33cl bottle. A dark brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of roasted dark malt, resins, pine. Taste of dark roasted malt, pine, liquorice, resins, moderate to long bitter finish. Good!

Röstiger, würzig herb-hopfiger Beginn. Trocken malzig-bitterer Mittelteil, moderat hopfig, rund. Röstig, mild hopfig, weich brotig und mittelstark herb im Abgang. Nett, nur sowas von kein Bock... 10/9/10/10/10/10

Hell hefig-herber Beginn. Süffig, mild würzig mit zunehmend karamelligem Aroma, weich, deutlich ansteigende Aromatik. Würzig herb-karamellig, langer Nachhall. Gut! 10/11/12/12/10/12

Ostermann Wandhofener Winterbock, Fläschchen von Pivnizub - ganz großen Dank an Dr. H. aus dem Pott! - Tiefdunkles Kastanienbraun; schöner dunkler Schaum. - In der Nase eleganter zitrusfruchtiger Hopfen: Mandarine, etwas Grapefruit, leichtes Harz über feinem (vom Hopfen fast übertönten) dunklen Malz. - Im Antrunk frische aber nicht zu bittere zitrusfruchtige Hopfung, aus der sich allmählich der füllige dunkle Malzkörper mit feiner Bitterschokolade und Mokka herausschält. Fein karamellige Kaffeesüße. Milder rezent, vollmundig, hefig weich. Im Abgang nicht sehr bittere aber aromatische krautig-herbale Hopfenherbe. - Sehr runder, weicher Bock von großer Malztiefe, eine gelungene Kombination von Bitterschokolade und feiner Zitrusfrucht. Klasse! (7.2.2021.)

0.33 l bottle from 'Mea's Cucina', best before November 2021. A bit hazy, very dark ruby with quite some floaties and a medium large, frothy, stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, gently fruity and a bit grassy-spicy aroma of caramel, tangerine and a touch of grass. Gently sweet, malty, quite fruity taste of tangerine and a touch of blueberry with notes of caramel and some chocolate, followed by a short, slightly bitter, minimally grassy-spicy finish. Full body, smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft to average carbonation. Nicely smooth and moreish Bock with pleasant fruity flavours from the Mandarina Bavaria hop. Tasty!

Bottle: Deep chestnut-amber coloured, smaller and pretty stable off-white head, robust bitter-sweet nose with leafy-herbal aromas, toasted malt and chocolate stains underneath; moderate bitter-sweeg flavour, medium bodied and pretty soft; lingering - almost a bit fruity - leafy and chocolatey finish with a sweet (dark-) malty toch in the aftertaste. Překvapení! A well balanced and devilishly moreish Dunkler Bock...

0.33 l bottle from 'Bierothek' (Dortmund), best before January 2021. Slightly hazy, deep orangeish amber with a medium large, foamy, stable, off-white head. Sweetish, slightly malty and a little fruity-floral aroma of honey, light apricot and a touch of grains. Gently sweet, slightly malty, moderately bitter, a bit fruity-floral taste of honey, grains, some apricot and a touch of straw, followed by a short, slightly bitter, a little grassy finish. Almost medium-bodied, smooth but quite effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Very pleasant beer, not that deep but rather quaffable. Miles above their Edelhell.

0.33 l bottle from 'Bierothek' (Dortmund), best before December 2020. Clear, golden with a thin, frothy, almost stable, white head. Slightly sweetish, moderately grassy-spicy aroma of grains and some straw. Slightly sweet, moderately bitter, a bit grassy-spicy taste of grains and some straw, followed by a short, slightly bitter, moderately grassy-spicy, maybe even a little metallic finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Ordinary Lager, nothing special.

Bottle: Deep golden, hazy, small but creamy and stable off-white head, mild to moderate dryish herbal-grassy nose with a very small amount of sweet (toasted?) malt underneath; mild dryish bitter-sweet flavour, pretty slim for a beer of 5.6 %, fizzy; a shy balancing sweetness shows up in the all in all tart herbal-bitter finish. No glory, no big difference to industrial brews...