Bought locally, canned July 18th 2025.
Pours a clear gold with a finger of foam, good retention and lacing.

Smell is grassy hops, caramel and bready malt, a little spicy and bitter.

Taste is grassy hops bitterness, bready malt, light caramel, a little bit more bitter than I prefer in the style. Good,though.

Medium bodied, it's good and I have a few more cans waiting for me.

12oz can from Trader Joe's. Drank at my daughters in Laguna Hills on 23rdAugust 2025. Poured into an old Corsendonk stemmed tulip glass, nice clean golden body, white head, a bit of a 'thin' covering to be honest. Hoppy rather than malty, although the malts do come into their own as the beer warms a little and the aroma changed from earthy hops to caramel led malty feel, as does the flavours. Enjoyed it.

Golden yellow with nice white head. Lemon, barley malt, and weedy grass aroma. Mildly sweet lemon, barley malt, and moderately bitter weedy grass/hay flavor. Good body. Better than the average Störtebeker beer.

12 oz. can
6.0% ABV
Packaged on: 07/10/25
$12.79 6-pk @ Publix

AROMA: Slightly sweet with moderate scents of malt, biscuit, and caramel. It's very nice, but a little subdued. As the beer warms, the malt and caramel aromas become more prevalent, but the biscuit ends up getting completely lost.

APPEARANCE: Pours a clear light-gold color with an extremely tall (like 6-fingers!!), white, coarsely-frothy head, that dissipates slowly with excellent lacing. It looks very nice in my clear Pilsner.

TASTE: I'm first hit with moderate sweetness and light flavors of malt, caramel, and honey. Which is then followed by a quick "bite" of light bitterness and then finishes with a bit more sweetness. Overall, I find the flavor-profile to be a little on the mellow side. While the flavors do bloom a little as the beer warms, they still stay a little too much on the subdued side for my tastes.

MOUTHFEEL: Medium-bodied with a somewhat smooth texture that gets a little silky during the finish. I would rate carbonation as average even though it feels a little soft on the palate.

OVERALL: I was really wowed by last year's (2024) collab version with Brauerei Gutmann. So I was excited to try this year's collab version with Störtebeker. Unfortunately, I liked last year's much better. This year's version, everything seems more muted (aroma, flavor, carbonation), and the flavors seem a bit more watered down. That being said, I still like this beer, and consider it a good beer for chilling out with friends. I just don't think I will be buying more of it this year. Whereas, last year's version, I bought several times throughout the season. Now if you'll excuse me, these go down so easy, I think I will go crack open another one. Prost!