Comments on: Isar Water

by: Donavan

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:34:06 +0000

Donut- Believe it or not I’ve actually sampled Michelob Ultra and even some of AB’s higher end stuff. (The things I do for you guys!) I came close to writing an article on it. This was my impression. It’s a light, sweet beverage that tastes more of white wine than beer. I got the feeling that it was invented for an audience of drinkers that didn’t really like the taste of beer. If you like it with a twist of grapefruit, sounds like you might like something with a little more flavor. Try a pale ale sometime, like Sierra Nevada (still mainstream and accessible), now that’s really grapefruit beer!

by: Forever Donut

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:26:47 +0000

I like Michelob Ultra with a squeeze of grapefruit juice. It is refreshing. That is all.

I just googled beer and grapefruit to see if anyone had tried it…

by: Donavan

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:10:40 +0000

Helmut- I’ll have to add the Radler to my upcoming (Summer) Shandy article. I also will cover more cola and fruit juice additions to beer. Colaweizen and Bananenweizen will definitely be in the recipe index for the book. Just curious, if your dismal of Blue Curaçao is based on an a priori judgement or whether you’ve tried it and found that the combination is not to your taste? Cheers!

by: Helmut

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:24:29 +0000

Over here in Germany I´ve never heard of the name “Isar Water”. If you look at the recipe, it seems sort of derived from a “Radler” which is the Bavarian equivalent of a Shandy.
Over here young people do pimp their wheat or weizen beer, in adding a splash of Coke (Colaweizen) or a splash of Banana juice (Bananenweizen).
The usual practice is to enhance the pure and refreshing taste of a “Kristall” weizen simply by adding a slice of lemon.
Adding Blue Curacao to beer is…, well, not an improvement. A beer company over here just released an RTD longneck consisting of wheat beer and grapefruit juice. Sort of works in the sense of cocktail balance, but the wheat character is lost for my taste.
Prosit,

Helmut.

by: Donavan

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:32:37 +0000

You are right about the St Patrick’s Day observation. Denise and I both said the same thing when we made it. You can skip this one if you want, but I would encourage anyone with a bit of an adventurous spirit just to at least try these beer cocktails. I’ve had a lot of fun making and tasting them. Isar Water is probably my favorite so far in this series, though the Liverpool Kiss was equally yummy.

by: LarryB

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:07:53 +0000

Actually looks like a St. Patrick’s Day drink.

I’ve had Pilsner with fruit syrup in Berlin (and didn’t really care for it), so I think I’ll give this a pass.

If I were to make it, I’d probably use Paulaner, which I think of as sort of a standard wheat beer, although my favorite is Schneider.