33cl bottle. Pours almost clear amber colour with a mid-mized most good lasting off-white head. aroma of belgian yeast, citrons, mild bitter hops. Taste of mild bitter hops, nuts, citrons, caramel, red fruits, interesting!

Bottle of 50 cl from a shop in Nurnberg, thanks Sabine! Initially thick, dense and frothy, lightly lacing, beaten egg-like head, thinning and eventually breaking, on top of a warm ’old gold’ coloured beer with light peachy hue and quiet effervescence, equally misty as expected from the style. Aroma suffers from that horrible lightstruck effect (skunk) but luckily this fades after a while, allowing more pleasant, subtle impressions to appear: white bread, chamomille, minerals, straw and even some grass, dried apricot, strong sourdough, pure sourish yeast even, unripe gooseberry, hint of green apple, cardboard, chalk. Soft, neutral onset, basic soft sourishness with minerals which keep accompanying the rest of the palate, as if they are piercing through from the brewing water ’underneath’ a pleasant, quite fluffy, rounded malt sweetness, becoming ever more bready in combination with the yeast; finishes very bready, sweetish and almost undisturbed by hops, though a subdued, almost ’hidden’, leafy hop bitterishness provides structure at the back and releases some ’noble’ floral impressions retronasally. The bready sweetishness lingers for a while. Uncomplicated unfiltered lager yet somewhat more delicate than it seems at first glance, as any decent Kellerbier, balancing its basic components (which are, as usual in traditional German lagers, low in number) quite well, though admittedly it lacks some refinement compared with the best beers in this particular style. Very quenching and pleasantly drinkable Kellerbier, too bad for the (initial) lightstruck effect in the nose though - as with most session beers, I assume this will be a whole lot better fresh from tap in its home region.

Bottle. Orange brown, low head. Light fruity and roasted malt, good chewiness, nice broad hop profile. Pleasant, moreish.

Flasche 0,5l (Alc: 5,1%): Kastanienbraun, klar, feinperlig, etwas grobporiger Schaum; in der Nase kräftige Süße, Malzzucker, dunkler Sirup, Apfelkraut, leichte gärige Noten, leichte Röstaromen; im Körper leicht trockene Würze, angenehme würzige Bitterkeit, cremig, deutliche Kohlensäure, Röstaromen, Röstmalz, nussig; angenehmer würziger Nachgang

Bottle, 5.1%. Clear dark brown colour. Small tan head. Good roasted flavour, hint of fruity citrus, not entirely clean, perhaps. Citric finish. Fizzy mouthfeel.

50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden deep brown with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty, breadish. Mild sweet, toasted and light breadish. Caramelish and toasted finish.

Bottle, 4.8%. Weak paper aroma. Clear amber colour. Small frothy white head. The flavour is quite papery with a faint floral aroma hop. A little soapy as well. Better than it sounds, I guess.

50 cl bottle. Clear and golden orange with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty. Breadish and light cornish. Grassy and toasted malt finish.