with lemon slices on the side. Juicy, flavorful and light. It came with cucumber salad, which is a small heap of marinated paper-thin cucumber slices and roasted red-skinned potatoes. All of this, washed down with draft Jever... (7 replies, last updated by amusebouche January 5, 2002)

Here is the complete list of what is on offer on Fri. nothing too exciting, I hope that the samples are not too skimpy. Complete list of beers: Pilsener: Jever Radeberger Becks Lager: Spaten Hofbräu Edelhelles Carlsberg Wheat Beer (7 replies, last updated by grachan January 15, 2004)

Under 5% is “low” now ? * My favorites are probably Pikeland Pils and Jever Pilsener both hoppy pilsners and come in at 4.9 abv. One of my favorite “low” alcohol beers is probably one of the most... (19 replies, last updated by mr mouther March 6, 2007)

MVNYC the only reason that I directed that comment at you was because of how you framed your comment on skunked Jever. I could understand if you’d never had an unskunked Jever in the States (due to pilsener's fragility) but... (70 replies, last updated by Chinon00 December 27, 2007)

If you like pilsener and you live in the U.S., your choices will no doubt be disappointingly few. In my experience, there aren’t many widely distributed pilseners in the U.S. worth the glass bottles they’re in. It is,... (80 replies, last updated by Jim Dorsch September 15, 2009)

, ferment, filter, and serve a batch of beer in a week or 10 days...although the taste usually reflects that kind of rush job). Some ales can be a bit forgiving with regard to aging time (though they still benefit from aging),... (15 replies, last updated by Flaco August 4, 2009)

food to the public, right? Why serve crappy stuff that’s not on the menu? But it was free. Give the guy a break. At least I can get a fresh Brooklyn Pilsener. Nope. Only Jever on tap, folks. Our first meal in the newly run... (17 replies, last updated by MShapiro January 22, 2009)

big name German beers- why didn’t that stuff fly off the shelves instead of Becks?) I’d add Jever to your list of session beers (even tho' I stick to the UK definition of the word and think that there are very few... (25 replies, last updated by MVNYC June 14, 2007)

Ten years ago there was a Chicago beer called Baderbrau that was sometimes poured in the manner you describe. Very nice treatment. I believe Bitburger is also known for this, at least in Germany. If I were in northern Germany,... (24 replies, last updated by Kok October 25, 2002)

your face" hoppiness from a German pils (can’t recall if it’s dry hopped, tho'), I suggest a fresh bottle of Jever but, as has been discussed in this forum before, you must only buy it out of a closed case (preferably... (130 replies, last updated by Craugastoremcelae November 13, 2009)

in color, not “lite” as in low calorie, less filling), “dry” and “pale” (along with "pilsener", “lager” and “premium”, of course) were common descriptive terms for what... (44 replies, last updated by mr mouther May 23, 2007)

I do agree firstly that fresher is better. Also, I’ve been burned repeatly (particularly with Pilseners) in terms of getting skunked beer from store shelves. But I think that you may over state the put a bit. Lets face it,... (68 replies, last updated by peetoteeto March 20, 2007)