Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Draught at the brewpub. Clear nut brown, minimal head. Roasty metallic nose. Medium sweet and lightly toasty with rounded mouthfeel. Finishes with metal and blood. A bit too much surface and too little content, more in line with American brewpubs than Franconian.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Draught at the brewpub. Clear amber, minimal head. Grassy nose. dry with clean rounded mouthfeel. Lightly woody with less inviting malt character than in most Franconian lagers. Instead grassy bitter hops come to dominate. No smoked malt used, whatever the name suggests.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught at the brewpub. Probably amber, small head. Spicy sharp grassy nose. Dry with clean rounded mouthfeel and medium body. Aggressively hoppy and very resiny with megabitter finish. A hop bomb Franconian style.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, damp-stained, mould. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (130608)
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of MoritzF. Clear deep golden with a rough off-white head. Clean and solid maltiness in the aroma. Quite full-bodied with plenty of clean malts. Has a vague, underlying earthy note. The finish is bitter also with quite some alcohol shining through. 220608
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Light initial citrusy aroma, mild hoppy. Flavour is mild citrusy with a light metallic note. Has a medium sweet caramel malt base. Solid malt flavoured finish and with a dense alcohol finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet amlty with notes of caramel as well as light notes of hop and alcohol - quite nice. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel, medium notes of bread and metal - is the latter the alcohol?
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of MoritzF. Clear golden with a rough, white head. malty nose. Medium body with a solid malt base, light flowery accents and a fairly hoppy finish. 130608
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a lacing white head. Mild dry corn aroma with a light caramel note. Medium sweet caramel malt flavoured and with a light bitterness showing through into the finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of MoritzF. Comes as "Schammelsdorfer Ungspund’s Lagerbier". Pours a clear golden with a small, rough white head. Lightly tart and buttery nose. Medium body, unclean and fusty with a light acidity. Afraid this is infected. 040408