SinH4 (15499) reviewed Festbier from Brauerei Knoblach (Schammelsdorfer) 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle from the brewery, poured into a Steinkrug. When pouring, it's clearly visible that this is much darker than your usual Märzen - basically dark amber / chestnut colored, with a large frothy beige head. Aroma is super earthy, chestnuts, bready, a touch roasted, super rustic, with a nice amount of herbal hops, cocoa powder, and burnt breadcrust, with an additional touch of Zwickel sulphur and berries. Taste is cappucino, tiramisu, earthy, leathery, chocolate, actually coffee-flavoured chocolate (which I love!), super rustic, herbal, with a solid bitter earthy finish, and also the right amount of Franconian juiciness to it. Extremely velvety mouthfeel with natural carbonation. A dream of a Christmas lager, it's super complex and super tasty - and has some flavours I've never experienced in a Lager. I'm serious, the tiramisu flavours in this one are stronger than in Tiramisu-themed pastry stouts, and it's not sweet at all.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Pours dark caramelly copper, rather clear. not much head. Smell is breadcrust. never had it so clearly, and so intensely ! Taste is sharp, tad bitter, very clean and crisp, breadcrust. Nice and drinkable. rather thin body, rather high carbo. Ends clean, bit dry, very mild bitterness.
jhaase (14816) reviewed Festbier from Brauerei Knoblach (Schammelsdorfer) 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Slightly hazy orange chestnut, big frothy cappucino head. Fat fruity malt and grassy aroma. Medium body, chewy, mellow mouthfeel, light sparkles, dry on the palate. Roast, a hint chocolate, chalk, minerals, Broad juicy malt, grassy, herbal, light citric well-balanced hop notes which leave on a moreish bitter edge. Now this is a christmas beer!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(bottle) Clear, dark amber to brown colour with a firm and tanned mid-sized foamy head. Earthy dark malty aroma with notes of butterscotch, cacao and herbal hoppy spice. Sweet-bitter flavour, surprisingly light bodied with a modest carbonation. Dry-ish dark malty base with earthy and mineralic notes, caramel, bread crusts and herbal hops; mildly bitter hoppy and eatrthy malty finish with hints of chocolate in the slightly mineralic aftertaste. They know how to brew. 30.XI.17
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(tap at the brewpub) Hazy, amber colour with a firm and minimally off-white foamy head. Slightly earthy and grainy malty aroma with subtle citric, as well as flowery and herbal hops. Bitter and slightly sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a well-carbonated but not particularely “ungespundet” mf. Dry and earthy malt character with cereals, mineralic notes and very present herbal-spicy hops; lingering hop spicy and bitter finish with delicately citric notes. Very good. 25.XI.17
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear, dark amber-ish, ruby colour with average to huge, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Grainy, strawy, minimally spicy, sweet-ish dark malty aroma, a touch of cocoa and chocolate. Taste is dry, dark malty, subtle sweetness, hints of milk chocolate and cocoa. Zwickel-Dunkel hybrid that doesn't fully work for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at Zlý Časy. Slightly cloudy, gold colored. AROMA- yeasty, dough, noble hops, malt. FLAVOR- slightly sweet, lightly bitter, malt, grain, noble hops. Medium bodied.
Good lager.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap. Slightly hazy deep amber color with creamy eggshell head. Aroma is sweet malts, caramel, earthy, juicy fruits, honey. Taste is buttered caramel, toffee, fudge, honey, good grassy hop counterpoint as well. Oily mouthfeel with natural carbonation. Very good hoppy Bock! 7-5-7-4-15Fresh bottle. Very juicy hops. Extremely quaffable, hard to believe this is a bock. 7-5-8-4-16
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap into a Steinkrug. Aroma is earthy, bready, quite rustic. Taste is earthy, bready, rustic, a touch barnyard, bitter earthy and mineralic finish. Silky mouthfeel with natural carbonation. Rustic and tasty!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap into Steinkrug. Aroma is earthy malts, juicy hops, orange peel. Taste is oranges, juicy malts, earthy-rustic, mineralic finish. Silky mouthfeel with low carbonation. Super tasty, but not world class - at least not today.