Brauerei Hofstetten-Krammer (Hofstettner)

Regional Brewery in St. Martin im Mühlkreis, Upper Austria, Austria 🇦🇹
Associated Venue: Brauerei Hofstetten

Established in 1449

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Adsdorf 5, St. Martin im Mühlkreis, 4113, Austria
Description
In 1449, Urbar von Wallsee first mentioned a brewery in Hofstetten. This is the oldest record we have of a brewery at this location, and it is a date that has granted us a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the Oldest Brewery in Austria. The tavern/brewery has been in the hands of the Krammer Family since 1847. Now in our fifth generation, we still proudly combine hops and malt daily to make the beautiful product of beer.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Cloudy, amber colour with average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Mellow malty, minimally doughy yeasty and yeasty fruity aroma, hints of caramel, a touch of brioche, a touch of cherry and red berries as well, cherry bonbon. Taste is mellow malty and yeasty fruity, minimally bitter, grassy hoppy, hints of red berries and caramel, some cherry, cherry bonbon. Watery texture, minimally dry palate, fine, prickly carbonation. Balanced, fairly meaty - nice.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2024 at 21:29

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
BBT visits Vienna. Tap at Hawidere. Washing cloth, oxidation, unpleasantly caramelly, astringent. Not exactly best - actually pretty bad.
Tried from Draft on 31 Jan 2024 at 17:03

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
From tap @ Hawidere Bier Burger Bar @ Drang nach Wien. Head is medium, white, good retention. Colour is amber, clear. Aroma is malty, bready, caramel. Taste is medium malty base, bready, caramel, grainy, weak bitterness, soft carbonation, quite boring all together, drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 31 Jan 2024 at 16:38

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
A yeastyish m�rzen, decent malt complexity, on the sweeter side. Not bad but not grabbing me.
Tried on 30 Dec 2023 at 04:27

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Undated canned at B. United, drunk 10/27/23. Clear, glowing amber. Small, butter-colored head recedes quickly to ring. Very bready. Some light hop spiciness, light fruit jam (strawberry and apricot). Breadiness calms down on the finish leaving more fruitiness and base malt. Clean. Earthy and spicy hop notes mix with a very round, borderline syrupy malt. Big depth, fairly sweet but balanced by hop and yeast. Intense and richly malted but mostly balanced. Lingering, light bitterness helps. They certainly did a good job with the mashing here. Pretty Heller bock-like.
Tried from Can on 27 Oct 2023 at 22:21

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear dark amber beer with a beige head. Aroma of strong mid sweet caramelized malt, honey, straw. Taste of caramelized malt, honey, strong malt, a bit sticky.
Tried on 06 Oct 2023 at 15:03

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Dunkelbraune Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Prägnant süß malziger, fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig mit Trockenfrüchten und Karamell, leicht hopfig, deutliche Alkoholnote. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, voller Körper mit sanfter Kohlensäure.
Tried on 02 Oct 2023 at 09:21

7/10
New Style - Steinbier Bock. Not a UT style but new style none the less. Tastes more like a Bock than a Steinbier.

Thanks, Reuben B.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2023 at 17:19

6/10
Future proofing a style? Steinbier bock. Quite malty and sweet, nice. Thanks Reuben B.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2023 at 17:19

5.5/10
A steinbier bock, not currently a style but good nonetheless.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2023 at 17:15