Braumanufaktur Hell frei, Flasche von Getränke Hoffmann, Berlin. - Orangegold, leicht trüb. - In der Nase brotig-süßes helles Malz, feine Bonbonsüße, leichte Bierwürze, nur minimale Hopfung. - Antrunk laff hellmalzig mit leichter Bierwürze, ein wenig Traubenzucker und sehr milder aber nicht übler herbaler Hopfung mit einem Hauch von Mandarine und einem zarten muffigen Touch. Gut rezent, dünn. Im Abgang blasse Hopfenherbe. - Liebenswürdig rustikales aber dünnes Alkoholfreies, das nicht zu kalt getrunken werden darf. (5.4.2022.)

#BeerFail Rarely has the wrong glass been so evident. Oh well, not a very special taste although this is supposedly a revived historical style from the Potsdamer/ Berlin region. Basically a Kölsch.

50cl swing top bottle. A clear amber beer with a off white head. Aroma of mild caramelized malt, bread, biscuit. Taste of biscuit malt, some caramel, spicy bitter hops.

Braumanufaktur Maibock, 6 %, Flasche von Getränke Hoffmann, Berlin. - Kupfergold, schwach trüb. - In der Nase schweres, süßes Toastmalz, milde aber frische herbale Herbe mit leichten mediterranen Zügen, ein Hauch von Kräuterlikör. - Antrunk fett toastig-malzig mit breiter Kandissüße, Karamel- und Sahnebonbons und nur milder aber frischer herbaler Herbe mit feinen floralen Noten. Mild rezent, füllig malzschwer, weich. Im Abgang Kräuterbonbonherbe und ein Hauch von Menthol. - Schwerer und bonbonsüßer aber runder, weicher Bock mit der Braumanufaktur-typischen, arg milden Hopfung. Bio-Naturdoldenhopfen sind ja schön und gut, aber in homöopathischer Dosierung wirken sie nicht. Der Brandenburger will es so, würde der Braumeister mir darauf entgegnen. (17.6.2021.)

Braumanufaktur Märzen, 5,1 %, Flasche von REWE, Geltow. - Kupferrot, fast klar. - In der Nase warm toastiges Malz, karamelsüß, milde Orangenschale, schwach überreife Frucht (Pfirsich, Banane), milde hopfenwürzige Herbe. - Antrunk warm toastmalzig mit sehr milder hopfenwürziger Herbe, blasser Zitrusfrucht, karamelliger Bonbonsüße und einer leichten muffig-ranzigen Note, die auch deswegen hervortritt, weil stärkere Aromen fehlen. Milder rezent, vollmundig. Im Abgang ein wenig hart (hartes Brauwasser?), nur schwach hopfenherb und dadurch recht leer. - Brauchbares Märzen mit leichten aromatischen Schwächen und allzu großer Sparsamkeit bei der Dosierung des Bio-Naturdoldenhopfens. (2.4.2021.)

50cl swing top bottle. A clear deep amber beer with a beige head. Aroma of caramelized malt, grains and spicy hops. Taste of spicy and caramelized malt, nuts and grains.

An old local beer from the German city of Potsdam, which apparently has existed in some or other form since the 19th century but went extinct in the seventies; revived by Forsthaus Templin, but as usual with this kind of 'historic' beers which have existed for generations in name only, I doubt if this one even comes close to the original 19th century Weizenbier (of some sort) that it must have been. Anyway, I love a good classic German beer from time to time, so huge thanks to Herr Christian Mai for these lovely swingtop bottles! Very thick and foamy, egg-white, dense and firm, very stable closed head leaving thick and sticky lacing on the edge of the glass; misty straw blonde robe with warmer apricot tinge. Aroma of melting margarine, fresh white bread dough, sweetclover, cream corn (even if obviously no corn has been used), red apple peel, rusk, unripe Conference pear, minerals as in mineral-rich sparkling water, hints of wet kitchen towels, biscuit crumbs, white soap, hint of Kellog's Honey Pops, even a clear and lingering odour of ripe banana. Rounded, smooth onset, clean but with some fruitiness from the yeast, green banana and green pear notes, sweetish with a light sourish undertone accentuated by lively, minerally, initially somewhat stinging carbonation; soft, almost 'fluffy' body, smooth and feeling rather full for its ABV - again thanks to the floating yeast suspension. Nice white-bread-'pulpy' and fully cereally maltiness with a clear soapy edge from the Weizenmalz, which accounts for a soft of 'deep' sourishness underneath as well; bready yeasty effects build up a bit in the finish, but the wheat malt soapiness remains stronger, eventually softly but confidently bittered by floral noble hops, with slight grassy and spicy side effects as well. Minerally, softly wheaty-soapy, fluffy, quenching finish, this is the kind of beer I could drink gallons of, classic and traditional as it may be; in terms of style, close to a Hefeweizen of course, but a bit less phenolic and more hop bitter, so if it must be a Weizen of some sort, it is at least a very atypical one with heavy Landbier- or even Pilsener-like influences, which in itself is interesting considering the usually very conservative nature of traditional German beer culture, especially in the north. Enjoyed it.

Bottle shared at tasting. Hazy pale yellow color, medium sised white head. Smell and taste wheat, softly hoppy, lightly sweetish. Decent body and carbonation. Quite ok.