Nice helles craft brewery store but stop true to the original. Nicely done. Bier lager Köln

330ml can. Cloudy, orange, dark golden to amber colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, off-white head. Sweet-ish, caramel malty and dank, tropical fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of melon, watermelon, overripe pineapple, some grapefruit. Taste is slightly sugary sweet, caramel malty, and zesty bitter, citrusy fruity hoppy, hints of grapefruit and orange, orange peel, some lemon, a touch of lemon tea. Dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, dry palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Fairly bitter, robust malty backbone - decent.

0.33 l bottle from 'Rudat', best before March 2025. A bit hazy, very dark ruby to black with a thin, frothy, quickly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, quite roasty aroma of lots of coffee, dark chocolate and some hazelnut. Quite sweet, malty, fairly roasty taste of coffee, dark chocolate, roasted hazelnut and light wood, followed by a medium long, quite roasty, gently bitter, minimally tart finish. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Decent Stout, a bit simple.

330ml bottle. Cloudy, yellow-ish golden colour with average, frothy, slowly diminishing, moderately lasting, snow white head. Slightly fruity and piney, hoppy aroma, biscuity and minimallygrainy, , pale malty background, hints of yellow stone fruit, nectarine, unripe peach. Taste is slightly fruity and minimally piney hoppy, pale malty basis with low residual sweetness, diluted hints of yellow stone fruit, some nectarine, peach, unripe peach. Watery texture, slightly dry palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Rather simple and monotonous - OK.

Smooth mild beginning. Dry coffee, roast with a caramelly back. Smooth mild, creamy with a great toffee roasted caramelly back.

330ml bottle. Jet black colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Roasty and chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of coffee, dark chocolate, dark caramel. Taste is bitter, roasty, dark malty, minimally chocolately, diluted notes of coffee, a leafy touch of tobacco, underlying dark caramel with subtle sweetness appears belated. Watery texture, slightly dry palate, medium, scattery, prickly carbonation. Very nice aroma, rather monotonous and watery taste - bummer!

Bottle picked up from Hopfen sei Dank Webshop, Bochum and consumed at home listening to Steve Lamaq on 6Music, warming up the smoked pork that we smoked yesterday. Pours hazy yellow with a white head, sweet, soft mouthfeel, lemony with a faint beery edge. Fine.