Brauerei Plank
Brewpub
in Laaber,
Bavaria,
Germany 🇩🇪
Associated Venue: Brauereigasthof Plank
Associated Webshop: Brauerei Plank (Webshop)
- Out of business
Established in 1617
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.
Robinvboyer (8025) reviewed Dunkler Weizenbock from Brauerei Plank 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
very dark mahogany pour with ruby highlights. Wicked nose of dark sweet fruit, lots of yeast, and some nice bread. Great flavor of yeast, sweet bread, dark ripe fruits. Great esters, and a touch of bubblegum with some banana. excellent weizen!
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Frankford Hall: pours mostly clear with white head. Aroma is hefty clove with some banana notes. Taste is spicy tang, somewhat sweet. It is fine.
tricksta_p (13552) reviewed Hefeweizen from Brauerei Plank 10 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from BiervanEijk, Frederiksoord. Brown-ish malt aroma with spicy yeast, ripe banana. Light candied fruit, dark wheat. Moderate to medium sweet, light bitter. Body is medium. Fine dark malt Weizen.
shrubber (15736) reviewed Grandpa Plank's Weissbier from Brauerei Plank 11 months ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Floral banana, orange, clove, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with nice head. Moderately sweet banana, orange, clove, wheat malt, and very mildly bitter straw flavor. Good body. Bonus that it's not oxidized at all.
kristincedar (7053) ticked Dunkler Weizenbock from Brauerei Plank 1 year ago
hauxe (4604) reviewed Hefeweizen from Brauerei Plank 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Copper colored with a foamy head. Yeasty, dough-like aroma with understated banana. Taste has a bready, yeasty, dough-like sweetness up front. There’s a mineral and grainy bitterness at the back. Clingy, chewy body, moderate carbonation. Grows on you.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Grandpa Plank's Weissbier from Brauerei Plank 1 year ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Undated can drunk 9/30/24. Top pour, not swirled is only minimally cloudy. But still shows a massive, creamy white head atop a blonde-brass body. Been soooo long since I've had a Plank but the memory of them has stuck with me. Just a classy, almost vinous nose I recall, and indeed, here it is. Lovely pepper, mild clove, mild banana, bit of vanilla and lots of honey and nutty wheat. No crude phenols/esters. Classy. Very aromatic. Vanilla bean, or vanilla ice cream...something like that. Heavily nutty, rustic wheat. Not getting the suggested Ariana hop notes, but that's ok, this is peak Hefe. Swirling the can gives us more yeast, though still not a ton. The flavor turns to a more lemony, almost tropical character. Must be the hop acids have bonded to the yeast (or just sunk to the bottom). Whatever the case, the swirled beer is even classier, with elegant, far-from-overdone hops. Just a creamy, wheaty, lemon, honey and gently tropical hefe that remains clean and elegant with excellent depth/texture and attenuation.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a hazy, clearish silver gold with a full two fingers of off-white foam that lingers. Lemon meringue, banana cream and clove aromas on the nose. Palate is similar. Very refreshing, easy drinking. Not overly heavy or cloying. Solid weissbier.
Mansquito (18977) reviewed Hefeweizen from Brauerei Plank 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can at Tria: pours orange hazy with white head. Aroma is banana and herbs and spices. Pretty drinkable with nice flavor. Not too sweet. Solid.
blackisle (5658) reviewed Schafkopf Halbe from Brauerei Plank 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle 50cl. from Alehub @home poured into a footed pilsner glass. Clear medium golden colour, good frothy white head, half-way lasting, light lacing. Aroma sweet malt, lemon, grain, grassy hops. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, light lemon, grain. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, sweetbitter aftertaste with more bitterness, husky notes and a bit cardboard make it somewhat pungent, nice though.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.61 |
| Beers | 19 |
| Ticks | 351 |
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