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| Review | Author | Beer | Style | Overall | Flavour profile | Summary |
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 |  | Black Isle Organic Yellow Hammer | Ale | 6.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | A long time ago I put the Black Isle brewery onto Lautering.net. A friend of mine added their beers. When I walked through a Finish supermarket I noticed some of their beers. I... |
 | | Maku Vehnä | Weizen | 4.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | I have that game going on when we are at a Finnish supermarket: Get me a beer for under n €, where n is a number between 2 and 6. So we came up with the Maku Vehnä. Their can... |
 | | Laitilan Kievari Mämmi | Other | 4.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | If you're in Finland over Easter you might get some Mämmi served. Mämmi is made out of rye flour, rye malt and molasses. It tastes like licorice, is very sweet and very strong in... |
 | | Hersbrucker Gebirge | German Pils | 6.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | When I was working for Karlsberg (Saarland, Germany) I once was at the brew house for maintenance reasons - my colleague and I had to clean the Meuro 2001 mash filter - I... |
 | | Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel | Munich Dunkel | 7.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | Ever lived in a monastery? No? A friend of mine once decided to be a monk and went to the nearest monastery. One week later he came back and decided that he never will be a monk... |
 | | Schanzenbräu Rotbier | Lager | 10.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | So, I went to the super market the other day, into the beer section and I came across a rather odd piece of beer. It is called Schanzenbräu Rotbier and I wondered how it would... |
 | | Huppendorfer Weihnachtsbier | Märzen | 7.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | Last Christmas is gone since long but I still have some „Weihnachtsbier“ [Weihnachtsbier = German for Christmas beer] in my stash. Actually this one I'm having now was a... |
 | | Polaris Hüller | German Pils | 10.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | Getting real good beer is one of the benefits being in Nuremburg pre Brau Beviale. To say one thing upfront: The Green Monk(ey) Polaris Hüller is the second beer in a row that has... |
 | | Grüner Hell | Munich Helles | 8.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | I recently went to Nuremburg to stay for 2 days and do some Christmas shopping. I had to check for winter gloves and other stuff. So while in the city center we had a stop at a bar... |
 | | Marsalkka Luomuvehnä | Hefeweizen | 4.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | In Finland the majority of beers get canned (that's what I get from the super market shelf). I'm not yet sure why, but that's how it is. There are bottles on the market, of course... |
 | | Keisari Munchener Premium | Lager | 8.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | When we visited the Nokian Panimo for its 25 years anniversary we had the opportunity to buy their beers for a discount price. We basically bought one beer from each of theirs... |
 | | Pyynikin Bitter | Bitter | 8.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | Oh man, it took me a real long time after my move to Finland to write a new beer review. Basically I was just packed with other things. Over the time my to-do list got smaller and... |
 | | Punk IPA | India Pale Ale (IPA) | 4.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | First a grapefruit flavor comes to my nose before I could take the first sip. This flavour makes me kind of curious about this IPA. Its taste is very hoppy, actually fruity as... |
 | | UnKlar Kellerpils | German Pils | 6.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | the unKlar is merchandised as an unfiltered, unbundged cellar Pils. unKlar is play on words. unKlar is German for "not obvious" but also referrers to something that is not clear... |
 | | Fürsten Hell Original | Munich Helles | 10.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | Malty in the beginning, hoppy at the end, this traditionally brewed "Fürst Wallerstein Hell" (hell is Germany for bright / light) is a beer for the evening. The light tasty... |
 | | Keisari Kellari | Kellerbier / Zwickelbier | 6.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | When I was an apprentice at the Brauhaus Wallerstein I worked mainly at the fermentation or storage facility. I remember that one guy who every Friday made his way from... |
 | | Malmgårdin Dinkel | Lager | 8.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | When Lars Bender (anyone did know him before?) scored the 2:1 against Denmark I opened Malmgårdin Dinkel and thanked the football god for his good will. As I haven't had a good... |
 | | Dominus® Double | Ale | 10.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | I like Patrizier 2. It's a funny game. You usually start as a merchant and have to make your way up to become a Patrizier by trading with other towns. In the beginning you get one... |
 | | Liefmans Oud Bruin | Oud Bruin | 8.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | I brought about 20 bottles of Belgian beer with me from my trip to Brussels. The last weeks were very busy, so I haven't had the time to write and taste many of them. Actually I... |
 | | Trappistes Rochefort 8 | Strong Ale | 4.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | Actually I'm a big fan of Trappist beers. I had a Trappist Rochefort. At the beginning I thought that this might be a very good idea to have. It started with a very stable foam on... |
 | | Orval Trappist Ale | Ale | 6.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | In the last weeks I was lazy about reviewing beers. Still the stash is high in Belgium beers, but somehow the workload didn’t give me the chance to really review one. We brought... |
 | | Huvila E.S.B. | Extra Special Bitter (ESB) | 8.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | ESB stands for Extra Strong Bitter and is a brand name in the UK. That’s why I’m referring to Extra Strong Bitter and don’t use the abbreviation. The first Extra Strong... |
 | | Livinus | Other | 8.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | Saint Livinus (~ 580 – 12 November 657) was an apostle in Flanders and Brabant, venerated as a saint and martyr in the Saint Bavo Chapel, Ghent. His memorial day is the 12th of... |
 | | Kameleon Donker | Ale | 4.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | Buying beers is an easy thing. You go to the shop get a beer, pay and you are done. With more choice the time to select a beer takes more time. With an endless possibility of... |
 | | Kürzer Alt | Altbier | 10.0/10 | No flavour profile yet | I took the train down to Düsseldorf to meet a good friend. We met at Heinrich-Heine-Allee and went to the Kürzer Brewery (interview will follow), the latest micro-brewery in... |