While I was in Germany for business I had the privilege of experiencing Paulaner Weissbier..........WONDERFUL STUFF........... Its like a mixture of candy and cocaine although Ive never had cocaine I'm trying to convey it's a FANTASTIC BIER

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I'm going to copy the answer I gave last year in the thread on this same subject mentioned by Cupertino.

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"What's your favorite beer" is as unanswerable as "what's your favorite food" would be. Just as I'd hate to eat only one thing for every meal, so would I refuse to restrict myself to a single brand or style of beer. As others have also noted, what beer I order will depend on where I am, what I might be ordering to eat, and simply by what I feel like drinking at that particular moment. (I mean, with apologies to the vegetarians, aren't there times you want seafood and other times when you crave red meat?)

So I'll answer your question by quoting the dean of U.S. beer journalists, Fred Eckhardt of Portland, Oregon. I'm lucky enough to know the man -- Fred is in his 80s, hasn't slowed down a bit and is still a marvelous drinking buddy who, after leaving the USMC, has devoted more than half a century to fine beverages, good food and beautiful women. I don't know any writer on the beer beat who doesn't want to grow up to be Fred Eckhardt.

But, with his reputation and background, he's regularly asked, "what's the best beer" or "what's your favorite beer". And I've never heard a better answer to either question than Fred's...

"The one in front of me."

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While I was in Germany for business I had the privilege of experiencing Paulaner Weissbier..........WONDERFUL STUFF........... Its like a mixture of candy and cocaine although Ive never had cocaine I'm trying to convey it's a FANTASTIC BIERWidmer Weiss is almost as good as Paulaner (a bit drier and more aromatic, due to Oregon hops, so some would say better).....so you can easily enjoy your new-found vice at any major city in the US (Widmer is widely distributed). The Paulaner imported to the US is pasteurized, so you might want to try it to see the difference, but it will be quite poor compared to your Paulaner. So 2 lessons from this.