OT (German, not American): Julius Echter Hefe-Weisse

[Paul Johnston]

The second one would be "echtes", wouldn't it?  Bier is neuter, as i
remember my college German.

Paul Johnston
On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> Do you-all think Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier (Wurzburger Hofbrau
> AG) is:
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> 1)  Julius Echter's yeast-wheat beer; or (and a more enchanting
> possibility)
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> 2)  Julius's purer/more genuine/more authentic/more substantial)
> yeast-wheat beer (take your choice)? Here I imagine Julius to have
> been a little-old German brewmaster of olden times, who came up with
> the formula.
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> Joel
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