Port City Brewing Company Franconian Kellerbier

Franconian Kellerbier

 

Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Regular
Score
6.72
ABV: 5.1% IBU: 35 Ticks: 11
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

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
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
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
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
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
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


6.6
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
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
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


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at Churchkey for a VA/MD tap take over. Pours a clear, dark gold with some clumpy head. Floral nose, dough, dandelion, lemon. Flavor is solid, a little green grass and green veg, grist, yeast, lemon, soap. Crisp finish.

Tried from Draft on 02 Sep 2017 at 14:41