Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus (Tannenzäpfle)

Commercial Brewery in Grafenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 🇩🇪

Established in 1791

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Rothaus 1, Grafenhausen, 79865, Germany
Description
The Rothaus Brewery was founded 1791 through the Benedictine monastery St. Blasien in the “Zum Rothen Haus” inn (“To the Red House” in English). Following the secularizations of 1806, the Rothaus Brewery fell out of the hands of the monks and became property of the Grand Duchy of Baden and was renamed the “Großherzogliche Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus” (Grand Ducal State Brewery Rothaus of Baden). The November Revolution of 1918, which led to the abolition of the monarchy in Baden, caused the company to shorten their name to Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus (State-owned brewery of Baden), as from then on the brewery was owned by the federal state of Baden.

Since 1922, the company has had the legal form of a stock corporation, the shares of which are currently held entirely by the associated company of the state of Baden-Württemberg. The continuously large demand for Rothaus beer has in the past made large investments necessary. This allowed the Rothaus Brewery to grow into one of the most modern facilities in Germany.

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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma, a little too bready. Nice light bitter flavor with flowernotes. Moderate bitter average finish. Oily palate and soft carbonated.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2007 at 04:54

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Poured a hazy orange and murky with a thick white head. Smell was of citrus and hoppy aroma. Bitter metallic and spice flavor, very filling like most hefes.
Tried on 16 Nov 2006 at 10:07

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Poured a golden amber to clear with a thick white head. The smell was a sweet flower grain aroma. The flavor was a rich malt with a bitter metallic finish.
Tried on 16 Nov 2006 at 10:02

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Creamy white excellent fully lasting head. Yellow colour. OK hoppy and teasty aroma with mango notes. A bit boring flavor, not very balanced. Average finish. Creamy palate.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2006 at 01:42

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear golden colour, small white head. Good clean flavour. Medium bitterness, slightly dusty.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2006 at 03:55

6.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
12 oz bottle Pours out light yellow with a white head on top. A very light drink. Thanks Dirk.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2006 at 01:21

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle Pours a clear pale yellow with lots of fizzy bubbles. Aroma is the typical Saaz hoppy czech pilsner. Flavor is mild cereal, light grains a bit vegetable-ish and that sweet-bitter that the style often presents. Very thin and light on the pallete. Slight lingering bite.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2006 at 01:19

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
330ml bottle. Clear, pale golden. White head quickly diminishing. Malt character aroma. Light sweet flavour of pale malts. Buttery notes. Some bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied. Not memorable.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2006 at 14:57

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Pale gold colour with real metallic, near green shine; fluffy, snowwhite head, collapsing. Quite sulphury nose, volatile, then more "herb", indeed a bit like young fir tree branches; pale malts underneath. Sulphur in the taste too! Strange hops on more conventional pale malts, with a dryish sweetness. It’s well hopped, but I would dare to venture with less-than-noble German hops; low on alpha acids, not very bittter, but - sulphury. Palate is undoubtedly its best feature: dry to bone-dry, and yet refreshing. Obviously, this is either your Pilsner wet dream, or it leaves you totally - frigid? I’m amongst the latter, I’m afraid. Another one in a long list I have to thank "DerDoppelbock" for.
Tried on 31 May 2006 at 14:40

3.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
330ml from Galeria Kaufhof in Stuttgart (bb.29.09.2006). Bright yellow in colour from a nice bottle with a golden neck. Some lasting foam. Oily aroma and a light body. Touch of sweet flavour. Dull and anonymous (21.04.2006).
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2006 at 01:01