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Idiosynkrasie

Bielefeld, Germany 🇩🇪

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle. Opalescent, orange golden colour with average, firm, frothy to creamy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, minimally grainy and bready, wheaty malty aroma, hints of biscuits, a touch of white bread. Taste is wheaty malty with subtle residual sweetness and mildly bitter hoppy, a touch of white bread, minimally doughy and soapy overtones.
Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, dense, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Very clean, nice subtle sweetness, good mouthfeel, not as raw and grainy as many other Kristallweizen(s) - pretty decent.

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2025 at 19:05


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Hazy, dark purple colour with small, thick, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Mildly bretty funky and vinous, fruity aroma, earthy and slightly spicy notes of blue grapes, morello, a cautious touch of cinnamon and nutmeg, black pepper, some sauerkraut. Taste is dry, tart, mildly bretty, funky, slightly tangy, earthy fruity, notes of blue grapes, some morello, very subtle residual sweetness with a touch of plum, herbal-leafy overtones, a cautious touch of sauerkraut and pickles, some woody dryness. Watery texture, dry, minimally astringent palate. Quite complex, very balanced, harmonious and integrated, not in any single point overdone or one-sided, neither too sour nor too bretty or dominated by a single fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2019 at 21:58


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500ml bottle. Jet black colour with slightly late awakening, average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige to tan head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, a touch of liquorice, fruity hints of cherry and plum, blackberry, raspberry, smoky overtones with a chipotle touch. Taste is sweet-ish caramel malty, roasty and chocolately dark malty, slightly fruity and peppery spicy, minimally smoky, notes of caramel, dark chocolate, hints of plum, cherry and blackberry, some raspberry as well, chipotle; accumulating chili spiciness. full body, viscous texture, smooth and soft palate. I love this brewery (seperate from its lovely implemented Greek antiquity concept) - well, they offer some mediocre brews - but some of the more ambitious beers are not less than world class... and this one comes close as well.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2019 at 00:53


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Opalescent, yellow-ish, dark golden colour with average to huge, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Minimally bready and grainy, pale malty and slightly yeasty fruity aroma, hints of apricot. Taste is sweet-ish, pale malyt and slightly yeasty fruity, minimally bitter hoppy, hints of apricot.
Minimally oily, watery texture, smooth, super soft and silky palate, medium to fine, dense, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Good "secondary" qualities (appearance + texture), well balanced, smooth, nice fruity aspects - not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2025 at 21:29


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Idiosynkrasie updated a beer: KellerGold brewed by Hochdorfer Kronenbrauerei
6 months ago


5.5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle. Opalescent, orange, dark golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, minimally strawy, grainy, pale malty, minimally doughy yeasty aroma, whiffs of banana, phenolic overtones. Taste is slightly grainy, pale malty, mildly bitter hoppy and minimally doughy yeasty, a touch of banana bread.
Minimally oily, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, slightly scattered, soft carbonation.
Rather simple and monotonous, un-fresh - so-so.

Tried from Bottle from Craftbeer Shop on 11 May 2025 at 17:17


6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle. Opalescent, orange golden colour with average, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Starchy, minimally grainy, pale malty aroma, hints of honey, a touch of wallpaper paste. Taste is sweet-ish, minimally sugary and starchy, pale malty, mildly bitter, minimally papery hoppy, hints of honey, a touch of wallpaper paste; even a tad alcoholic in the finish.
Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, dense, soft, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Nice appearance, nice mouthfeel, not that convincing in other respects - OK.

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2025 at 15:37


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. BA supported, roasty and chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, some cocoa, Cognac, woody overtones. Taste is slightly BA dominated with roasty, dark malty basis, some residual sweetness, notes of dark chocolate, chocolate sauce, notes of Cognac, minimally tannic, woody overtones; well hidden alcohol.
Oily texture, smooth and soft, silky, minimally cloying, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation.
Seemingly light, minimally disharmonious, not overly complex - okay-ish sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2025 at 12:59



8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle. Opaque, quasi black colour with average to huge, thick, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, tan head. Roasty, slightly chocolately, dark malty and minimally grassy, hoppy aroma, notes of dark chocolate, Belgian chocolate, mocha, hints of roasted coffee beans, a minimally grainy touch of coffee surrogate, black bread, pumpernickel. Taste is bitter, roasty dark malty and bitter hoppy, slightly caramel malty with subtle residual sweetness, notes of dark chocolate, burnt caramel, some coffee, caramel, pumpernickel, a touch of toffee.
Oily texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally dry palate, medium, dense, foamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Clean, condensed, focussed, fairly meaty, simultaneously relatively drinkable (and in a way more "natural") compared to all those double digit abv Impy Stouts - pretty good.

Tried from Bottle from Pakhuis Twente on 10 May 2025 at 20:45