Jever

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 7/10

- This is pronounced "yever". This beer is a favorite with a lot of Germans. It is distinguishable because it is quite a hoppy beer. I like it when I'm in the right mood, but it is a little too hoppy for me.

Berliner Pilsner

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: ~5%
My Rating: 5/10

- This is a pilsner brewed in Berlin, as the name suggests. I particularly don't like this beer. It leaves a bad aftertaste.

Coschützer Pils

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
My Rating: 8/10

- This is yet another great German Pilsner. It is lighter on the hops, smooth, refreshing, and tasty.

Altenburger Premium

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 8/10

- This is quite a good pils. Not too hoppy, very refreshing. I love how good beer is the norm here.

Freibergisch Schwarzes Bergbier

Type: Schwarzbier
Alcohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 7/10

- It feels like a heavy beer. It is sweeter than I normally like. I would like this more on a cold winter day.

Flensburger Pilsner

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
My Rating: 8/10

- I really like this beer because it's weaker on the hops than most other pilsners. It's a great tasting beer. And it's in a really cool bottle too, no bottle opener required.

Erdinger Weißbier

Type: Hefeweizen
Alcohol Content: 5.3%
My Rating: 8/10

- I'm not sure if this is technically a Hefeweizen. The name, Weißbier means "white beer". So I guess it's a Hefeweizen. In any case, it is a very good beer. It is light tasting, but still tasty.

Ur-Krostitzer Feinherbes Pilsner

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 5%
My Rating: 8/10

- Despite it's name, you can't really taste the herbes. But it's still a really good beer. It has another dimension of taste compared with other pilsners.
- It sort of reminds me of Steam Whistle, except that it tastes good. My first Steam Whistle tasted bad, and I really haven't tried it since.

Krombacher Pils

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
My Rating: 7.5/10

- This is yet another delicious pils. Pretty much every pilsner I've had in Germany has been very good. I can only dream of the day Canadian beer approaches the consistently high quality of German beer.

Hasseröder Premium Export

Type: Dortmunder
Alcohol Content: 5.5%
My Rating 7.5/10

- This beer has stronger taste than a pilsner. It's a little sweet, but still a very good beer.
- As an export beer, it has a slightly higher alcohol content.

Paulaner Hefe-Weißbier Naturtrüb

Type: Hefeweizen
Alcohol Content: 5.5%
My Rating 9/10

- I'm a huge fan of Hefeweizen beers. This one is really good. It is delightful in almost every way.
- Some people drink Hefeweizen with banana juice. It's actually quite good, but I still prefer a Hefeweizen straight.

Lübzer Pils

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 7.5/10

- This is another average pilsner. Again, an average beer in Germany is very good.

Wernesgrüner Pils

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 7/10

- This is a pretty average German pilsner. It is average in about every way. However, the average German pilsner is very good.

Paulaner Hefe-Weißbier Dunkel

Type: Dunkelweizen
Alcohol Content: 5.3%
My Rating: 9/10

- A Dunkelweizen is a dark Hefeweizen bier.
- This is one of my favorite beers available in Germany. Even though it's dark in colour, the taste is complex but not overpowering. It's like a more flavourful Hefeweizen.

Freibergisch Export Spezial

Type: Pale Lager (apparently...)
Alcohol Content: 5.5%
My Rating: 7.5/10

- I didn't write this while I tasted it, so I don't remember exactly what it tasted like. But it was a pretty good beer.
- It's an export, so the alcohol is a little higher than normal.

Sternburg Schwarzbier

Type: Scwarzbier
Alcohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 8/10

- The German Beer Institute, has a great explanation of this beer. It's a great site for learning about all the different beer types available in Germany.
- It is a dark beer by colour, but it does not have a strong flavour. When I first had this beer out of the bottle, I didn't realize that it was a dark beer. I like it a lot.

Einsiedler Landbier

Type: Landbier
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
My Rating: 8/10

- You can check out the German Beer Institute for the definition of a Landbier. It's a really vague definition. From the taste, I can describe it as somewhere in between a pilsner and a dark beer.
- It's quite flavourful but still refreshing. It's also light on the hops. I like it.

Landskron Maibock

Type: Maibock (dark lager)
Alcohol Content: 6.2%
My Rating: 7/10

- According to Wikipedia, a Maibock, or Bock, is a strong lager.
- Landskron is a pretty good beer if you like stronger flavours, which is what I like sometimes. Considering how strong it is, it isn't very bitter. It has a nice sweeter flavour would typically find in a stronger beer.

