Michala

Hazy brown colour, beige foam. Bready, nutty, notes of caramel. Rather dry, some bitterness, light fruity.

Bottle at home, by the fire, 6th December 2020. Pours a light copper high carbonated beer, big frothy head. Aroma is malty, caramel. Taste is light caramel, malty, some grass and hay, earthy, sweet and then a little nutty, burnt sugar, and light bitter. Good depth of flavour, nice keller

Bottle from HoTM. It pours hazy chestnut brown with a frothy off-white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, toasty, cacao, nutty, dried fruits, earth and fruit cake. The taste is dry, toasty, nutty, earth, spice, wood, cacao, cereal, touch of pithy citrus, light dried fruits and grass with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and moderate, prickly carbonation. Decent malty lager action.

Pours dark amber to light red, semi-hazy. A couple of fingers of a dense and stable slightly off-white head. Good persistence and excellent lacing. Quite vivid and well defined/clean aroma shows caramel and nutty malts, ripe red fruits and a kind of tea-like/leafy hop bitterness. Smells like autumn. Taste notes follow the aroma closely, perhaps in a slightly less impressive but still good intensity and definition. Overall this is medium to high sweet and medium bitter, with a slight sweet edge in the mouth and a balanced, semi-dry finish, with a leafy hops aftertaste. Light to medium bodied with low to medium, fine carbonation. Feels quite smooth but also kind of creamy/soft. A very good beer.

Update march 2025: had it a couple of times after the first review and it felt much less impressive. Still very much an easy drinker as per style, not that creamy or soft. A little rough around the edges. Taste notes still more or less as per original review.

Bottle at home, from Hier gibts bier, 03/09/20. Clear golden amber with a decent egg shell white cap. Nose is fruit loaf, brown bread, dates, biscuit, toffee. Taste comprises fruit loaf, prunes, light spice, toffee, dates, fruit cake. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent malty number.

Bottle from Hier gibts bier and drunk at home. Dark gold amber colour lasting beige head. I was expecting something darker and it does have a little milk chocolate malt. some bitterness on the finish. a malty kellerbier. yep decent enough but a little sweet for me.

Bottle from Great Grog. Hazy amber body with thin off-white head that quickly fades. Low carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of caramel and red fruits. Flavour of lightly roasted malt and stewed red apple. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily texture. Soft fizz. This tastes better than it looks. It’s sweet and moreish.

Bottle, bought @ the brewery. Amber color. Toffee and a hint of licorice in the aroma. Werthers Original. Malty sweet flavor with licorice, toffee and Werthers Original. Long licorice finish. Just a bit thin, but a tasty beer.