Pivovar Kaltenecker

Microbrewery in Rožňava, Košice, Slovakia 🇸🇰
Associated Venue: Kaltenecker

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Zakarpatská 28, Rožňava, 04801, Slovakia
Description
The desire to discover has a long tradition in Rožňava. The history of this royal city is closely connected with gold mining. Yet Rožňava gold was not only hidden in mines under the town. The German mining experts also brought the craft of making golden beer liquor here. So the history of Rožňava beer specialties dates to the Middle Ages. Years have passed, but the desire to discover the unknown has remained. That’s why we founded the Kaltenecker brewery in 1997. Instead of pre-made parts, we offered an honest craft. Instead of the same-old, variety. Because we’re all different, so why drink the same beer?

Kaltenecker followed a different path than large breweries. We brew our beer specials from 100% malt. We don’t use any stabilizers. Why would we? Our beer sells out immediately. Quality is the bedrock, and we’re also constantly discovering new tastes and new taste combinations. We enlarge our range with popular seasonal specials at least four-times a year. After all, when elderberry flowers bloom on Rožňava’s fields, why not make an elderberry special? We brew in small batches, but always with big imaginations. This is the path our brewery follows.

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7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

1L Bottle at Sloshfest, traded with Cuso, cheers Imro! Slightly hazy amber-brown colour, thin off-white head. Aroma of thick sweet barley wine malts, some red fruits, caramel, alcohol, oak, hint of spice. Flavour is quite hot, alcohol, light spicy, sweet malts, hint of plastic, light spruce, juniper, phenols, bitter finish. Medium to full-bodied. Nice and tasty stuff, fun beer.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2012 at 09:59


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from drinkshop.sk. Hazy dark amber color with huge light beige head. Aroma of grapefruit, pines, citrus hops, tangerines, caramel. Taste, grapefruit hops, grapefruit zest, pines, tangerines, caramel. Long hoppy finish. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2012 at 08:44


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from drinkshop.sk. Dark hazy orange color with medium off white head. Oranges, orange zest, pines, floral hops in aroma. Taste, grapefruit, grapefruit peel, pines, citrus hops. Hoppy finish. little bit one dimensional, thin bodied beer, but OK.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2012 at 08:28


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

330 ml swingtop thanks to Santa from Slovakia. Pours a pure black color with a medium deep brown head. A slightly sour lacto nose with light coffee. The flavor is dry cocoa, very noticeable sour cherry, roast, metal, more fruit, earthy dry finish with dark chocolates, tobacco and roast. Quite nice, unusual. The sourness will put off some people, but it’s not a major negative to me. A somewhat slick palate. Very nice.

Tried on 15 Dec 2012 at 22:48


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle, danke Günther. Sweet cherrylike aroma with christmassy spicy notes, wooden and light metallic spruce notes following as it warms - not entirely harmonic. Cloudy red brown, low head. Sour cherry entry, vineous oak notes, caramel, berries, vanilla, pipe tobacco, herbal finish. Fullbodied, sweet body, lightly carbonated, almost sticky. Quite interesting, starts a bit muddled, but flavors mesh after it warms up and breathes a bit - in the end it is almost a full fruity red wine.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2012 at 13:20


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Black colour, beige head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, cacoa, roasted malts, light vanilla, liquorice and a light fruity note. Flavour is coffee bitter, bitter dark chocolate, hops and roasted malts. Quite light finish, light bitter, roasted malts.
(From 33cL bottle @ ZZT V. Courtesy of erickok. Thanks Eric!)

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2012 at 05:07


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Half a litre at piritos, budapest. Thin creamy white head. Hazy amber pour. Lovely bitterness. Nice surprise.

Tried on 28 Oct 2012 at 14:52


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Finally I got this long long-awaited beer. Dark orange color with medium white head. Sweet malty, fruity aroma with caramel, alcohol. Taste, roasted malt, fruit, burned sugar, sweet syrup, molasses, alcohol. Light bitterness in sweet alcoholic finish. Good.

Tried on 22 Oct 2012 at 11:02


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

[Thanks to Cuso]. 33cl bottle. Orangish colour with a beige/tan head woth small bubbles, frothy, foamy, good lacing. Aroma is fresh with citrus and pine notes. Flavor has a decent bitterness and hoppiness. Medium carbonated and bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2012 at 11:10


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 330ml. w. swing top.Clear dark black brown colour with a huge, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, licorice, chocolate, soy sauce notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, chocolate, alcohol. IMO a bit messy and unbalanced. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120817]

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2012 at 08:08