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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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottled 330ml. -Hazy yellow/golden coloured, small white head, strong unpleasant and stinky sauerkraut nose. No trace of smoke anywhere in the nose. Interesting, the taste is totally different; moderate malty with light smokey ham and some subdued hops. All in all quite messy beer.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2011 at 11:47

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled 330ml. -Hazy golden coloured, medium sized white head, slight peppery nose. Dry malty, peppery and hoppy taste with notes of nettles and maybe some vegetables. Interesting but there’s space for improvement.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2010 at 03:05

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of and shared with ogivlado who found it at the brewpub (thanks!)Poured a hazy golden body with a thick white head. Stinky yeasty, bit malty nose with nice light notes of ham. Nice smokey ham in the taste, light, but the stale yeastiness strikes again. There’s a light, slightly lemony and herbal hop too. Yup, a flawed experiment, but at a brewery that had many impressive ones, and actually experiments in a good way, so it doesn’t really matter.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2010 at 15:07

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of ogivlado who got it at the brewpub (thanks!). Poured a hazy gold body with a big white head, nice. Carrot, malt, wood and some pepper in the nose. Peppery and carroty hoppy taste, drinkable and kinda likable even if it’s one of my least favorite types of taste in a lager, not my type. Soft mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2010 at 14:48

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Draught at the brewpub. This is new extra sharp chili beer from Forstner.
Cloudy orange coloured, small to medium sized white head, intensive chili peppery nose. Hm...now about the beer. Too strong chili taste tends to kill almost everything else here. Totally one-dimensional brew. I love chili but what is too much is too much. Pitty.
Tried on 17 Dec 2010 at 04:42

4.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Draught at the brewpub. Hazy apricot coloured, medium sized white head that went away fast leaving nice lace, dryish grainy nose. Sweet malty, flowery, light fruity and yeasty without any trace of guarana. Dry finish. Nothing special here.
Tried on 14 Dec 2010 at 03:53

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Bottle at Torben Mathews tasting. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Strong anis/absinth notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Anis powering through. Average moderate bitter nice finish. Watery palate. Interresting.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2010 at 05:04

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
At Torben Mathews tasting. Creamy white god mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Guarane (Warana) notisable. Light bitter slighly spicey flavor. Short light bitter finish. Watery palate. Boring.
Tried on 24 Nov 2010 at 05:02

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Torben Mathews tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are dominated by anis and fennel like Pernod. Some caramel and sugar as well.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2010 at 11:41

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Torben Mathews tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, herbs and hops.
Tried on 23 Nov 2010 at 10:40