Brauerei Reichenbrand (Reichenbrander)
Regional Brewery
in Chemnitz,
Saxony,
Germany 🇩🇪
Associated Venue: Bräu-Stübl Reichenbrand
Established in 1874
Bergt Bräu from Reichenbrand, still a household name for many Chemnitz residents. Never completely gone, but gone for a moment. Not voluntarily, because in the GDR everything had to belong to everyone. With this, Bergt Bräu became Reichenbrander in the “80s” and “90s”. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bergt Bräu has been back, at least in the trademark of the Reichenbrand brewery and thus on the labels again - albeit unnoticed by some. So in 2020 we thought it was time to start the Bergt Bräu revival in a new outfit.
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(bottle) Hayz, amber to copper colour with a beige and firm medium-sized foamy head. Slightly toasted malty aroma with notes of Blockmalz/caramel, very subtle hints of dried fruits, also a whiff of oxidation and herbal hoppy spice. Bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied with a moderate carbonation. Initially slim toast-malty taste with caramel, backed by delicately fruity and mildly herbal-spicy hops, lingering into the bitter-sweet and slightly fruity finish. Nice one. 22.VI.17
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(bottle) Hazy, orange-golden colour with a medium-sized and slightly off-white frothy head. Slightly yeasty, biscuity malty and slightly wheaty aroma with notes of caramel, fruity hints of banana and citrus. Mildly sweet and slightly sour flavour, light to medium bodied with a prickly carbonation. Wheaty and cara-malty taste with moderately banana-fruity notes and a whiff of citrus, hints of caramel far in the background; moderately sweet and delicately sour-tart finish. Decent. 18.VI.17
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(bottle) Clear, brown colour with a beige and firm mid-sized foamy head. Mildly roasted malty aroma, slightly ashy with nutty spots, hints of bread crusts and a whiff of chocolate. Slightly roasty bitter and delicately sweet flavour, light bodied with a moderate carbonation. Slightly roasted malty, crusty bready taste with shades of chocolate, lingering into the slim and slightly roast-bitter finish. A clean and nice session Dunkel. 07.IV.17
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle: Deep golden, hazy, loose medium-sized off-white head; sourish-yeasty nose, some bananas and metallic traces detectable; mild to moderate sourish-sweetish flavour with a faint bitterness, light to medium bodied, relatively soft; slightly lingering sourish-fruity finish with a berely detectable bitterness in the aftertaste. Drinkable Weizen, quite good by GDR-standards...
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Lahev: Almost clear, amber coloured with a reddish sheen, medium-sized off-white head; dryish fruity(berries and lemons) and malty-toasty nose with some herbal hops in the background;almost moderate bitter-sweet flavour, pretty light bodied - but at least soft; slightly lingering dryish toasty and citrussy-hoppy finish, bone dry bitter aftertaste. Surprisingly good...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Lahev (as Reichenbrander Dunkel):Copper coloured, medium-sized and slowly collapsing loose off-white head; mild to moderate sweetish-bitter nose of toasted malt, fruits and dark-malt; moderate drier bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied and soft; dryish lingering bitter-malty finish with hints of dried fruits and well hidden hops. Nothing wrong with it, maybe a bit thin...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 2.5
Extreme gusher! The beer is smooth and fresh. Quite watery with grainy hints. Not too deep, a bit too watery with no bitterness in the end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 3.5
Smooth malty beginning. Fresh, but not too deep. Malty body, hints of sweetness with not too much bitterness. A bit grainy.
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Süßlich bananiger, zu stark karbonisierter Antrunk. Süßlich bleibend, geringe Bitterkeit. Wenig fruchtig, hefiger werdend. Frisch, säuerlich zum Ende, nett. 9/8/9/9/9/9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Heller, trocken herber Antrunk, wenig würzig. Bitterer im Mittelteil, leider wenig aromatisch. Zum Ende hin bitter bleibend, leicht hopfig. Ok, für ein Festbier langweilig. 11/8/9/8/8/8