Franconian Kellerbier
Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Regular|
Score
6.75
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For this batch we looked to Franconia for inspiration. One of the specialties of this Southern German region is Kellerbier, an unfiltered, hop-forward lager. For our rendition, we used European malt varieties to create a medium-bodied, amber base upon which to layer noble hop character. Spalt and Tettnang hops impart spicy, herbal aromas that lead to nutty, toasty malt flavor.
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6/10
Draft from pork barrel. Slightly clouded gold. Foam. Earth, some sweet malt and bitterness
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 01:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours frosty gold. Apricot, herbal, lemon, light grain. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2022
at 22:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught at Rustico: pours deep gold with a white head. Aroma is grass and earthiness. Taste is lightly bitter, grassy malty.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2021
at 21:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a slight orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has an earthy grass with a hint of pine and hay notes backing. Flavor is more straw forward with growing grass and a touch of grapefruit rind underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2021
at 01:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Crisp barley and some light sense of mercury, tin. Golden clear pour without much head. Crisp finish. Easy drinking and good for style. Tap at Rústico.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2021
at 23:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint can thanks to hershiser2! 9/29/20. Hazy orange, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of lemon, sourdough. Taste is apricot, stone fruit, bready malt. Medium bodied, crisp.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2020
at 22:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint can, WW. Medium gold with a beige head. Floral hops, grain in the nose. Flavor is floral, stone fruit, roasted malt, brown grasses. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2020
at 21:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Crisp copper and bronze coloured body with a very thin, single centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of crisp grain, light toffee, some earth, a dose of nuts and a tiny bit of grapes. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive malted barley notes show at first with a relatively large earthy and rustic flavour that shows some nuts and toasted grain in addition to a very mellow grape-like sweetness at the end. Aftertaste shows some caramelised sugars, a dash of grain and flowers and ending with some more of the malt notes, which are quite strong. Overall, a relatively easy-drinking lager that does have a ton of flavour, especially the malty and earthy side of things, but some sweetness does shine through as does the yeast and bready flavours, especially at the end. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria (Potomac Yard), Virginia on 05-June-2020 for US$2,87 sampled at my house on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, in Onancock, Virginia on 13-June-2020, one last time.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2020
at 17:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Hay, corn, and lemongrass nose. Clear amber, medium head. Hay, cheerios, honey. Medium body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2018
at 00:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
GABF 2017. Good kellerbier. rich malt and yeast is prominent. smooth, low carbonation.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2018
at 04:40