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Originally Posted by Zaknaf3in

At the moment - Beck's.

It's a question of mood and situation for me.

When thirst is one of the decisive factors, it has to be a bitter, strong Pils like Beck's or Jever - rarely a Flensburger.

When in a relaxed mood, I'll eventually change to a Weizen.
Then my favourite pick's Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier.

When I've been in die US, to me, most of the beers I tested during my one-month roadtrip around California seemed pretty much lighter than the "usual" german beer.

Don't know where this impression comes from, but I felt like I never got really drunk.

And for the light-beer in the US - no comment.

We were stayin' at the house of an ICQ mate in Riverside for some days, and I introduced Paulaner Hefeweizen Dunkel to the uncle of our mate - he fell asleep after two thirds of the bottle.

@Doc

To be living near Kloster Andechs has to be pretty advantageous!

I have been drinking Paulaner HefeWeizen for nearly 20 years. I don't know of a much better beer. Started drinking it while in Munich in 1989. Is Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier better? I haven't tried it.

I also heard that Sam Adams was coming out with a HefeWeizen and it is good. I still need to try it as well.

As for beer in the US versus German beer. If you want taste, in general, Germany wins hands down and without question. Admittedly there are some micro-brews that are pretty good, but in general, I'll take German bier every time. ein bier bitte!