Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Brauerei
Commercial Brewery
in Donaueschingen,
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany 🇩🇪
Owned by
Paulaner Brauerei
Associated Venue: Fürstenberg Bräustüble
Established in 1283
On January 18, 1283, King Rudolf I von Habsburg granted the lands and rights for Baar and Tunôeschingen - now known as Donaueschingen - in fief to Count Heinrich I von Fürstenberg. This included the right to brew beer and to issue concessions for brewing and serving food and drink and to regulate, tax and levy duties on brewing and the serving of food and drink.
After Count Joseph Wilhelm Ernst zu Fürstenberg moved his seat of power to Donaueschingen, the demand for our beer started to grow. Construction of the new brewery began in 1739 and the brewery hasn’t moved since.
In 2005 the company joined Brau Holding International, one of the biggest brewery groups in Germany, in order to secure the future of the Fürstenberg brewery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330 ml bottle, now available in Norway. ABV is 5.3%. Clear pale golden colour, decent to moderate head. Flowery aroma of aromatic hops, notes of honey, grass and fresh plums. Flavour is less interesting - moderate grassy hops with a certain fruity sweetness.
Easy drinking, but no masterpiece.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Mild malt and hops aroma. Golden color with ample white lacy head. Subtle malt flavor with strong tannic finish. Medium body. Okay middle of the road bock
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Strong malt aroma with hint of molasses. Dark brown color with decent tan head. Sweet creamy malt flavor with moderate hops finish. Smooth and nice but a bit watery - no astrigency at all.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Sweet roasted malt and bubblegum/banana aroma. Reddish-brown color cloudy with small head. Sweet yeasty malt flavor - slight hints of banana, bubblegum and cloves - on the watery side. Pleasant but could use more body for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Yeasty peach/banana aroma - very nice. Tannish yellow cloudy color with small collapsing head. Slighty sweet-tart malt flavor - subtle banana, apricot flavor as well. Nice and fairly complex.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Sour lemon malt aroma. Golden yellow color with small but lasting head. Creamy malt flavor with mild hops finsh. A nice German pilsener.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. A bubblegum, orange/apple aroma - quite strong for a Kristall. Medium yellow clear color with small head. Slightly sour malt flavor - slight fruity flavor (banana/apple as well. Typical light watery palate of the style. More reminiscent of an American light beer than a Weizen.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Keg
Blond color, clean. Ok aroma, of malt and hop. Very dry; quite high bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled(330ml). -slight fruit aroma, banana, lemon and bread aroma, too much carbonated. sweet wheaty flavour with dry finish
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. Clear reddish brown, creamy head. Sweet and soapy lightly roasty. A fair amount of banana. Decent.