Hochdorfer Kronenbrauerei

Regional Brewery in Nagold, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 🇩🇪

Established in 1654

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Rottweiler Straße 16-20, Nagold, 77202, Germany

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5.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Gold with a frothy, white head. Aroma of mixed grains and buttery dough with a touch of yeasty dankness, all of it quite understated. Taste is faint bitter over a dough-like sweetness. Faint spice at the end but also faint metallic. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Underwhelming.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2025 at 18:13


5.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled 330ml. -Clear darker golden coloured, medium sized off-white head, caramel and light malty nose. Sweet malty, caramel, alcohol, light fruity and touch of honey with rather sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2025 at 19:32


5.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled 330ml. -Pale golden coloured, small to medium sized white head, light grainy nose. Grainy, herbal, light malty and bit grassy with touch of oxidation. Sweetish finish. Not in best shape.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2025 at 19:25


6.6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle. Cloudy, chestnut colour with small to average, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Yeasty fruity and minimally toasty, wheaty and dark malty aroma, notes of dried fruit, banana, raisin, red berries. Taste is slightly toasty and minimally nutty, dark and wheaty malty with some residual sweetness, yeasty fruity hints of dried fruit and banana, raisin, a touch of plum and red berries, minimally nutty and chocolately undertones.
Slightly creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, dense, soft, almost creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite some subtleties, nice yeasty fruitiness, pretty smooth - decent.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2025 at 16:18


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle. Cloudy, yellow-ish, golden colour with huge, dense, creamy, moderately to mostly lasting, moderately lacing, white head. Minimally bready, sweet-ish, wheaty malty and yeasty fruity, minimally yeasty spicy aroma, hints of both, fresh and dried banana, a touch of clove and vanilla. Taste is minimally bready, wheaty malty with some residual sweetness, mildly yeasty fruity and minimally yeasty spicy, hints of banana, a touch of clove and vanilla.
Minimally creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, dense, soft, almost creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Very mild, homogeneous, smooth - enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2025 at 19:23


6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle. Opalescent, dark yellow-ish to orange golden colour with average, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, slightly grainy, malty and minimally doughy, yeasty aroma, hints of cereals, corn flakes, whiffs of popcorn. Taste is sweet-ish, minimally grainy, pale and caramel malty, minimally bitter hoppy and minimally doughy yeasty, hints of cereals, corn flakes, popcorn, a touch of honey; minimally metallic, hoppy finish.
Watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally dry and repellent palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Clean, relatively sweet - OK.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2025 at 22:18


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle. Opalescent, orange golden colour with average, firm, frothy to creamy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, minimally grainy and bready, wheaty malty aroma, hints of biscuits, a touch of white bread. Taste is wheaty malty with subtle residual sweetness and mildly bitter hoppy, a touch of white bread, minimally doughy and soapy overtones.
Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, dense, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Very clean, nice subtle sweetness, good mouthfeel, not as raw and grainy as many other Kristallweizen(s) - pretty decent.

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2025 at 19:05


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Opalescent, yellow-ish, dark golden colour with average to huge, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Minimally bready and grainy, pale malty and slightly yeasty fruity aroma, hints of apricot. Taste is sweet-ish, pale malyt and slightly yeasty fruity, minimally bitter hoppy, hints of apricot.
Minimally oily, watery texture, smooth, super soft and silky palate, medium to fine, dense, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Good "secondary" qualities (appearance + texture), well balanced, smooth, nice fruity aspects - not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2025 at 21:29


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Hellmalziger, mittelstark herber Beginn. Geringe Süße, eher trocken, zunehmend bitter. Süffig, getreidig, mittellanger, leicht karamelliger Abgang. 9/10/9/9/10/9

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2025 at 19:55


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Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:56