Schlossbrauerei Grünbach

Regional Brewery in Bockhorn, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪

Established in 1723

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Kellerberg 2, Bockhorn, 85461, Germany
Description
The brewing industry in Grünbach has been documented since the early 18th century with the brewing law of 1723. After an eventful history, Herman Noll took over the brewery under the name of Schloßbrauerei Grünbach. In 1990 son Alexander took over the brewery in the third generation. After the year 2000 Alexander Noll started to look for a partner in order to be able to cope with the challenges of the beer market and also recognize the potential of the brewery in order to be able to continue investing in brand revitalization and expansion together. In 2013 this partner was found in the Arco-Bräu in Moos.

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6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(bottle) Hazy amber colour with a huge off-white foamy head. Sweet malty, toasty aroma with caramel and a light fruity touch. Light-sweet flavour, medium to light bodied with a well-carbonated mouthfeel. Malty, slightly toasted and fruity taste with a moderate wheat-character and shy notes of caramel. A bit slim but still refreshing malty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2006 at 16:27


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(bottle) Cloudy, pale orange colour with a huge and persistent foamy white head. Dusty, slightly sweet wheaty and citrus-fruity aroma with a touch of cloves and vanilla and even faint hoppy notes. Light sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a rather smooth carbonation for a Hefeweizen. Malty and slightly fruity taste with light yeasty notes; moderately sweet and fruity finish with delicate clovy notes. Clean and balanced Hefeweizen.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2006 at 16:26


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

Drab orange-yellow with olive shine; high, rather even off-white head, fed by lively carbonation. Very citrussy nose(lemon & orange), pickled with cloves. Well - "pickled" - it has something of pickles, but not vinegary; peppery, juniperberry. Dry, nearly bitterish taste, both wheat and barleymalt, but nearly no acidity, though there is indeed a certain wryness. Faint citrus. Dryness is remarkable, and not unpleasant. Medium bodied, wheat slickness. After all, pretty typical Weizen. Thanks, joss.

Tried on 24 Oct 2005 at 14:14


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

An unclear oragne beer with a nice off-white head. The aroma is primarily wheaty. While the flavor is very sweet with notes of wheat, banana, and oranges.

Tried on 27 Feb 2005 at 06:49


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

An unclear orange beer with a huge light orange head. The aroma is sweet wheaty. The flavor though is sour wheaty with notes of oranges.

Tried on 23 Feb 2005 at 16:08


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

Bottled. Cloudy yellow. Strong banana aroma. Medium bodied and medium sweet, fairly soft. Easy drinking, thirst quenching well balanced weizen.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2005 at 01:15


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Muddy blond color. Nice aroma, Weizen but less sharp than usual, light spices. The taste is a bit weak, but still showing some malt, residual sweetness, spices, minty.

Tried on 14 Feb 2005 at 06:51


2.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

A bit citrusaroma, but mostly cardboard. Cloudy yellow, bad head stability. Tastenotes of wet paper - and it wasn't even a good book.

Tried on 13 Nov 2003 at 14:42


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

Banana and acidic ryebread aroma. Murky brown, big stable head. Flavorless. Relatively lightbodied and with a watery aftertaste. Sorry Benno Scharl, no luck here.

Tried on 13 Nov 2003 at 12:31


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Rererate: Downgraded scores for poor performance. Wow I have never experienced a weissbier which developed that much foam when I poured it into the glass - it essentially filled it all up and half of the beer was still in the bottle (yes the weissbierglas should be able to hold it). Five minutes later: Ok, I believe it is safe to say that the beer has a stable head, it dissipates veeery slowly and I add a bit more beer at a time...ok now the last bit...the yeast from the bottom dissolves in the liquid and now it looks brownish apricot with a nice white head - I’ll give it a 5 for the effort. The aroma is a bit disappointing - the standard estery clove which is the baseline of almost all weissbier here in Bavaria - ok I know I’m spoiled. Now for the taste...mhh it has a nice mouthfeel - fills out the throat, bready on the tip of the tounge, less carbonation than i expected, also not that many fruitflavors - still nice though. Now the head is gone...strange, must be Benno Scharls revenge (see rating). Ok all in all this is a pretty average Weizen - I sometimes wish the brewers here would try to experiment a bit more, I mean that is the fun part in homebrewing so why not in commercial brewing?..but then again I don’t have to make money when I brew and it is kind of nice to know that no matter which small brewery you try beer from in this corner of the world, they will have minimum one good Helles or Weizen which has not aquired the "international" taste yet. Prost!

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2002 at 05:33