Brauerei Josef Greif

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

Established in 1848

Contact
Serlbacher Str. 10, Forchheim, 91301, Germany

     Show


6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled. An unclear brown beer with a thick orange head. The aroma is sweet malty and very wheaty with a light note of caramel. The flavor is sweet and again very wheaty - making it a bit sickening, but also with strong notes of banana and caramel, the acidity from the wheat is quite pronounced and lasts until the end - not really me.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2007 at 05:45

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Served from a stein, so no comments on the color and clarity, but it has a fluffy white head. The aroma is sweet with a light dusty hop note. The flavor is very sweet and very early a flowery hoppy note appears, that turns into a bitter finish. Very refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2007 at 05:42

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. Served in a stein but after the thin white head disappeared the body looked darkish nut-brown. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel. The alcohol can be felt on the tongue.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2007 at 05:40

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draft. I have no idea what color this beer is, since it was served in a boring stein, but the head is light orange. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of hops. The flavor is sweet malty with light flowery notes, leading to a slightly bitter finish with just an edge of metal. The mouthfeel is very smooth.
Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2007 at 05:38

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draft. An unclear orange beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet with light notes of chewinggum - wheaty and very banany chewinggum. The flavor is sweet wheaty - again with reminisence of chewinggum, leading to a dry banana and wheaty finish.
Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2007 at 05:35

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 9
Draught at GBBF 2007. Gold, lasting white head. Some cereal and nice hop on aroma. Some lemon. Clean in mouth. Excellent pils, drinkable and beautiful and I would have drunk this all day. My German beer of the festival.
Tried on 18 Aug 2007 at 03:40

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Draught@brewery tap, Forchheim
Golden color, good cloudy whip-creamy head. Grassy hoppy aroma. Relatively watery, grassy hop notes, lightly herbal and sweetish. Clean but boring .
Tried from Draft on 27 Jul 2007 at 08:16

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(bottle) Hazy, orange colour with a big and quite persistent foamy white head. Sweet, yeasty and wheaty aroma with a moderate fruity note of citrus and banana with clovy spice. Medium-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a crispy carbonation. Moderately wheat-malty and yeasty taste with a balanced fruitiness and clove phenols; medium-sweet, slightly fruity and clovy finish. Decent Weizen.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2007 at 19:07

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
(bottle) Classical Pilsener appearance with a persistent foamy blond head. Slightly sweet pale malty, slightly skunked (barnyard) nose with light-spicy, herbal hops. Bitter flavour, herbal taste on a robust malty, minimal-grainy base; dry-ish, bitter hoppy with detectable sweet malt in the aftertaste. Clean and solid Pilsener.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2007 at 18:29

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(bottle) Slightly hazy, pale golden hue with a medium-sized, persistent foamy white head. Sweet and slightly dusty malty aroma with honey, ripe oranges and a touch of hops. Light-sweet flavour with a bitter edge, light to medium body, ok on carbon. Malty, slightly grainy taste, light herbal background, getting stronger towards the end, which is moderately sweet and bitter. Unexciting brew, at least by Franconian standards.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2007 at 18:29