Stiftsgartenbier
Graser in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Brewed at/by: Heller-Bräu TrumLager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Regular
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Score
7.42
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Brewed using a historical recipe from Bamberg's first documented brewery, "Brauerei Michaelsberg", for the "Bamberger Stiftsgarten" (a part of the same monastery that the Michaelsberg brewery originally belonged to). The brewery was active from around 1122 to 1969. This beer was brewed using hops from Spalt and the "Hopfengarten Bamberg", which has reintroduced hop cultivation in Bamberg. Schlenkerla used their official name "Hellerbräu" for this historical beer, since Konrad Graser who was a brewer at the Michaelsberg Brewery, later took over Hellerbräu (Schlenkerla) in 1866!
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle (from Die Bierothek). Nice amber colour with a mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is nice and crisp herbs and grass some some toasted malts and mild sweet malty tones. Flavour is herbal, grassy, some toasted and mild sweet malty tones. Actually there is also a very slight diacetylic edge to it, but that just adds to the beauty in a nice way. Diacetyl intended or not, this one is a beauty beerwise. WOW.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2024
at 19:27
8.4/10
Amber colour, stable head, carbonated. Only light smoke taste, sweet and hoppy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2023
at 18:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fad på BeerGeek bar. Klar rav farvet med fint skum. Røg i næsen. Smager lidt af bacon og en smule sødme.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2023
at 21:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Draught at Beer Geek Bar, Prague, 18 July 2023) Pale amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, slightly fruity nose with notes of apricots, orange peel and toast. Malty taste with bread, apricots, citrus, toast and a gentle herbal bitterness. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Tasty, harmonious and well balanced. Very nice.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2023
at 21:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours light to mid amber with some haziness. Average sized white head, shows decent retention and some lacing. Malty and slightly fruity aroma with caramel and lighter bready (white bread) notes balanced by a grassy/floral feel. Light fruity notes(apple, orange). The slightest hint of smokiness on the back of things. In the taste: a rather strong sweetness with caramel and biscuity malts, light fruitiness as per aroma, a pretty strong bittering finish/aftertaste with grassiness and dry floral notes. There's quite a strong/sharp contrast between the sweet malty entrypoint and the bitter hoppy finish/aftertaste; i'm not sure it works out well. The beer is clean and well defined though. Medium to light bodied, average to slightly sub-average carbonation. A quite atypical amber lager that aims for intensity instead of delicacy. Overall ok but i was not convinced.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2023
at 20:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
500ml Bottle - Amber with a foamy head. Orange, grass, hay and some subtle smoky notes in the aroma. Relatively hoppy taste with rye bread, citrus, grass, caramel and some biscuity notes detected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2023
at 17:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear amber pour with a lasting white head; aromas of malt, caramel, grains and some yeloow fruits; aroma is malt, grains, toffee, caramel, marmelade, sweet citrus and some smoke - very nice.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2023
at 21:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the brewery Webshop, drunk after removing all homes theater accoutrements from the living room to prepare for painting. It's going to be a viewing desert for a while. Dark amber, huge head that doesn't quit. Spicy caramel nose, a citrus and earthy-grain boooom in the olfactories. Big body, nice caramel notes, balanced with (D?)IPA level bitterness. Excellent complex interplay of grain flavors, flavorful traditional hops, caramel, and full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2023
at 19:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ BeerGeek Bar, Prague. Clear dark golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, hay and light smoked. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 250723
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2023
at 15:54
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Clear amber colour white foam. Complex, sweet and malty with lingering smoke, bacon, bready but also hoppy bitter. Very interesting.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2023
at 16:56