Veldensteiner Landbier

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber to orange with a thick off-white head. Aroma is dry breadish, slight roasted. Roasted, dry breadish and with a mild bitterness counterbalancing this. Lingering breadish and vague smoked/sulphorish note into the far finish.

clear brown, thick offwhite head. nutty brown aroma, caramel. flavor is sweet, chocolate, caramel.. nice.

Bottle 50cl. w. swing top @ home.Clear medium red brown amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly - fully lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar notes, light to moderate smoke. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090110]

Bottled (Beerangel, BB 10/2009). Flip-top. Dark clear chestnut brown color, creamy beige head, lace. Minerals, malts and caramel in the aroma. Crisp carbonation. Clean, soft caramelly and pale malty palate. Toffee, wort, barley, milk chocolate, light grassy hops, a toasted note ... Feels less than 5,4 %. Interesting landbier.

Bottled (from beerangel.de). Reddish amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Some lace. Aroma is sweet caramel mixed with wood, sap and mild notes of leather. Flavour is quite strong leather along with some caramel malts and mild spices. Bittery finish. A very nicely balanced brew. Actually not very exciting tastes or aromas, but still one of the most pleasant German beers I’ve had in a long time. This probably is one of those that just suits me good as hell.

previously tested on German BTO 5/2007: Recht dunkel, große und schöne Schaumkrone. Malzig, kaum herb, hat irgendwie einen leicht rauchigen Charakter, erinnert mich ganz leicht an Rauchbier. Feine leichte Säure und Fruchtigkeit ist auch noch dabei. Solide, gut und süffig.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Porus with a light, small, off-white head and a hazy brown body. Aroma of prunes, clean caramel, granola, tons of grain, raisins, and oatmeal. Taste is about the same, very grainy and a bit caramel crusted. Somewhat full mouthfeel.

Bottl.e Barnyard and molasses malt aroma. Dark reddish brown with large tan head. Caramel malt and lightly musty hay flavor. Tasty and easy drinking - excellent.

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Clear brownish copper colour, rich firm head. Woody nose with roasty notes. Lightly buttery and evidently smokey, fairly sweet with rounded mouthfeel,. Medium-light bodied with low bitterness.

On tap at Berliner Bierfestival. It was served with a clear, copper body, topped by a creamy, beige head. That was probably the best part of the beer. It wasn’t bad, far from, but maybe a bit boring, especially on the nose. The aroma was both a bit weak, and a bit one-dimentional, with caramel and hops, and not much more showing up. It had malt and caramel in the mouth as well, but there was a nice fruity touch to accomplish the medium mouthfeel. It finished malty. Although it is a bit anonymous, it’s a quite nice beer. Rating: 4-4-5-3-10-2.6. (070803)

Had the beer from bottle the day after, and that was a far better experience. The pour was the same, a clear, copper body and a nice, beige head. The aroma and flavor was far better though, with caramel, well roasted bread, yeast-notes and a little fruityness. The flavor had caramel, dark bread, sweetness and a bitterness. It finished with caramel, bread-crusts and some bitterness. Medium body with maybe a bit too much carbonation, but not in a bad way. A lovely, dark landbier. (070804)