Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Deep amber with a frothy, white head. Aroma is banana bread, caramel and trash bin. Taste is moderate sweet, lightly tart, full of fruity esters. Faintly acidic at the finish, which stays lightly sweet, but with a helping of spice. Full, chewy body with moderate carbonation. Odd, and unusual for the style, but has some off-notes. Not working for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a clean mid to dark amber with a nice, quite fluffy white head; good retention and nice lacing. Quite good intensity in a nicely clean aroma: caramel malts with the slightest hint of nuttiness, average intense smoked notes (reminding mostly of speck/bacon). On the back, some floral hop notes and some kind of refreshing fruitiness where i can't pick anything specific. Taste shows relative intensity (relative per both style and franconian beers) in both sweetness and bitterness, with caramel malts and nuttiness and a not so timid floral hoppiness that also brings a semi-dry finish/aftertaste. Everything is overall well balanced, with average smoked malts intensity. Light to medium bodied, light to medium carbonation. Smooth and slightly silky, goes down super easy and feels somehow more refreshing than most rauchbiers. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Reddish copper with a frothy, white head. Aroma of toast, caramel, spice. Taste is mildly caramel sweet up front, bread-like, drifting into a herbal bitterness and finishing with a peppery spice that rounds it out nicely. Medium-bodied, moderate carbonation. Pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a clear, slightly pale golden. Average sized white head, decent retention and lacing. Quite good intensity in a simple, clean aroma: slight crackery malts frangrance underneath a quite vivid grassy, slightly floral and citric (mostly lemonish) hoppiness. Taste notes more or less follow the aroma with more prominence on the flowery, quite dry hoppy component. Light in sweetness with low to medium bitterness, a balanced mouth and a slight bittering edge in a quite dry finish. Light to medium bodied with light to medium carbonation. Very clean and kind of minimalistic; does it's job at being a classic german pilsner but failed to catch me, maybe a bit too standard.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle. Clear, amber colour with average to huge, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Mildly smoky and caramel malty aroma, hints of smoked wood, a touch of wood ashes, minimally waxy, hoppy overtones. Taste is mildly smoky and minimally nutty, caramel malty, hints of smoked wood, some bitter hop. Oily texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Well crafted, a tad simple - nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
26 September 2023. At Zapfhahn, Bamberg. Shared with the lovely Anke!
A: clear golden, small, white head.
A: apple, pear, bread crust.
T: sweetish apple, cereal, yeast.
F: grassy hops, crisp cereal & yeast.
P: light to medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Clean, no worries here.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500 ml bottle. Unclear amber with a small creamy head. Quite malty, zesty and metallic, rustic notes, basement notes, caramel, some stone fruit, some DMS, slightly buttery. Metallic bitterness, malty sweetness. Medium to full bodied, oily texture, lively carbonated, dry metallic bitter malty finish. Good Franconian Lager.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Trübe gelb orange Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Hefiger, malziger, fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich hefig, malzig, leicht säuerlich, fruchtig mit Banane und reifen Pfirsichen, würzig. Hohe Süße mit mittlerer Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
31 August 2023. At Bierwerk, Nürnberg. Cheers to Domien, Eduard & Maarten!
A: clear amber, stable, foamy, off-white head.
A: biscuit, red apple, pear, yeast, brioche.
T: sweet red apple, brioche, biscuit, peanut.
F: soft herbal hops, yeast, old red fruit.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Authentic & clean feel.