Brauerei Plank

Brewpub in Laaber, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Associated Venue: Brauereigasthof Plank
Associated Webshop: Brauerei Plank (Webshop) - Out of business

Established in 1617

Contact
Marktplatz 1, Laaber, 91364, Germany
Description
The Brewery Michael Plank was established in 1617. It is a small, family owned business that is now under the direction of the 16th generation Michael Plank.

The current Michael Plank is now the brewmaster and is credited with honing the traditional recipes to their current levels which have led to the company being named as the "Best Small Brewery in the World" at the 2006 & 2012 World Beer Cup! That makes Plank the only brewery to have been awarded this World Beer Cup....twice.

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Grub. Boozy. Aroma is fruity and slightly doughy. Taste has marzipan, apricot, nice sweetness, full bodied, doughy again.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:05


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Keyaki. Bit fruity, some caramel, nice enough but sample was a little small to tell as it ran out.

Tried on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:03


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Keyaki. Nice. Banana, wheat, creamy, quite thick. Hides the booze. Just a hint of something fruity cherry which usually means booze for me.

Tried on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:03

gave a cheers!

8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Japan Brewers Cup (as were most of the ratings I'm entering now). Aroma is banana, grain, and perfume. Taste is good, light banana, grainy, good stuff. Quite thick. Vanilla ice cream. I like it.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Growler from Night Owl in Ebisu. Lightly fruity, dry and crisp, lots of grain. Really very nice. Little touch of caramel sweetness maybe. Nice.

Tried on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Watering Hole. Murky orange amber colour. Small dense bubbly white head. Aroma is banoffee, plenty of wheatiness too. Quite earthy. Touch of spice. Taste is good. Not as banana-y as some are. Nice graininess there too. Well rounded with a little bit of spice at the end.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:53


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at the Watering Hole. Dark amber brown colour, not much off-white head. Aroma is ipa cat pee hoppy bitterness. Surprising! Lemon, grapefruit, no hint of darkness. Taste is similar, citrus, bit malty. Quite nice but unexciting. Wonder if this was the wrong beer. Looked right, but tasted very different from how I expected.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:53


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Highly carbonated rocky beige head stayed on a mahogany coloured finely carbonated body. Spice, demerara & coca cola aroma. Medium bodied, spritely over the tongue with clean back. Malt, yeast, brown sugar, peach & banana tastes.

Tried on 31 Aug 2019 at 20:26


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Murky brown color. Soft yeasty aroma with a hint of grapes. Wheaty sweet, vinous flavor with a hint of licorice.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06


2.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3

50cl bottle. A clear cola brown colour, big beige head. Aroma of sweet caramel syrup, sugar and lemonade. Taste of sweet lemonade, cola, caramel, sugar, no beer.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2019 at 19:30


Brewery Stats
Score 6.61
Beers19
Ticks351