While Oktoberfest might be canceled this year, it doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy samples of some of Germany’s best beers. Here are 5 of the tastiest that you can still sample in Germany’s many drinking halls or local exports near you.
Weihenstephan Hefe Weissbier
Produced by the oldest brewery in the world, this cloudy, Bavarian-style wheat brew has a light yeasty sweetness that approximates the taste of banana or bubblegum.
Erdinger Kristall
This crystal-clear thirst-quencher is made by the world’s largest wheat beer brewery. It’s perfect served with a lemon or lime wedge to give it that extra tang.
Spaten Oktoberfest
Traditionally brewed around the time of the Oktoberfest celebration, this is a sweet brown beer with an earthy, malty taste of roasted notes.
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier
This interesting beer has a distinctly smoky taste which comes from exposing the malt to aromatic beech smoke. It is to be found in the Schlenkerla brewery, which is to be found in the hills of Bamberg and was founded in 1405.
Paulaner Salvator Doppel Bock
This is a dark, rich beer full of big flavors and clean aromas. The dark barley gives it its characteristically malty taste which plays off of the notes of toasted spice, caramel, and burnt sugar.
