Brauerei Josef Greif

Brewpub in Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Associated Venue: Brauerei Greif

Established in 1848

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Serlbacher Str. 10, Forchheim, 91301, Germany

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bananiger, etwas pappig hefiger Beginn. Süßlich, feine Karbonisierung, dunkel, etwas Nelke. Minimal herb, dunkel hefig bleibend. Eher kurzer Nachhall. Nett! 10/11/12/11/10/10
Tried on 08 Apr 2018 at 15:32

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Hazy amber colour with average to huge, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Wheaty, fruity and minimally yeasty, spicy aroma, hints of baked apple, banana, some clove. Taste is sweet-ish, wheaty, fruity and slightly yeasty spicy. hints of banana, dried, banana, baked apple, some clove, a touch of nutmeg. Nicely balanced taste.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2018 at 18:28

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Heller süßer Antrunk mit geringer Herbe. Geringfügig hopfig, die Herbe wird schwächer. Süßlich, getreidiger Hintergrund. Süffig. 9/9/9/9/8/9
Tried on 28 Mar 2018 at 18:10

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle. Clear, amber colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Slightly bready, malty aroma, hints of grey bread, some malt spiciness, a touch of walnut, old raisin. Taste is minimally sweet, bready malty, a touch of grey bread crust, some malt spiciness, a cautious touch of caramel, old raisin. Quite monotonous, a bit anaemic.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2018 at 17:51

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Trockener, moderat herber Beginn. Geringe Hopfigkeit, helle Brotnoten. Süffig, spät etwas metallern. Einfach, trinkbar. 8/6/7/7/7/7
Tried on 16 Mar 2018 at 21:08

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Hell bananig hefiger Start. Mild würzig, etwas wässrig im Hintergrund. Wenig süß, zum Mittelteil schwächer werdend, mild herb, süffig, erfrischend. Okay! 9/7/9/7/6/7
Tried on 14 Mar 2018 at 18:38

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
bottle from Heinrichs 3000 Kornwestheim. Hazy golden with a mid-sized white head. Malty start, some yeasty-fruity hints, dry resiny hoppy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2018 at 18:04

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
50cl bottle. A clear deep golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of sweet strong malt, straw, pale malt, traces of honey. Taste of strong pale malt, sweet malt, a bit dry hops, traces of honey, low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2018 at 21:11

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Euro-Fläschla: Deep golden, clear, lively carbonation, stable mid-sized off-white head; sweetish-caramelly-nutty nose, mild herbal-medical hops underneath; mild to oderate sweet-bitter flavour, nearly medium bodied and quite soft; traces of burnt caramel in the sljghtly lingering malty finish, drier herbal hops in the aftertaste. A quite well balanced and pleasant franconian Bier...
Tried on 28 Dec 2017 at 16:58

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Euro-Fläschla ( big thanks to MoritzF!): Golden, clear, smaller persistent white head; papery grainy-strawy nose; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, medium bodied, not so soft; slightly lingering sweetish papery and pale-malty finish, with a very slight bitterness in the aftertaste. Not the best franconian sample of this style...
Tried on 23 Dec 2017 at 13:58