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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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
(swing top bottle, 33cl) Black-as-coal coloured hue with a huge and brown foamy head. Roast-malty aroma with notes of chocolate, caramel, leather, berries and citric noble hops. Moderately bitter flavour, medium to full bodied with a soft carbonation. Roasty and leathery malt-character with notes of dark chocolate, coffee, a whiff of smoke and present fruity notes; dry-ish, moderately roasted malty finish with notes of chocolate, fruity hops and a warming alcoholic bite. 28.V.12
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2012 at 23:47

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(pet-bottle, 100cl) Hazy, pale golden colour with a short foamy white layer. Slightly oxidised cara-malty aroma. Mildly bitter flavour, light bodied with a calm carbonation. Cara-malty and slightly yeasty taste with notes of popcorn and a shy hops character in the mildly bitter finish. 17.V.12
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2012 at 14:45

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(plastic bottle, 100cl) Hazy, amber colour with a short off-white foamy rim. Yeasty and buttery (cara-)malty aroma. Moderately sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a very soft carbonation. Buttery malty taste with hints of toffee and milky notes; a bit slim, sweet and shy malty finish with rather discreet hoppy notes. 12.V.12
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2012 at 14:16

5.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(plastic bottle, 100cl) Hazy, golden colour with a short and slightly off-white foamy head. Mildly milky malty aroma with subtle fruity and spicy notes. Slightly sweet flavour, light bodied with a calm carbonation. Malty, slightly buttery taste with an underlying spicy and subtle sour-fruity touch; slim and slightly sour-fruity finish. Easy-going, not that exciting. 12.V.12
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2012 at 14:15

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(plastic bottle, 100cl) Hazy, golden colour with a blond and short foamy head. Slightly yeasty malty aroma with a buttery and milky touch. Sweet-bitter flavour, light bodied with a soft carbonation. Slightly buttery malt-character with shy grainy spots and a rising hoppy bitterness from the middle part; sweet-bitter finish with a mildly woody hoppy touch. 12.V.12
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2012 at 14:13

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Hostinec Richtar Jakub, Bratislava. Dark golden color with medium long lasting beige head. Malty aroma with hints of caramel. Full bodied beer, fruity taste with hints of caramel, yeast and light bitterness. Drinkable beer.
Tried from Draft on 25 May 2012 at 00:30

7/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
On tap at Hostinec Richtár Jakub. Lightly hazy amber colour. Heavy airy, rather stable yellowish head. Aroma caramel, honey, light roasted, very light coffee. Mouthfeel somewhat sticky. Taste well balanced, medium sweet, almost medium bitter. Finish is rathes sweet, but balanced with some bitterness. Well drinkable. Good beer, though a bit uninteresting. Better only lightly chilled.
Tried from Draft on 24 May 2012 at 08:55

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Flaška(děkuji Cusu!):Golden, hazy, small and stable white foamy layer, grainy-yeasty nose with very faint traces of hops and ginger, delicate fruity traces of infection detectable,as well; light to moderate bitter-sweet and sourish flavour, light to medium bodied, at least quite soft; short sweet-sourish finish with hoppy traces and a faint tinge of zazvor (ginger). No, not my cup of tea…
Tried on 20 May 2012 at 14:29

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Flaška (gšeft s Cusem!):Golden, hazy, mid-sized lacy head, typical house character: chalky and fruity nose , minerals and some hops detectable; light bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied and really soft; short bitter-tart finish, fruity traces as well. No, not bad; You’ll find worse Desitký in Bohemia and Slowakia…
Tried on 20 May 2012 at 14:04

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Huge, dark brown-greige head, pretty stable over black beer, viscously pouring. End of bottle solid yeast. Ink, C-hops, straw or silodust, chocolate, suggesting melanoidins. Very bitter black coffee, ashes, tobacco, bitter pure chocolate. Very roasted in any case, alcohol and even fusels obvious. Again dry UK or USA hops, if less easily recognisable than in the nose. Very thick, viscous and oily; mild alcoholburn, utterly full-bodied; creamy texture. Quite good R.I.S., they could deliver in St. Petersburg! Na Zd’ravie, Peter!
Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2012 at 10:33