Stowe Style: Kellerbier
von Trapp Brewing in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Sloop Brewing CompanyLager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Series
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7.21
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to mug.
Appearance: golden yellow color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy to floral slightly snappy hoppiness with a little bit of white grapes, grapefruity and an ever so slight note of guava-like hops, light clean malts
Flavor: wraps up the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bitter sort of snappy tone with an underscore of zesty zing; finishes crisp with a little bit of sanppy to zesty hop tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, pretty smooth along the tongue with a little bit of a zesty/snappy sort of hop zing to the tongue like a fresh IPL normally does
Overall: as much as I liked this one for me, I have to ask the question: is this really a Kellerbier or is this an IPL? Well, either way, I would return to this for me.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cloudy gold yellow pour from can. Earthy aroma with malt. Bready, raisin, hunts of citrus from the hops. Unusual
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pint can. Pours a hazy dark 24k gold color with a fair sized white head that has good retention and crazy lacing. The aroma is medium in strength with sweet biscuits, cookies, and a bit of grapefruit citrus. The taste, like the aroma, is sweet malts, grapefruit, cookies and a bit of bitter grapefruit. The palate is light and crisp with lively carbonation. Finishes long and semi-sweet. Overall: Decent brew I very much enjoyed it--but I never would have guessed this was Kellerbier. Paired well with some north sea cheese (Nordseekase).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 ounce can. Amber gold pour. Rocky white head leaves spotty lacing. Fresh herbal hop aroma hints at citrus. Fruity, malty flavor upfront. Notes of white grape, citrus peel and earthy malt. A hint of stone fruit as well. Bitter hops on backend. Dry finish.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Stowe Style: Kellerbier from von Trapp Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can, best before 1/15/25, drunk 10/1/24. Deep peach-bronze-maize. Large, beige head, well-retained. Clear. Some peachy fruitiness with a good bit of wood and grapefruit. Don't really love or understand the Centennial component here. Biscuit and cracker from the malt supports well enough and the beer is clean and quite hoppy. Substantial bitterness and it's rather bland and chalky/woody. You do get the peach, nectarine and other tropical fruits but it has to compete with this somewhat ruinous Centennial component. Malty texture with biscuit and dough and good attenuation. Definitely an IPL, though of course it's unfiltered and called Kellerbier, but it seems much farther removed from the historic kellerbier. Get rid of these ridiculous Centennial hops and maybe you have something closer and brighter.