Warsteiner ? Yuck ! One of the worst beers ever ! Oh, how I hate that stuff :P
My favourite is Stauder Pils, but that is a local beer, you probably won't find it outside of Germany. A very good beer that is sold over-regionally is König Pilsener. I think you can buy that one in most parts of Europe, if you look for it - don't know about the US.
If I am in Prague, I like to drink Staropramen. No idea how hard it is to find that one outside of CZ.
Edit: Nice "blacklist", Lorld Olf. My one looks like this:
Traugott Simon, Ãttinger, Wicküler Pilsner, ANY Kölsch (avoid it like the Plague! - hehe ;) ), Hansa Pils, Paderborner, ANY Weizen, ALL beers from the 'Sauerland' region (Warsteiner, Krombacher, Veltins, Iserlohner - they all taste #$%&ty. I don't know why, but that region obviously is absolutely incapable of producing any decent beer. Selling that stuff is a criminal act !). Also add all that crappy 'mixery' stuff that some people dare to call beer.
The advantage of Ãttinger and Traugott Simon of course is that they cost less than 50% of the price of most other beers in Germany. Considering that, they are not THAT bad (better than Warsteiner for example, and very cheap in comparison), but I must say I only drink them when I have no other choice ;) A beer that is often very cheap and tastes somewhat OK in my opinion is Kronen Pilsener from Dortmund.
My favourite is Stauder Pils, but that is a local beer, you probably won't find it outside of Germany. A very good beer that is sold over-regionally is König Pilsener. I think you can buy that one in most parts of Europe, if you look for it - don't know about the US.
If I am in Prague, I like to drink Staropramen. No idea how hard it is to find that one outside of CZ.
Edit: Nice "blacklist", Lorld Olf. My one looks like this:
Traugott Simon, Ãttinger, Wicküler Pilsner, ANY Kölsch (avoid it like the Plague! - hehe ;) ), Hansa Pils, Paderborner, ANY Weizen, ALL beers from the 'Sauerland' region (Warsteiner, Krombacher, Veltins, Iserlohner - they all taste #$%&ty. I don't know why, but that region obviously is absolutely incapable of producing any decent beer. Selling that stuff is a criminal act !). Also add all that crappy 'mixery' stuff that some people dare to call beer.
The advantage of Ãttinger and Traugott Simon of course is that they cost less than 50% of the price of most other beers in Germany. Considering that, they are not THAT bad (better than Warsteiner for example, and very cheap in comparison), but I must say I only drink them when I have no other choice ;) A beer that is often very cheap and tastes somewhat OK in my opinion is Kronen Pilsener from Dortmund.