I found this one in a niche supermarket in Turkey. It was pricey (228 TL / 4.82 Euro), but I wanted to give it a go.

It tastes great. I really liked it. It says "Festweisse," so is this a special beer for certain occasions in Germany? It has higher alcohol content than its classical versions (6.2%).

What do you think? Is it a nice beer? Do Germans like this one?

by Ztepi

7 comments

  1. (I’m) not a Bavarian, but afaik, Festbier (in this case Festweisse) is a beer that is served at Oktoberfest and all around that

  2. It’s a beet best enjoyed with a Weiss Wurst and süss Senf.

    It is a beer I’m drink on a good occasion, but only because I don’t have a good running supply of it :/

  3. Schneider is making some of the best Weissbiere in Germany, but I don’t know this one.
    Please don’t drink it out of the bottle, there are special glasses for Weissbier and make sure to get the yeast from the bottom of the bottle into the glass.
    https://youtu.be/gd0tLuT_yZk?si=f_BZs_8ORqPsvHLU

  4. It’s a good brand. I like their tap 5 and tap 6. It’s from Bavaria. Here it’s like a little over 1 euro. And the brewery currently going through a transformation. The previous owner’s son is taking over. So there will be some change in line up. This is still the design before the change

    [https://schneider-weisse.de/en/node/15](https://schneider-weisse.de/en/node/15)

  5. I think it’s a normal variant of that beer afaik. We had it in stock pretty much regularly in the drink store I worked at, only phased out by it not being bought as much as others.

    I might also be wrong and it’s the Oktoberfest variant of it though.

    But 4.82€ (for the bottle?) is quite expensive, even for Schneider Weisse. Obviously export etc. hikes the price, but in the north of Germany this goes for maybe 1.30€ or so per bottle iirc.

  6. It’s a very good beer. In northern Germany you can only find it in liquor stores or very large supermarkets. I think in the south it’s pretty standard I think (I’m hardly ever in the south though).

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