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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5.4/10 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

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark cloudy wheat beer with a strong white head. Full banana flavoured wheat beer with a lemon peel aroma (fairly bitter). Overall a basic German wheat beer.
Tried on 14 Dec 2003 at 08:21

2.6/10 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

5/10 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

5.5/10 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

6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Benno Scharl is staring at me with a very stern expression from the bottle and I suspect giving the beer a bad rating could have dire consequenses, but unfortunately I am not able to comply. The best thing about it is the nice orange-yellow color and the impressive thick white head. It has a pretty neutral flavoring, maybe a slight apricot aroma and leaves a bit sticky feeling in the back of the throat.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2002 at 09:19