three, I ended up with a bakers' dozen! As I was checking out, John, the cashier, nodded approvingly, saying "that's a real nice collection of beers", to which I responded "thanks. it's part of a project I'm doing."
In any case, tonight I am enjoying one of mine and Lisa's favourite wheat beers, Erdinger.
Apparently, it is the world's most popular wheat beer, but seeing as how I haven't travelled the entire world seeking Erdinger, I guess we'll just have to take the German's word for it.
Erdinger Weissbier is bottom fermented, like champagne, which gives it a nice, effervescent taste. It has a cloudy, orange hue, with a soft, frothy head, and is excellent on it's own or paired with a nice schnitzel or other pork dish.
PROST!
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