California

The Toronado Pub, 547 Haight, San Francisco, California CA 94117. T: 415.863.2276, F: 415.621.0322 E: info@toronado.com.

Serves a good range of German beers including, on draught: Ayinger Celebrator, Bitburger Pils, Erdinger Hefeweizen, Schneider Aventinus, Spaten Hefeweizen, Weltenburger Asam Bock and in bottles... Heller-Trum Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen, Berliner Kindl Original Weisse, Schneider Aventinus, Schneider Weisse, Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier, Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel and Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier

Suppenkuche German restaurant, 525 Laguna, San Francisco, CA 94102. T: (415) 252-9289, F: (415) 252-8661.

Serving Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier; Erdinger Weissbier; Erdinger Dunkel; Bitburger; Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen; Spaten Optimator; Köstritzer Schwarzbier; Schneider Aventinus; Schneider Weisse among others. See website for full listing.

Postrio, 545 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. T: (415) 776-7825. Listed as a supplier by Spaten, but website currently down, so no details available.

Teske's Germania restaurant and beer garden 255 N. First Street & Devine, San Jose, Ca. 95113. T: (408) 292-0291 E: feedback@teskes-germania.com. Beer list includes Spaten Pils, Bitburger Premium Beer, Spaten Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier, Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel, Köstritzer Schwarzbier and Paulaner Hefe-Weizen amongst others.

Hi-Time Wine Cellars 250 Ogle Street, Costa Mesa,Ê CaliforniaÊ 92627. T: 800-331-3005 A huge range of US and international beers with an impressive and well chosen selection of Germans. No online ordering. See website for map.

Washington DC

The Brickskeller Dining House and Down Home Saloon
1523 22nd St, NW Washington, DC 20037. e: brickskeller@aol.com. T: 202-293-1885. W: www.thebrickskeller.net

A mind-bogglingly huge list of German, Belgian and microbrewed US beers. Truly stunning. Too many to list. I wish we had places like this in the UK.

Florida

Mr. Dunderbak's Bavarian Delicatessen and Restaurant
Daytona Beach, Florida. T: 1-800-260-1578 or (904) 258-1600

Lists: "Fiedlers Pils/Bock, Bitburger, Becks Reg/Dark/Oct., Dinkel Acker Reg/Dark, Tucher Weiss, Heffe, Krystal, Dark Spaten Oct. Reg./Dark, St. Pauli Girl Reg/Dark, Warsteiner, Hacker Pschorr Oct., Edel Hell, Weiss & Amber, Erdinger-Weiss, Oberdorfer Reg/Dark, Julius Echter Weiss, Lowenbrau Lt & Dk."

Illinois

Sam's Wines & Spirits 1720 North Marcey Street, Chicago, IL 60614. T: 1- 866-SAMSWINE or 1-866-726-7946.

A small but well chosen range of German beers among a huge range of US and other international beers, with online ordering.

Iowa

John's Grocery Inc., 401 E. Market St., Iowa City, IA 52245. T: 319.337.2183 F: 319.339.4904 E: webmaster@johnsgrocery.com.

Stocks a great range of German beers of all styles and glassware, including mass krugs & glass boots. Online ordering for USA and Canada, but they do ship internationally, and guides to matching food & beer and tasting & evaluating beer. Ernest Crvich says: "I've found a few things I haven't seen elsewhere, and they have good, friendly customer service".

Michigan

The Taproom, 14915 Charlevoix, Detroit, Michigan, USA. T: 313.824.1030 F: 313.824.8414.

Serves a wide range of German and other international beers. See website for details.

New York

Blind Tiger Ale House, 518 Hudson Street @ W10th St, New York, NY 10014. T: (212) 675-3848, F: (212) 675-2317, E: tigerale@walrus.com.

Ale house / restaurant with excellent beer list, including Paulaner Salvator, Ayinger Jahrhundert-Bier, Schneider Aventinus and Aventinus Eisbock.

The Blue Tusk 165 Walton Street, Armory Square, Syracuse, NY. Phone: (315) 472-1934, Fax: (315) 474-0764, E-Mail: bluetusk@dreamscape.com .

69 draught bers, including Spaten Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier; Paulaner Salvator and Spaten Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel. Full list, map and menu on website.

Philadelphia

Monk's Café & Beer Emporium, 264 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102.

Bar and beer shop with a good range of German beers.

The Nodding Head Brewery & Restaurant, 1516 Sansom Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102. T: 215-569-9525 F: 215-569-9526.

Serves a range of German and other international beers.

