bottle, Danke pivnizub! Hazy brown colour, large off-white head. Caramel, roasted malt, ovomaltine, cocoa powder present. Meidum-bodied, smooth palate. A pleasure.

Bügelverschlußflasche: Golden to deep golden coloured with a smaller slowly collapsing white foamy layer; moderate rural-grainy nose with a delicate hayish-hoppy background; light to moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light bodied; "rural" finish with a dash of citrussy and "woody2 hops. Well balanced thirst-quencher......

Bottle: Clear, ruby amber coloured, bigger loose - slowly collapsing - off-white head; light to moderate dryish roasty-caramelly nose; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light bodied and soft; almost moderate sweetish-caramelly finish, accompanied by roasty and bitter flavours. Brave Dunkel......

(swing top bottle) Clear, pale golden colour with a blond and dense medium-sized foamy head. Slightly grainy malty aroma with notes of biscuits and slightly citric and flowery aroma hops. Moderately bitter and slightly sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a crisp mouthfeel. Soft malty, slightly grainy and strawy taste with subtle fruity and herbal hoppy accents. Quite dry, bitter-sweet slightly malty and herbal hops. Balanced and likeable Helles. 30.V.10

bottle, bought in a tiny beer shop in a village in the Bavarian Forest. Golden yellow, large and persistent head. Hoppy nose. Hoppy flavours dominate the beer, there is a slight fruitiness dtectable. Slightly malty, too. The finish is hoppy and dry. Very nice!

(bottle) Hazy, dark brown colour with a thick and stable beige foamy head. Light-sweet, strong dark malty, roasty aroma with cacao/chocolate and a pleasant herbal hops presence. Mainly bitter, slightly sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a mild carbonation. Toast-malty, slightly roasted taste with chocolate and light notes of caramel; aromatic, dry, malt-accented finish with roasted barley, a herbal hoppy bite and a lasting aftertaste with chocolate. Well-crafted, moreish Dunkel. Normally I don´t go into details concerning bottle labels, but this one is really mentionable and old-fashioned (probably 1930ties design), showing the silhouette of a fierce looking robber-knight, Heinrich von Guttenstein, who gave the brew its name.