Meinel-Bräu

Regional Brewery in Hof, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Associated Venue: Meinels Bas

Established in 1731

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Alte Plauener Straße 24, Hof, 95028, Germany

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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

0,5 l bottle from kappldav123. Thanks a lot! BB 10.06.26. Now listed with 7,5 % abv. Clear dark reddish in the glass with a nearly two finger pale beige head. Looks really good. Sweet malty aroma, little bit fruity, some caramel. Taste starts malty, little bit roasted, increasing sweet fruity, present but pleasant alcoholic. Woody elements with nuts. Easy to drink. Really nice.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2026 at 21:11


6.5

Tried on 07 Mar 2026 at 18:26


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle looks simple but really good. Beer in the glass dark brown, nice head. Fine roasty-malty aroma. Starts fine soft-malty, shy roasty, sweetish notes, but not as heavy as other doppelbocks. Fine woody hints, some caramel, some herbs. Well balanced finish. Quite drinkable for its strength. Nice one!

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2026 at 20:01


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

Completely clear straw yellow export lager with minimal head. Straight to beech smoke on the nose although not too intense: the malty aromas andd grassy noble hops peek through. The maltiness is well balanced with the smokiness and it's not overpowering but the rest of the beer doesn't match up with it. Not full bodied. Dry. Ok and drinkable but not great.

Tried on 09 Jan 2026 at 23:42


7

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2025 at 23:12


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

"Meinel-Bräu Naggerds", Flasche vom Landbierparadies24, verkostet an meinem bierfreien Tag, 8.9.2025. - Dunkelgoldgelb, leicht trüb; unmäßiger Schaum. - In der Nase feine, blaß zitrusfruchtige Hopfung mit leisen exotischen Anklängen, blasse Gerste und nur äußerst dezente Traubenzuckersüße. - Im Antrunk allerdings arg schlank und nur blaß - wenngleich aromatisch - zitronenschalig hopfenherb. Helles Malz und feine Süße sind nur angedeutet; die gefürchteten Fehlaromen bleiben aus. Gut rezent. Im Abgang blasse Hopfenherbe. - Unter den verschiedenen Alkoholfreien, die ich gelegentlich aus Neugier und der Leber zuliebe probiere, eins der charakterstärksten, trotz seines dünnen Körpers.

Tried from Bottle from Landbierparadies24 on 08 Sep 2025 at 18:39


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle picked up from Sedats Schlüggla Getrankemarkt, Schwaig bei Nürnberg and consumed at home, sat out in the garden in the company of Mum and Keith, Saturday 21st June 2025 (Summer Solstice) after a day in Passau, we had BBQ'd Persian Chicken, Cous Cous etc for tea. Poured mahogany in colour with an off white large frothy head. Malty aroma, caramel and toffee dominate Flavor also mostly waves of sweet maltiness, toffee and caramel, decent Doppelbock which I need to revisit as about a third of the way through, I decided I didn't really fancy this style of beer at this time and couldn't finish it all.

Tried from Bottle from Sedats Schlüggla on 21 Jun 2025 at 17:50


6.5

(#1683)(#552 DE)(#368 Bavaria)
Bought it at "Getränke Hoffmann", Münchberg, DE

Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2025 at 11:13


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

bottiglia 50 cl, schiuma bianca fine pannosa persistente, colore giallo pallido limpido, al naso malto cereali miele note citriche erbacee e floreali, in bocca è cremosa speziata malto pane bianco note citriche leggero miele, corpo medio, carbonazione moderata, dolce con amaro moderato. Bella piena aromatica. Molto buona c. Topbeer.it 31.01.25

Tried on 31 Jan 2025 at 18:28


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Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2025 at 21:01