(bottle) Clear, chestnut colour with a loose, slightly beige foamy head. Moderately sweet and roasty cara-malt aroma, slightly nutty with notes of toffee and light herbal hoppy accents. Bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied with a smooth and pleasant carbonation. Toast-malty, slightly nutty taste with caramel and a bit burnt sugar; dry-out effect towards the moderately bitter and toast-malty finish. Pleasant Franconian Lager (28.04.08).

Bottle (purchased at the brasserie): Hazy, golden to orangey coloured, smaller, very stable creamy white head; dry sharp sourish, wheaty and cellary - Gueuze-like - nose; moderate sour-sweet flavour with a light tartness, soft MF, light to medium bodied; becomes a bit sweeter (!) towards the sour-tart finish. Interesting, a franconian Gueuze, presumably created by accident.........

Bottle, kindly sent by pivnizub. Orange amber, fine carbonation, golden cream. Strong butterscotch and toasted bread aroma. Honeyish malt base, pretty obvious diacetyl - too much to ignore, some oxidation, Herbal hop finish. Somewhat bland and sugary. Medium body, weelagered mouthfeel. Sticky aftertaste.

Bottle (purchased at the Brauerei): Fruity, presumably diacetyl, nose with a touch of sweet-malt; golden, mid-sized fluffy head; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied, a bit sticky; short bready-bitter finish. Not very convincing, poor by franconian standards........

(bottle) Clear, chestnut-brown colour with a mid-sized beige foamy head. Sweet, slightly toasty malt aroma with caramel, butter and herbal hops. Light-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Toast-malty, caramelly and slightly herbal taste; moderately dry and bitter hoppy finish. Almost Schwarzbier-like Dunkel (23.01.08).

(bottle) Hazy, golden colour with a mid-sized foamy white head. Dusty, moderately sweet grainy nose with spicy and herbal, nettle-like hops. Sweet flavour with a light bitter level, pretty slim bodied with a medium carbonation. Slightly yeasty, grainy malty taste, quite one-dimensional; slightly sweetish malty and yeasty finish with a light hops character. Pretty disappointing by Franconian standards.

Bottle (purchasaed at the brasserie): Amber coloured, mid-sized, slowly collapsing off-white head, sweet dark-malty to toasted-malty nose with hops in the background and presumably a tinge of smoke; soft MF, light to medium bodied, moderate sweet-bitter flavour; lingering, dryer hoppy and toaste-malty finish. Very decent franconian brew..........

(bottle) Clear, greenish golden colour with a small but persistent foamy white head. Sweet and grainy malt aroma, cereal-like with a light herbal hoppy touch. Sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a very soft mouthfeel. Grainy, slightly bready and a bit chalky taste with light herbal notes; medium-dry, sweet and malt-accented finish with a tinge of hoppy bitterness. Not very Pilsener-like, but it will do as a decent Helles.

(bottle) Clear, chestnut colour with a short off-white foamy head. Sweet malt-accented toasty nose with caramel and a whiff of liquorice and a light hoppy touch. Moderately sweet flavour with a balancing level of bitterness, light to medium bodied, soft on carbon. Toast-malty, slightly (dark-)bready taste with caramel. Medium-dry, malty and toasty finish with an aromatic herbal hoppy blend and a lasting aftertaste with caramel and notes of chocolate. Good !

(bottle) Clear, deep golden colour with a medium-sized, slightly off-white foamy head. Sweet and bready malt aroma with a milky touch and shy herbal notes. Moderately sweet flavour, medium bodied with a soft and well-matured mouthfeel. Bready, cara-malty taste with light herbal hops in the background; sweet and slightly bitter, malt-accented finish with a light but balancing herbal hops character. Pleasant.