A couple of days ago, I stopped into the Phoenix Club Stube in Anaheim after a ball game to check out what new brews they had on tap. Normally, the house beer is Bitburg, which is always pretty good. This time, I tried a couple of new items, first, Hofbrauhaus Keller Bier (Munich), and Dinkelacker Maerzen (Stuttgart). Both were very good, especially the Dinkelacker, which was darker, creamier and a bit stronger. As always, I must add that all these beers are different here in the US than they would taste in Germany. However, I would take them over your average American brew-including the microbrews.
I really believe that imported German beer has improved here in the US over the past years. If they could just take that next step and emulate what the Las Vegas Hofbrauhaus has done with their imported Muenchner Hofbrau, which tastes just like it does in Munich.
