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Types in Bavarian cuisine
Types in Bavarian cuisine
There are two main types of Bavarian beer: Helles and Weißbier.
Helles - which literally means "pale" - is the most popular Bavarian beer. It is a type of lager beer, similar to the pilsener, but contains less hop and tastes sweeter.
The "Reinheitsgebot" (purity law) allows only water, barley and hop to be used to brew this beer, which is like the Helles is the Dunkles (meaning "dark") that has a stronger taste because it is brewed with more malt.
Weißbier, literally meaning "white beer", is made of barley and wheat. Because of the use of wheat it is called Weizenbier (meaning "wheat beer") in other regions of Germany, but do not use this word in Munich or Upper Bavaria - the locals insist of using Weißbier. It tastes more sour than Helles. Because the yeast is still in the beer, it looks more cloudy then Helles but it is not lighter in color as the name would imply. If you order "eine Halbe Weißbier", you usually get it in a special glass. Normally, you do not order "eine Maß Weißbier".
There is also a version brewed with more malt with the paradox name dunkles Weißbier meaning "dark white beer".
Normally, in a restaurant, you will order and get "eine Halbe". At festivals, you usually get "eine Maß": on some (like the Oktoberfest), it is the only quantity you can get. At festivals and in beer gardens, it is very common to share "eine Maß" with your partner or a good friend.
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