February 2013
We were sitting down to lunch at the Pear Tree restaurant with our friends. The server described the beer selection, and one sounded intriguing to me: the Erdinger Weissbier, a German wheat beer from Bavaria.
I wasn’t sure I had made the best selection after everyone else got their beer, but mine was a special beer that “takes a while to pour.” Finally, I saw a waiter coming with this foot-tall glass of beer. It seems when you order an Erdinger Weissbier, it comes in a special glass, an attention-getting glass as everyone looks to see who’s getting the big-ass beer in the funny glass. I was hoping this beer would be worth the time and fuss.
All my doubts vanished after I tasted the beer: It was amazing, one of the best beers I’ve ever tasted. I would order it again even if it does make me an involuntary participant in a dinner show. I guess this is, in fact, a German discovery and not a New Zealand one, but I stumbled across it here so New Zealand gets credit. –Cyndi
