The local has more flavour and sweeter,
imported taste more carbonated when first opened and less taste.

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Thank you for letting us know how you feel! You were very forthright which I appreciate.

If you would permit me, I would like to give you some information about the Beck’s Bier you buy in Australia. The first thing is that there two types; locally brewed and imported.

Locally-Brewed

Brauerei Beck licenses brewing of Beck’s in many countries around the world. They supervise the setup of this brewing and bottling to ensure the same recipe is used and the same stringent standards are met. In addition, a sample of EVERY brew made in any of these countries is flown back to Brauerei Beck in Bremen, Germany for tasting and checking by a master brewer before it is approved for release. Even if the flavour is perfect but the colour is slightly out of specification, the brew will not be released. In this way, we can ensure that the Beck’s you buy in Australia is identical to that which leaves the brewery gate at Bremen.

Imported

Various importers bring Beck’s into Australia and sell it in competition to the local licensee. The vast majority comes from Bremen so starts its life as perfect Beck’s. The issue then comes from what happens between Bremen and Australia.

The first factor is time; it takes at least 3 months for most of the product to reach Australia. For flavour & aroma for lager, fresh beer is the best beer. Even the non-experts can pick (and prefer) a fresh beer vs one that is over 3 months old. Most of the imported Beck’s in Australia is well over 3 months old; it can be well past 6 months. When the beer leaves the brewery in Bremen it has 12 months ‘best before’ date on it. Check how much date is left on the product you purchased.

The second factor is heat. Beer is of course brewed at high temperature, but once it has fermented and been filled into bottles and kegs, the quality of the beer is best preserved by avoiding heat. A trip out from Bremen involves the product being loaded into containers and shipped out via the Middle East and Asia, often spending additional time on the docks in Bahrain or Dubai and Singapore. None of the regions or cities are renowned for their cool temperate climates and as a result, a large proportion of that extended shipping time also sees the beer subjected to high temperatures.

The purpose of telling you all this is so you can make an informed choice. It is understandable that drinkers would think that imported Beck’s must be good. The reality is that the Australian-brewed Beck’s tastes exactly the same as the Beck’s that leaves the gate in Bremen. The reality is also that the Beck’s that arrives in Australia from Bremen no longer tastes as good as when it left, or therefore as good as the vastly fresher locally-brewed Beck’s.

Clearly you enjoy Beck’s. If you didn’t feel strongly for the brand you wouldn’t have felt so compelled to write to us. Hopefully you can in time appreciate and savour the flavour that this great beer is meant to have

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Am I to beleive that I like stale Becks ?

I challenge someone whos about to fly to Germany to bring a couple of bottles of local Becks and compare it.

Most BECKS is brewed under licence… this results in a very different beer that does not adhere to the German purity laws…

The pisse is really worth its money if you can get your hands on an imported bottle (which was not to badly mistreated with sunshine etc.).