Xanthi Solar Microbrewery (Ηλιακό Μικροζυθοποιείο Ξάνθης)

Microbrewery in Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia & Thrace, Greece 🇬🇷

Established in 2016

Closed in 2024

Contact
3 km Xanthi - Kavala, Xanthi, 67133, Greece
Description
The Solar Microbrewery is a project by Orestis Stephanou, a man with deep environmental consciousness and a lot of love for what he does! He produces fresh, non-pasteurized beer using raw materials from Thracian land while remaining environmentally friendly. Solar thermal collectors cover almost all energy expenses needed to produce the beer. As for the wastes, they are handled with special care.

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5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Johns. Pours yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, yeast, hay, little fruit. Flavor is sweet, malt, yeast, hay, light fruit. Medium body, average carbonation, light sweet finish. 5-3-5-3-11. 170617
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 12:47

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Yellow colour. Liht malty and hoppy and lightyeasty aroma. Light bitter flavir. Week fruity esters, Short light bitter finish. Watery palate.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 12:46

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle, 4.6%. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, dusty and yeast. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, medium sweet, thin, little watery, little dusty and a little bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 12:45

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, grass, fruits and hops.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 12:45

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light grainy and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 170617
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 12:45

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle 500ml. Pub crawl Thessaloniki, Greece. [ As Solar Theros (Θερος) ].Light unclear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, light hoppy, fruity hops, light sweet butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170428] 5-3-5-3-8
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2017 at 08:58

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. @ Beer24 - Coffe24, Halkidikis 62, Thessaloniki, Greece 54643. [ As Solar Erevos (Ερεβος) Bohemia dunkel ].Unclear - hazy matt medium brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, chocolate, caramel, dark malt, light roasted. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, chocolate, dark malt, bread. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170427] 6-3-6-3-11
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2017 at 05:29

5.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
500 ml bottle at Beer24, Thessaloniki. Dark-murky muddy brown color with no head. Malty aroma, roasted notes, nutty, bread, something strange - plastic - vinous. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma with some chocolate notes. Light thin to oily body with soft to flat carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2017 at 13:40

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours rather unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is sharp, some malts. mild berry (?) like notes. Taste is sharp, unfresh malts. Stale corny flavors. weak taste, no real aftertaste. OK at best.
Tried on 28 Apr 2017 at 17:37

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from Beer24, Thessaloniki. Pours slightly hazy pale gold with an average sized white head. Aroma of citrus, hop, grass and light tropical notes. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Light to medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Quite light an English summer ale, and not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2017 at 09:05