Hensen Brauerei

Microbrewery in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 🇩🇪

Established in 2015

Contact
Untere Str. 133-135, Mönchengladbach, 41068, Germany
Description
In Mönchengladbach-Waldhausen, genau auf der Quelle des Gladbachs steht das ehemalige Sudhaus der Brauerei Gebrüder Hensen. Gegründet im Jahre 1793 wurden bis in die 70er Jahre an gleicher Stelle die Biere der traditionsreichen Brauerei Gebrüder Hensen gebraut.

Dem allgemeinen Brauereisterben in Deutschland geschuldet, stellte man die Produktion Mitte der 70er Jahre ein.
Anfang 2015 erkannten wir, dass der Stadt Mönchengladbach ein neues Bier gutstehen würde.

Schnell fassten wir den Entschluss dies zu ändern: Das Projekt Hensen Brauerei war geboren.

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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Amber coloured, cloudy with lots of floaties, nearly mid-sized creamy and lacy off-white head; moderate dryish leafy and piney nose with a toasty - Altbier-like - background; quite robust bitter-sweet flavour, a bit tart, medium bodied and relatively soft; toasty-caramelly traces in the lingering bitter-piney finish. Good, reminds You more of an India Pale ALT than an classical IPA...

Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2017 at 16:17


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Fläschchen:Amber coloured, almost clear, smaller - quite stable - loose head; sweetish malty-fruity nose, small amount of toasty-chocolatey malt underneath, molecular traces of herbal hops detectable; drier bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied and pretty soft; lingering sweet-bitter toasty and herbal- hoppy finish. A bit on the sweet side, but all in all a well drinkable Old...

Tried on 06 Aug 2017 at 02:10


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

0.33 l bottle from ’Holy Craft Beer Store’, best before October 2017. A bit hazy, golden yellow with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Faint, slightly grassy-spicy and a bit floral aroma of fresh grass and some citrus. Just slightly sweetish, moderately bitter, grassy-spicy and slightly floral taste of fresh grass, some citrus and light grains, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly dry and rather grassy-spicy finish. Thin to medium body, smooth and moderately effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Decent Pils, quite refreshing, very quaffable, for me the best of the three standard beers from this brewery.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2017 at 15:38


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

0.33 l bottle from ’Holy Craft Beer Store’, best before October 2017. Clear, dark brownish amber with a thin, frothy, almost stable, off-white head. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty, ’green’ and a bit grassy-spicy aroma of caramel, toasted nuts, chocolate and marzipan. Just slightly sweetish, quite bitter, roasty-malty, ’green’ and a bit grassy-spicy taste of caramel, chocolate, toasted nuts and some straw, followed by a medium long, rather dry-bitter, grassy and roasty finish. Almost medium-bodied, fairly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Tastes more like a Dunkel, feels too young, not the most enjoyable ’Alt’ I’ve had so far and definitely not worth its price tag. Overall a decent beer, but just miles behind the classics from Düsseldorf.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2017 at 16:13


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

0.33 l bottle from ’Holy Craft Beer Store’, best before October 2017. Clear, dark reddish amber with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, off-white head. Sweetish, floral, moderately fruity and slightly resiny aroma of orange blossom, honey, strawberry jam and some tea leaves. Rather sweet, malty, slightly bitter, floral, fruity and slightly herbal-resiny taste of strawberry jam, yoghurt, orange blossom, honey and tea leaves, followed by a short, moderately bitter, rather dry and herbal-resiny finish. Medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Weird, but not unpleasant, not what you would expect from an IPA though. Disappointing.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2017 at 16:09


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Weich herber, fruchtig hopfiger Antrunk. Trocken bitter, die Fruchtnoten von Maracuja wandern in den Hintergrund. Durch die starke Bitterkeit nicht ganz harmonisch da die an sich starken Hopfenaromen begrenzt werden. Gut. 10/11/9/11/12/11

Tried on 14 May 2017 at 09:49


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Recht süßer Beginn mit schwacher Herbe. Man fragt sich zu diesem Teil, wo denn die Bitterkeit bleibt, die aber auch im weiteren Verlauf nicht erscheinen möchte. Schwach, sehr süß, konstantes Aroma. Ein Goldbier unter den Pilsbieren. 11/7/10/7//7

Tried on 01 May 2012 at 05:14


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Fruchtig herber Beginn mit deiner Malzigkeit. Schnell gering bitter werdend, karamellig. Harmonisch, die Malzigkeit wird zum Ende hin intensiver. Gutes süßliches Alt! 12/11/12/12//12

Tried on 01 May 2012 at 05:12


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Score 6.54
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