Feldschlößchen Pilsner

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 8/10

- Feldschlößchen Pilsner is a beer local to Dresden.
- It has just the right amount of hops and a very slight hint of the sweet taste you would get from a dark beer.
- Like all pilsners, it's great for a hot summer day at the beer garden.

Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen

Type: Hefeweizen (wheat beer)
Alcohol Content: 5.0%
My Rating: 8.5/10

- Hefeweizen is a type of beer that isn't very common in Canada. In my local beer store, the only Canadian wheat beer available is Upper Canada Wheat. Of course there are imports available from breweries such as Paulaner. In the US, I found the Pyramid Hefeweizen quite good. A hefeweizen is a different tasting beer and generally lacks the hoppiness found in "regular" beer.
- Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen is an excellent wheat beer. It is smooth and light. However, it is a little on the light on the flavours, but it is very refreshing. It is much better than the Upper Canada Wheat beer which, if I remember correctly, has an unpleasant aftertaste.
- I give it a rating of 8.5/10...

Meissner Schwerter St. Afra Dunkel

Type: Dunkel (Dark)
Acohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 8/10

- German beer isn't just Pilsners. There's the Dunkel beer (dark beer). I would compare this to an English dark beer (an Ale?, I really don't know too much about beer).
- It is very flavourful (in a good way), but not overpowering. The aftertaste is also good.
- This isn't the beer for a hot summer day, but when you're feeling for a tasty flavourful beer, a Dunkel might be a good choice.
- In comparison with other dark beers, I give this 8/10.

Feldschößchen Radler

Type: Radler (50% Pilsner, 50% Sprite)
Alcohol Content: 2.5%
My Rating: 6/10

- Radler literally means biker (on a bicycle). It is 50% Pilsner, 50% Sprite. It's surprisingly good. It's sweet, and it has a hint of beer taste. There's another drink called a Diesel, which is 50% Pilsner, 50% Coke.
- This is not my type of drink. I prefer just to have beer.

Budweiser (Budvar)

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 5%
My Rating: 6-8/10 in bottle, 9/10 from tap.

- The original Budweiser from the Czech Republic, not to be mistaken for the shitty American beer that shares the same name.
- A very good beer. A delicious almost creamy taste. Very even flavours, very nice aftertaste.
- Unforunately, I found the bottled variety varied in quality. The bottled beer I took home from České Budějovice tasted really good. However, I tried a bottle in a bar in Dresden, and it tasted horrible. I suspect part of the problem is that green bottles don't protect as well as the brown bottle from harmful light, which makes beer taste skunky. Budweiser from the tap is the best way to drink it. Too bad you can only get that in the Czech Republic (as far as I know).

Feldsclößchen Diet Pilsner

Type: Pilsner (Diet)
Alcohol Content: 4.9% by Vol.
My Rating: 5/10

- I inadvertently bought a diet beer. It's an OK beer. I find it has a somewhat unpleasant aftertaste.
- It is still quite drinkable, but definitely not very good.

Beck's

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.9%
My Rating: 7.

- It tastes like Beck's that I've had in Canada, except I think it tastes better. Maybe there are some extra preservatives in the Beck's which gets exported.
- Slight emphasis on the bitter taste, but an otherwise good beer.

Dresdner Felsenkeller

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
My Rating: 7.5/10

- A good pilsner, good balance of flavours.
- Good aftertaste.

Erzgebirgs Premium Pils

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.9% by vol.
My Rating: 8/10

- Slightly bitter, light tasting but still flavourful, refreshing.
- Pleasant aftertaste.
- Would be great for a hot day.
- My rating is 8/10.

Radeberger (Pilsner)

There is a huge selection of beer here in Dresden, Germany. My goal is to write down my thoughts about the different beer I have sampled. This way, I can remember which beer I like, and which I don't like. I'm no beer expert, but I do have discriminating beer tastes.

My first beer is Radeberger, which is appropriate, because it is the most common beer available in Dresden (and definitely the most advertised). It is brewed in Radeberg Germany, which is located 15 km north east of Dresden. Watch out when you order it in a restaurant. It is commonly served in a 0.4L glass rather than the standard 0.5L glass.

Type: Pilsner
Alcohol Content: 4.8% by Volume
My Rating: 7/10

- Noticeable bitter taste but it is still light tasting and very refreshing.
- The bitterness lingers slightly afterwards, which I find pleasant.
- A good beer for a hot summer afternoon.
- 7/10, it's a good beer, but I find it a little too bitter and lacking in other flavours.