Tennessee

J&J's Market and Cafe, 1912 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee TN, 37203. T: 615.327.9055 E: info@jjsmarket.com.

They stock a range of hefeweizen, including Franziskaner, Weihenstephaner and Paulaner, amongst a good range of other German and Belgian beers. They sell it by the bottle and by the case, and there's a map on the website.

Isaac Newton's 18 South State Street Newtown, PA 18940. T: (215) 860-5100.

Weihenstephaner hefeweizen on tap and lots of excellent Belgian beers.

Virginia

The Bier Garden,
438 High Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704. T: (757) 393-6022. W: http://www.biergarden.com.

Offers authentic German cuisine and the website lists over 100 German beers. Wow.

The Grapevine, Waterloo Shopping Center. 389 West Shirley Avenue. Warrenton, Va 20186-3113. T: 540-349-4443.

Serves a range of German and other international beers and US micros.

Whole Foods Market,
143 Maple Ave East, Vienna, VA 22180. T: 703.319.2000


"We carry an extensive selection of beers, particularly Belgian, British and German. And lots of great US microbrews, of course." See review at Ratebeer.com

Washington

Cafe Mozart,
829 Front Street, Leavenworth, Washington 98826 T: (509) 548-0600


Described as an "upscale European restaurant [...] in traditional Viennese style. German, Austrian, French & Northwest specialties." Beers listed are: Hofbrau München, Paulaner Salvator, Spaten Octoberfest and Paulaner Hefe Weizen on draught and, in bottles, Bitburger Pils, Ayinger Dunkel, Ayinger Brau Weiss, Erdinger Pikantus, Erdinger Kristall, Schneider Weisse, Spaten Oktoberfest, Spaten Pils, Hirschbrau-Holzer Beer, Hirschbrau-Doppel Hirsch and Paulaner Thomasbräu

The People's Pub (Die Volkskneipe), 5429 Ballard Avenue NW, Seattle, WA 98107. T: 206-783-6521 F: 206-783-9858. E: info@peoplespub.com

serves many German beers on draught and in bottles, along with German food. Some of the beers include: Spaten Optimator/Doppelbock, Hacker-Pschorr Weisse, Paulaner Hefeweizen, Paulaner Lager, Bitburger Pils, Spaten Pilsner, Schlenkerla Rauchbier, Celebrator Doppelbock, Hofbrauhaus Original, Kostritzer Black Beer, Erdinger Hefe-Weisse, Erdinger Kristall, Erdinger Hefe-Dunkel.

Bottleworks Beer Shop, 1710 North 45th Suite #3, Seattle, WA 98103. Tel: 206-633-2437. F: 206-632-1057.

Stocks about 45 German beers. Don Scheidt says "they've recently added significantly to their selection. Imports from Germany are a good bit of the story, as well as specialty beers from Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain, and numerous other lands - even a couple of wheat-based beers from a Japanese microbrewery... they also feature a broad, well-chosen array of glassware."

Mail Order German Beer in the USA

Merchant du Vin Specialist beer importers with online ordering of glasses, and information about beer history, tasting and matching beer to food. They list distributors of German beers in each state, but not individual outlets.

Vintage Cellar. Based in Virginia, with a great range of German, British and Belgian beers, including beers from Altenmunster, Augustiner, Ayinger, Dinkel, Einbecker, Erdinger, Franziskaner, Hacker-Pschorr and many more, with online ordering.

BrewMall Mail order site -- stocks some German beer glasses with online ordering.

The Beer Butler. A good range, including Dinkel Acker, DAB, Hacker Pschorr Weisse, Hofbrau Munchen Original, Paulaner Hefeweizen Dunkel, Paulaner Hefeweizen, Paulaner Oktoberfest Maerzen, St Pauli Girl Dark and more. No online ordering.

Belmont Station Includes, amongst many others, Reissdorf Koelsch; Pinkus Weisse; Pinkus Alt; Paulaner Oktoberfest-Maerzen; Paulaner Salvator; Aecht Schlenkerla Weizen; Aecht Schlenkerla Urbock; Mahr's Weiss. No online ordering.

Sam's Wines & Spirits 1720 North Marcey Street, Chicago, IL 60614. T: 1- 866-SAMSWINE or 1-866-726-7946.
A small but well chosen range of German beers among a huge range of US and other international beers, with online ordering.

Hops InternationAle "Hops InternationAle's Imported Beer of the Month Club delivers one six-pack of an International beer and one six-pack of an American microbrew to your doorstep each month." They mention German beers but there seems no way to know whether German beers will be included in the selection in any given month.

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