Franconian Beer Message Board

Kraus Hirschaid
Posted by Jason on 2018-08-09 00:59:11
Nah I don't buy this personal taste stuff. Sure, you know if you like or don't like a beer, but that has nothing to do with the quality of the beer or the skill of the brewer. Calling a beer good and liking a beer are two different things, and something that most people on these rating sites get altogether mixed up. Some people don't like Schlenkerla, does that make it a bad beer? Of course not.

Kraus is alright. Just. I wouldn't be excited to go to the brewery though. Remember a few things before we dismiss the opinions of locals; they have lived here a long time and have drunk a lot of beer. When you drink the beers here daily, your opinion on a number of breweries change. I used to like Loewenbraeu Buttenheim, but that's another one I could take or leave nowadays. Holiday visitors are. not a reliable judge of consistant quality. 

Of course breweries change, and the downside to local opinion is that a bad batch can tar a brewery for a long time. Regarding rivalries like Merkendorf, opinions need to be taken with a barrel of salt. That's your typical bone headed Francoinan. Their loss. 
 
Followups:
                   Kraus Hirschaid by barry on  2018-08-09 04:21:25
                     Northern bitter (was:Kraus Hirschaid) by Barm on  2018-08-10 03:23:15
                       Northern bitter (was:Kraus Hirschaid) by barry on  2018-08-10 05:06:18