Cretan Brewery / Charma (Χάρμα)

Microbrewery in Chania, Crete, Greece 🇬🇷
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2007

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Zounaki Platanias, Chania, 73002, Greece
Description
Cretan Brewery S.A is the first microbrewery in the prefecture of Chania Crete. The brewery is located in Zounaki village, in the municipality of Platanias. Its highly sophisticated industrial facilities, occupy 2000m2, surrounded by orange trees and olive groves. Found, just 25 km away from Chania city center.

The vision belongs to Ioannis Lionakis, who founded the brewery in 2007. Ioannis, a mechanical engineer in profession, was born, raised and proud to be Cretan. A long time beer enthusiast himself, he had the aspiration to offer local people and visitors, a fresh, delicious beer, which was something

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5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of humlelala. Pours yellow with a slight haze. Very fizzy and dissipating white head. Sweet malty nose with a little grassy hops. Medium body, good and solid malt base with a dry and balancing hoppiness. Never bitter though. But a very decent Lager. 221012
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2012 at 07:24

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Fra fat på kafe i Chania: et lokalprodusert øl, ufiltrert. En velkommen pilsener med litt karakter, og mye bedre enn alt boksølet som er vanskelig å unngå på feriesteder i syden.
Tried on 04 Sep 2012 at 13:13

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Only available draft when I had it, tried it from a day old hand bottle (by the brewmaster). Too bad that the Charma beers are not distributed outside Crete, as their actually very good for their style. thsi is a fine crafted dunkel with a reat aroma and taste of sweet malt, coffee,caramel and some roasted notes. Lovely.
Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2011 at 02:20

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Only available draft when I had it, tried it from a day old hand bottle (by the berwmaster). Slightly hazy yellow color with a nice,thick white head. Sweet malty taste and aroma , well balanced by some bittering hops.Very well made, and perfect for the cretan weather in the summer :D
Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2011 at 02:17

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
33cl bottle bought in Chania in some wineshop. No label on the bottle. Poured slightly hazy, golden with a creamy, thin head. Aroma of honey and yeast, bready notes as well. Flavor was somewhat sour, yeasty and with a fruity finish. Medium bodied, low bitterness. Quite interesting, unfortunately I did not manage to try this from tap.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2011 at 02:34

3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2
330 ml unlabelled bottle, kindly shared by gunnar. Golden colour, moderate to low white head. Strong sweetish aroma, notes of flowers and artificial banana candy. The flavour is not quite as sweet as the aroma made me fear, but has still notes of banana candy. Minimal hops. Weird, but not undrinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2011 at 07:56