from a bottle. kinda light brownish yellow in color. perhaps a slight off aroma of the big U. slight co2 present. yes, quite unique in its presentation. not 2 refined. can’t stop thinking about the big U. rotten grass trimmings from the yard..... not impressed, could have more manners. not a heavenly experience by any means.

International Green Week, Berlin 2012: at last we reach Hall 12, the hall dedicated to German breweries and food to go with beer. We find a table and seats by the Andechs bar, leave the womenfolk to keep the area safe and start to forage for beers. Loads of breweries and beers to choose from and for some reason I broke one of my own golden rules ‘always try the draught beers, you’ll find bottles again, but may never get the chance to have the beer on tap again’. So a .33cl bottle of this brew caught my eye as I wandered around and I had to have one. This unfiltered brew comes with a natural cloudy look, red/brown in colour: on top a thatch of white bubbles, the head left almost before I got back to the table and no lacing was produced by what remained floating on top as I sat down. The smells were of malty bread/toast and some sweeter molasses; a hop hint as the beer warmed: this was the best bit I’m sorry to say, it went downhill from now on. The taste was on the malty side and appeared one dimensional in flavour: I expected a lot more to be honest, thin and lacking in substance for a 5.2%ABV brew. The hops just didn’t show at all, no bite or crispness to the brew, I struggled to find anything nice to say about this beer, so I’ll curtail the review now!

Bottle. Pours with a large bone colored head that fades over a hazy, unattractive brown colored body. Aroma is sweet, corn, skunky, grainy and husky. Taste is burnt, nutty, metallic and very buttery (diacetyl). Pretty horrible. Fizzy, bad aftertaste.