Handbrauerei Forstner

Microbrewery in Kalsdorf bei Graz, Styria, Austria 🇦🇹
Associated Venue: Handbrauerei Forstner - Out of business

Closed in 2022

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Dorfstraße 52, Kalsdorf bei Graz, 8401, Austria

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5.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle, thanks to herrklemann! Pours deep orange with off-white head. Nose is, well, almost nothing. Some boozy notes, slight spicy rye character, super faint fruity touch. Tastes like a messy homebrew tbh, feels a bit oxidised. Light bodied with serious overcaronation. A shame, I would've been curious how it really is.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:25


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

In my opinion, it is a regular stout, easy to drink, roasted malt, notes of coffee, a bit watery, some hop, a stout to start the night. 26.02.2017, buying it at Vienna, drinking it at home, Lausanne, Prélaz.

Tried from Bottle from Beer Store Vienna on 01 Mar 2025 at 06:35


4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

In my point of view, this beer is really too spicy, you have the impression to be in Oaxaca with a miscelada beer, less spicy and more hop. 01.03.2017, buying it in Wien, in January 2017, drinking it at Lausanne, Prélaz.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 18:20


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

In my opinion, it is a pleasant and refreshing ginger beer, a bit sparkling, some spicy side, malt, some hop, well balanced. 19.03.2017, buying it in Vienna, drinking it in Lausanne, Prélaz.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 18:18


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Definitely, it is not my kind of beer, even though this one is really smocked, you really have the impression to drink the smocked tree. 19.01.2017, drinking it in our rented flat, in Vienna.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 08:08


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

It is an interesting doppelbock, not so smocked than some Bavarians sisters, malt, plum, apricot, bready and easy to drink. 01.02.2017

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2025 at 15:28


4.1
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

330ml bottle, pours hazy amber with almost no head. Aromas & tastes of bread, sugar & hot chilli. Medium body. Very spicy finish. Not enjoyable & unable to finish

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2025 at 11:56


6

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2023 at 22:02


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Klare orange Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone, die zunächst ordentlich anwächst. Fruchtig malziger, leicht hopfiger Geruch. Geschmacklich betont fruchtig mit Karamell und Ananas, süß malzig, ebenso klar erkennbar hopfig. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, voller Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure. Nach meiner Einschätzung wie so oft von Forstner ein charaktervolles, seinen eigenen Weg gehendes Bier.

Tried on 05 Nov 2022 at 19:17


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Leicht eingetrübte goldene Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Prägnant malziger, rauchiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, rauchig mit Speck. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

Tried on 26 Jan 2022 at 17:19