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Amazing beers, plenty of creativity and a good portion of urban zest for life: these are the most important ingredients for our success. As Vienna’s oldest brewery, we have been known for having the highest quality and an extraordinary diversity of flavour for over 180 years. Our brewery resides in the heart of Vienna and has developed into a pulsating event location in accordance with our cosmopolitan flair. Here, in the heart of Ottakring, culinary and culture blend into a unique, delicious mixture.

The Ottakringer Brewery is the last remaining large Viennese brewery, and also one of the last large, independent breweries in Austria. This independence is extremely important to us as a family-run company. Our approximately 150 employees do everything in their power to keep it that way. The most important keys to our success are high-quality products, a wide variety of beers and our hunger for life, which has become our trademark.
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6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Münchener Helles by Ottakringer, a 19th-century brewery apparently still operating independently in Ottakring, west of Vienna. Many thanks to Jarno for the can! Thick and frothy, irregularly cobweb-lacing, snow white, pillowy and stable head on a crystal clear, (very) pale 'metallic' straw blonde beer with vaguely greenish tinge and very active sparkling, sustaining the head. Aroma of white bread dough, freshly cut grass, damp straw, plaster, some clear 'can' iron, wet white paper, vague 'generic' flowery note and - warming up - even faint hints of halfripe banana and flour. Neutral onset, moderately sharp carbonation adding minerally effects to a sourish graininess, underlying a sweeter, cereally, slightly white-bready malt flavour, rounded and slender; there is a faint metallic touch at the sides, but much more subtle than I was expecting and not interfering with the display of the malts. The finish adds a thin but structurally very important floral hop bitter note, with meadowy-grassy and field-flower-like associations; this refined bitterness lingers in the end, but the sourish-and-sweetish cerealliness remains the dominant flavour. Typical Helles in all respects, a bit on the thin and grainy side perhaps and in that sense certainly not the best one I had in this underexposed but very traditional lager style, but still 'true to style' enough to remain enjoyable, if pale lagers are your thing. Deserves a (somewhat) higher score on this site, in my opinion.
Tried on 25 Feb 2022 at 17:58

5.6/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Optisch sehr trüb und gelbocker. Die weiße, feinporige Schaumkrone zeigt sich etwas wässerig, wirkt stabil, fällt aber rasch auf unter 1 cm zusammen. In der Nase vernimmt man eine sehr weiche, süßliche, keksige bis brotige Duftaromatik, die von einer leichten Hefenote umspielt wird. Der Antrunk kommt angenehm spritzig, frisch und hält sich aromatisch etwas zurück. Eine leichte Hefenote lässt sich noch wahrnehmen. Am Gaumen dezent malzig, brotig und leicht muffig-hefig. Eine leichte Säure schwingt dabei mit. Vom Gesamtbild her für mein Emfpinden etwas zu wenig kräftig. Auch der Säuregrad ist meines Erachtens etwas zu hoch. So ergibt sich schon ein eher frischer bzw. erfrischender Charakter, aber ein lediglich mäßiges Mundgefühl. Die Süffigkeit ist zwar etwas besser, aber auch nicht weltberühmt. Im Nachtrunk bleibt eine leichte Hefenote, gemeinsam mit einer leichten Rezenz und der bereits erwähnten leichten Säure.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2022 at 13:44

6/10
Tried from Can on 06 Jan 2022 at 22:22

5.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
33cl bottle. Pours reddish amber, bright, with fine white foam. Aroma is malty and alcoholic, fruity. Body and carbonation are average. Quite an alcoholic feeling. Taste is pretty sweet at first, with an unpleasant final.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2022 at 19:07

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Can picked up from MPREIS, Leutasch, Austria and consumed at home Sunday 2nd January 2022, listening to Working Mens Club self titled debut album, just cooked Pumpkin,Sage, and Italian Sausage Lasagna. Pours gold, good clarity with a white head, looks great. Soft moutheel, a little cereal, maltiness, it's ok, in fact far, far better than expected.
Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2022 at 16:01

6/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 8
Can at hotel nye. Light amber yellow. Nose is faint caramel. Tastes of bread, toffee, earth, faint pepper. Thinner bodied.
Tried from Can on 01 Jan 2022 at 05:17

5.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Kalea Bier-Adventkalender 16.12.2021 Dieses neue obercoole Partybier hatte ich passend am 16. hinter der Türe. Es ist angeblich vegan (wobei bislang nicht wusste, dass Bier nicht vegan ist) und kommt mir etwas süßlicher und getreidiger vor als das klassische Ottakringer Helle. Dazu hat es einen etwas abstrusen Gummibärchen-Geschmack. Für den Klub kann ich es mir gut vorstellen, aber sonst brauche ich es nicht mehr.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2021 at 16:20

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
33cl bottle. Pours crystal clear blonde, with fine white foam. Aroma is bready and a little herbaceous. Body is average, like carbonation. Taste is moderate bitter, with still some sweetness. Final is too thin.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2021 at 18:05

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Hazy yellow with a medium sized soapy head. Sweet and tangy with lemons lime and grapefruit soda. Long finish. Medium body
Tried on 11 Oct 2021 at 01:42

4/10
Sweet, carrots, sugary, honey
Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2021 at 21:38