Bottled, thanks chimalli! Hazy pale yellow, brief head. Lemony and sulphury nose. Light bodied and crisp, very citric and tart with a lovely freshness. Feels full of life and has a complexity and depth of flavours thst is unseen at 2.5%.

Re-rate 2/19: Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks Max. Cloudy yellow. Lacto, lemony, yogurt, sour, fruity, juicy. Great and really refreshing. Not as impressive to me as it was 11 years ago, but still great stuff. 8/3/8/3/17=3.9

Bottle (thanks so much for this gem Koelschtrinker!). I was very interested in trying this beer when Roman told me he’ll get it for me, since I’ve had two Berliner Weisse beers before and they both were great, and then when I did the trade with Roman at ZBF this year, Ron Pattinson, who happened to seat at the same table informed me this is not a Berliner Weisse but the last surviving example of the extinct German style called Lichtenhainer. My antificipation for the encounter with this beer even grew further then. So here I go: Cloudy pale yellow with a medium white head. Complex fruity aroma with wheat, some citrus, notes of apples, yeast and some yogurt-like lactic acid. Incredible sour lactic flavor with some lambic-like citrus, wheat and some fruits. Medium-bodied. I can see the difference between this and a Berliner Weisse but it shares most of the BW characteristics. Anyway, this is one of the most refreshing beers I’ve ever had and I wish I had two cases of this amazing beer to enjoy throughout the steaming Israeli summer. 8/4/9/4/18=4.3

Shortlived snowwhite head; lemon coloured, fully hazy beer. Superb fresh nose, like lemon-enriched light beer with lactic acid, some kefir. Not unlike the West-Flemish "gueuzes" as Van Honsebrouck Fond Tradition. Floral, Brett-like, even some horsey smell. Nice sourish taste, lactic & citrus, with a dry, tart MF and stranger sideflavours as from old dried bread, or medicinal-phenolic. Light and very refreshing, when maybe less than a true Berliner. Excellent Weisse. The oldfashioned label speaks clearly of GDR-days gone by. It’s a relic - one to be cherished. Again one to thank Koelschtrinker for!

Serviert wird mir das Bier auf Wunsch ohne Sirup, aber trotzdem mit Strohhalm, den ich irritiert weg lege. Der Antrunk ist verhalten sauer, soll heißen mild, minimal wässrig. Die Säuerlichkeit wird dabei langsam stärker, bleibet aber auf einem Niveau, auf dem man das Bier noch gut pur trinken kann und das Bier als erfrischend einstufen kannn. Die Kunst hierbei ist, die Säuerlichkeit gleichzeitig mild und doch ansprechend präsent zu gestalten, was hierbei gelungen ist. Gerne immer wieder!