Hirschbrauerei Söhnstetten (Söhnstetter)
Microbrewery in Söhnstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 🇩🇪
Established in 1896
Closed in 2024
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Deep amber coloured, presumably hazy - some floaties visible, big stable fluffy off-white head; moderate caramelly and sourish (dark-) fruity nose, yeasty and wheaty traces detectable; moderate sweetish-sourish flavour with a bitter touch, quite soft, light to medium bodied; sweetish-sourish finish with caramel and cacao. Nice Dunkelweizen.....
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Golden, visible carbonation, smaller - slowly collapsing - white foam; distinctive clean sweet pale-malty nose with a delicate lemony-hoppy background; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, loght to medium bodied; increasing herbal to "woody" hoppiness towards the sweet pale-malty - spiced with a taste of honey - finish. Fine, fine "diluted Märzen".......
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Blue bottle: Pale greenish-golden, hazy, stable small lacy white head; distinctive aromatic to grassy-sweaty hoppy nose, pale malt and - caused by the yeast - a certain fruitiness underneath; dry bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied and soft; shorter hoppy-malty finish, a faint yeasty fruitiness included. O.K. ......
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Golden with an orangey touch, cloudy - clumps of yeast visible, almost medium-sized creamy and lacy white head; faint cloves and bananas in the sweet-sour wheaty nose; moderate sweet-sour flavour, medium bodied, quite smooth; lemons and tart lemon-peel in the relatively dry sourish-sweet finish. Good Weizen.....
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Pale greenish-golden, unclear, big - slowly collapsing - white loose head, leaving an impressive lacework; hoppy and also fruity nose, grainy aromas underneath; moderate to solid bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied, but soft; citrussy hops in the bitter-sweet finish, accompanied by a certain yeasty fruitiness. Good and pleasant....
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Clear, golden, small lacy white head; light to moderate "woody" hoppy nose with buttery and pale-malty traces; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied, a bit fizzy; returning "Woody" flavours in the grainy and malty finish. Good and pleasant.....
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(bottle) Hazy, reddish amber colour with a big and dense tanned foamy head. Slightly yeasty and sour wheaty aroma with notes of bubblegum, berry-fruits, caramel and phenolic spices. Slightly sour flavour, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Initially berry-fruity and wheaty taste with notes of bubblegum and late arriving toasty and caramelly notes towards finish and aftertaste. The dark malt-character could be more enhanced. 20.V.10
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(bottle, 33cl, purchased at Hirschbrauerei Söhnstetten) Slightly hazy, pale golden colour with a thick foamy white head. Moderately sweet malty and minimal yeasty aroma with subtle grainy notes and a tinge of herbal hops. Sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a smooth carbonation. Pale malt character with notes of grain and a touch of honey; medium-dry sweet malty and shy hoppy finish with just a whiff of bitterness. Clean and pleasant to drink. 09.V.10
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(bottle, 33cl, purchased at the brewery) This one is labelled slightly different than the other beers of the brewery. Clear, pale golden colour with a blond and short foamy head. Slightly sweet pale malty and slightly draffy aroma with a tinge of citrus and flowery hops. Moderately sweet and bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Mildly malty base with herbal and slightly floral and subtle citric hoppy elements; dry, soft malty and mildly bitter hoppy finish. Fine and pleasant Pilsener, also a bit inconspicuous. 08.V.10
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(bottle, 33cl) Hazy, pale golden colour with a blond medium-sized foamy head. Slightly yeasty, doughy malty aroma with herbal and grassy hops. Moderately bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a lively, but well-matured carbonation. Soft pale malty base with a good dash of herbal and slightly grassy hops, leading into a dry and hop bitter finish. Very nice. 07.V.10