Hurlimann Sternbrau Lager (Export Bier)
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
4.91
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Rights to the brand have now been bought by Shepherd Neame.
Keg 4.8%; formerly Bottle/Can 5.0%
Considered by its many devotees to be one of the finest lagers brewed in Britain. The brewing of Hürlimann is strictly controlled to ensure that the beer remains true to the original Swiss recipe. Only the finest Swiss yeast and Challenger hops are used in this all malt brew to give a full lager flavour.
Keg 4.8%; formerly Bottle/Can 5.0%
Considered by its many devotees to be one of the finest lagers brewed in Britain. The brewing of Hürlimann is strictly controlled to ensure that the beer remains true to the original Swiss recipe. Only the finest Swiss yeast and Challenger hops are used in this all malt brew to give a full lager flavour.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old rating from 2009 - 500ml bottle, pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of flora, grass, bread & hops. Moderate body. Dry light bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 22:57
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
Draught at Millwall. Clean gold with a short head. Basic pale lager, bit metallic at the finish.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2023
at 13:37
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Tap @ Star Inn, Guildford. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light bready and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 140218
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2018
at 21:42
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tap @ Star Inn, Guildford. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, grass and hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2018
at 20:02
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Draught at the Star Inn, Guildford. Pours clear gold with a small off-white head. Aroma of butter, grass, flowers and light hop. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Light body, slight oily texture, above average carbonation.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2018
at 09:18
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Hell herber, trocken wässriger Antrunk. Spritzig, geringe Würzigkeit, etwas monoton. Helle, eher milde Malznoten, kurzer plumper Nachhall. 8/8/7/6/7/6
Tried
on 21 Dec 2017
at 12:48
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe, bought under the mistaken idea that I’d be ticking off another country. But no. Thanks Shepherd Neame! "Only the finest Swiss yeast". What does that actually mean? I don’t imagine the Swiss are overrun with yeast strains for lager fermentation to choose from. Bottle is also now 4.8%, no doubt due to "commercial pressures" aka cost-cutting. It’s a pishy lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2013
at 14:43
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
On tap @ The Marked Inn, Faversham. Clear golden body with a firm white head. Aroma is light grainy with German type hops. Not so much flavor here, light grainy and boring hops. Thin body and little aftertaste. Boring lager.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2013
at 00:27
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at the ChrisO Flags of Many Nations Easter Tasting 2013 - London. Pours perfectly clear gold with a fine, bubbly white head. Papery cereal nose, light dough. Faint doughy and lightly sugary flavor. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mild straw to finish, further dough, paper. A bit of oxidation has taken place here. Not great overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2013
at 00:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pale yellow lager sustaining a small bubbly creamy head. Fairly standard lager taste.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2013
at 07:15