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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: White beer?
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Date: Wed, 11-Apr-84 17:24:55 EST
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[I am no expert, and the following, being based on folklore, may or may
 not be correct in all particulars.  Prost!]

Funny that no one has mentioned the biggest distinguishing characteristic
of a Weissbier: it is made with yeast.  In Bavaria, at least, Weissbier
is always served with an especially tall glass, and Weissbier drinkers
like to make a big ritual of swirling the foam in the bottom of the
bottle to get every last trace of the yeast out and into the glass.  The
yeast gives it its peculiar taste, which those unfamiliar with it
sometimes have trouble getting used to.  I like it fine, myself, but
somehow I still prefer a good Helles...

Anyone else out there willing to confess to a taste for Radler?

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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