They were good Germans, the style of beer did not matter   

As long as its served by this young lady it really doesn't matter

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For that matter, my limited German travels taught me quickly that a German generally sneers at "flaschbier", which is anything in bottles.  Having been fed fresh beer in a few German pubs, I agree with them.  There's nothing to touch beer that's never seen a bottle or an aluminum keg.  And from what I've read, fresh beer is what they had at the old Schuetzenfest gatherings.

In the US, prior to Prohibition (which would cover the schuetzen-era) most of the beers were brewed locally in small production commercial breweries and delivered fresh in kegs and barrels to the point of consumption. The beers available probably pretty much reflected the local ethno-regional population's traditions.
And one has to remember that "beers" were not just a German tradition. Many other emigrant ethnic groups had a beer tradition. Here in my area (the South Bend IN metro area) there were significant, Belgian, Polish, Hungarian etc populations who had their own beer traditions, and in the pre-prohibition era--their own small breweries.
In larger major cities of course sheer economics and management skills allowed some breweries to expand and come to dominate their local-regional markets. However distribution was governed by shelf-life and distribution nets and technology.

Most of them folded during Prohibition and when the amendment was repealed usually only the larger ones were able to reenter the market.  Also the "weaker" low alcohol/low carbohydrate beers which were permitted under Prohib. regs influenced American taste for beer.  I have read that the commercial giant beer makers deliberately reintroduced a "lower octane" to the legal market as a way of making a lower-production cost/higher profit brew.  they were counting on a thirsty market which would overlook the weakness of the "new-brew" in their joy to be able to get any legal brew.   and of course they would buy and consume more of the "less-filling" stuff. 
The weaker canned/bottled/ preserved beers produced under gvmt. contract for domestic and overseas GI consumption also had a huge impact on our current American beer taste and drinking habits

I'm not sure when bottled or canned beer with preservation processes committed on it entered the market. but I imagine it was mostly in the post-schuetzen era.

My German buddy, Helmut Korlach, says, "the besta beer is a friee beer".    jim

gunlaker wrote on Feb 14^th, 2015 at 11:18am:


Yes Chris, indeed its one of the best beers here. We have it in our shooting house restaurant - and for sure for the shooters at the range too. That's Bavaria!


The owner of the brewery is His Royal Highness Prince Luitpold of Bavaria. So its a royal Bavarian beer!
Prince Luitpold is member of our royal shooting society.

                 Biggi. 

feuerbixler wrote on Feb 14^th, 2015 at 11:25am:



The taste for it comes naturally to me.  My father was born near Zeitlarn which I think it not too far from there.  I have not been there yet but will one day.  I have been to see a number of my relatives who live in the town where the brothers Grimm came from.  My mother is from the other side of the country.

I like German beer

Chris.