99 Bottle of Beer (addendum)

Lowenbrau - "the lion's brew" has undergone an interesting cycle in the USA. Originally, it was a German import whose popularity peeked in the 1970's. It was considered a premium beer and commanded premium/import beer prices. The blonde version was good but its dark version was superb in texture and taste. It was "my beer" for over 2 decades until brewing rights were sold to Miller and they began brewing it domestically. It lost the unique Lowenbrau character and eventually most of its loyal fan base stopped buying it.

I was delighted in 2004 to see it is once again being imported from Germany and was surprized to find the price of a case was way-below other imports. The only downside to the equation is the fact that Lowenbrau Dark is not currently imported . . . needless to say, this brew has a rating of: 5

Lowenbrau Dark and Andecker (Pabst's premium) beers are currently OOP (out of production) and hence are not included in my "99 BoBs" - but both are perfect "5 Star Brews".