Steve Jackson ) wrote:
: "Shrubman" wrote in message
: om...
:
: After my local store ran out of my new favorite beer again, I want to
: know if there is anything like it.
:
: Please help me find a substitute for this excellent(IMO)brew.
:
: As always, such questions are nearly impossible to answer without knowing
: where you're located. Beer availability varies dramatically by geography.
:
: That said, Moretti is more or less like a dunkel - the German word for
: "dark" and usually used in reference to a darker-colored, fairly malty beer
: of average strength. Most of the Bavarian and Munich breweries brew a
: version, several of which are sold in the States. The most likely brands
: you'll be able to find are Spaten and Paulaner, and perhaps Ayinger. Note
: that something called dunkelweizen or dunkelweiss will not be at all like
: Moretti.
:

I don't think the Moretti LaRossa is intended to be a Vienna Lager but it
comes close. Try Negra Modelo as a subsitute when you can't get the
Moretti. I think you'll find them similar, though not identical.


--
Bill

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