"Steve Jackson" wrote in message news:XTkgd.129967$Lo6.2302@fed1read03...
"Shrubman" wrote in message
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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.

-Steve

What strikes me about Moretti LaRossa is that, though it's a darker
beer, it doesn't seem to have a bitterness that I find in many others.
I'm not a Guiness drinker, for instance. Many beers that have appended
"dark" to a familiar brand name disappoint me.

Moretti Larossa just seems to have a great combination of hoppy
sweetness, a nice fizzyness, for lack of a more appropriate word, and
the nice kick of a higher alcohol content.

I'm in Georgia in the United States, btw.