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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7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, RBESG 2012 grand tasting. Pitch black, big dark brown head. Aroma peat, smoke, wood. A bit roasted. Taste peat, strong roasted, medium to heavy bitter, medium sweet, light tart. Finish tart and bitter. Very good one.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2012 at 09:55


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

RBESG Grand Tasting. Black with a big tan head. Roasted malty aroma with licorice, a ouchof hops and vineous alcohol. Dry roasted flavour with fruit and quite a bit of alcohol.

Tried on 21 Jul 2012 at 11:52


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Small to medium, relatively stable yellowish head over hazed orange-brown beer. Barnyard odours, bread, very slighlty sourish. Slightly smoked flavour - not bad!- nutty. Again even so slightly sourish, nowhere disturbing. Sour-sweet eggbread. Light bodied, spritzy, slight slickness/ Long-lastiing phenolic acidity. Not bad - I wonder if the acidity is intentional, but it certainly is nice. Děkuji, Honza!

Tried on 15 Jul 2012 at 00:04


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Leighton’s Euro Semi-Final tasting, thanks to Leighton. It pours jet black, with a thick tan head. The nose is roasted malt, charcoal, meatiness, soy sauce and a hint of smoke. The taste is charcoal, roasted malt, dark fruit, coffee, booziness, tar, burnt tire, charcoal, smoke, soy sauce, salted caramel and a hint of tang, with a warming, dry-roasted finish. Medium-full body and moderate carbonation. Flavoursome, but quite hot.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2012 at 13:55


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Madrid at Košice. Hazy straw yellow colour, big frothy head. Aroma citrus, wheat, touch of banana. Taste light to medium bitter, light to medium sweet, light sour. Soft carbonation, very drinkable.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2012 at 23:23


5.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Tap at Madrid at Ko?ice. Lightly hazy straw yellow colour.. Small white creamy head. Aroma is mostly malty, with not much character, also a little bit skunky. Taste light sweet, light to medium bitter. Finish very light bitter. Overall a bit watery, featureless, though drinkable. 5 4 5 3 10 rerate at RJ. Aroma yeasty pale lager. Meh. Lightly hazy golden colour. Taste is a bit dull and watery. Yeasty and malty. Fails with me.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2012 at 23:20


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Madrid at Košice. Dark brown, almost black colour, medium beige head. Aroma stronger coffee, medium roasted malt, light caramel. Taste light to medium sweet, medium to light heavy bitter. Finish is medium bitter, light sweet. Overall well balanced, very drinkable, good beer.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2012 at 23:12


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Lahev (1000ml, diky Cuso!): Reddish-amber coloured, hazy, small off-white head, fruity (including slight traces of infection) and chalky nose; moderate sweet-bitter-sourish flavour, light to medium bodied, quite soft; sourish-malty finish with the typical chalky touch. Not bad, but unfortunately infected....

Tried on 22 Jun 2012 at 12:35


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle(kindly donated by Cuso!): Golden, some floaties visible, small and stable white foamy layer, chalky-malty nose with a slight bitterness; mild to moderate sweet-bitter flavour, soft, light to medium bodied; slightly lingering bitter-sweet finish with a delicate yeasty tartness in the aftertaste. Not bad…

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2012 at 13:18


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

On tap@Cheers bar. Reddish,light brown colour with an off white head. Veary pleasent aroma with some caramel,yeast and malts. Taste reflects the aroma mostly caramel and yeast with some fruityness. Awesome beer!

Tried from Draft on 10 Jun 2012 at 11:22