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Wettelsheimer Wet is a decent pils
Wettelsheimer Wet is a decent pils
Wettersheimer Wet German Pils 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet The Wettelsheimer Wet is the second beer from the Wettelsheimer brewery I got on the table. It comes in a green 0.3l bottle (which is out of the ordinary as all other beers from...
St. Louis Gueuze Lambic
Belgian Gueuze probably goes well with Japanese Natto
St. Louis Gueuze Lambic Gueuze 10.0/10 No flavour profile yet Sometimes you have to go through bad things to get to the best. I never thought that this might adhere to beer as well. There are several bars and restaurants at the Grand Place in...
The Helles is back
The Helles is back
Wettelsheimer Hell Munich Helles 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet During the Easter weekend we stayed in Bavaria. I went to one of the beverage stores and bought about 14 different mostly local brewed beers. The first one I’m going to taste is...
In honour to Pauwel Kwak I raise my glass
In honour to Pauwel Kwak I raise my glass
Kwak Ale 10.0/10 No flavour profile yet Kwak beer is named after its developer Pauwel Kwak. It’s probably a typical Belgian beer with an alcohol content of about 8.4 % abv. brewed by the family brewery Bosteels. The...
A taste of a Landbier from the oldest Alt beer brewery in Germany
A taste of a Landbier from the oldest Alt beer brewery in Germany
Boltens Landbier Altbier 4.0/10 No flavour profile yet The brewery Bolten calls them self the oldest Alt beer brewery in the world. Basically the brewery was founded in 1266. That’s kind of an impressive age. Before drinking one of...
My first glutenfree beer - Neumarkter Lammsbräu Glutenfrei
My first glutenfree beer - Neumarkter Lammsbräu Glutenfrei
Neumarkter Lammsbräu Glutenfrei German Pils 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet Gluten free beer is free of the wheat / rye / barley protein gluten (or nearly free – gluten free means below 20 ppm gluten) and its parts gliadin or glutenin. It is therefore...
Munichs finest - Edelstoff by Augustiner
Munichs finest - Edelstoff by Augustiner
Edelstoff Dortmunder Export 10.0/10 No flavour profile yet The Augustiner brewery is the oldest brewery in Munich. That’s what stated on their crates. Their Edelstoff beer is something special. It’s a Helles (Export) having a portion...
Kloster Scheyern Helle Weisse - another Baverian wheat beer
Kloster Scheyern Helle Weisse - another Baverian wheat beer
Kloster Scheyern Kloster-Weisse Hell Weizen 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet Wheat beer is usually and traditionally a top fermented beer maturated within the bottle. Brewers usually bring in some "yeast food" (Speise) to gain the typical wheat beer...
A taste of smoke - The Irish Black
A taste of smoke - The Irish Black
McGrath's Irish Black Stout 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet The 3rd beer from the Clannconnel Brewing Company arrived some days ago. I have waited for a long time to taste this beer. High was the expectancy on it. Pured from a bottle into a...
The winter is not yet over - Pakkaspaavo from Teerenpeli
The winter is not yet over - Pakkaspaavo from Teerenpeli
Pakkaspaavo Ale 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet While looking at the bottle I noticed that this beer was already about 2 ½ months beyond its best before date. This review might therefore not be accurate, but as the beer tasted...
An Impression of a dunkles brewed by Riedenburger Brauhaus
An Impression of a dunkles brewed by Riedenburger Brauhaus
Benediktinerabtei Plankstetten Dunkles Munich Dunkel 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet It’s time to open another bottle of an organic beer. There are not that many brands around offering organic beers. That means choices are limited. But that doesn’t mean that...
Aged Red Squirrel Brewery IPA in the USA - Part 1
Aged Red Squirrel Brewery IPA in the USA - Part 1
Redwood American IPA India Pale Ale (IPA) 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet Part 1 of a 4 part review on aged beer This beer tastes not bad actually. It's still as lively as ever, I poured it as carefully as I could, and the aroma hasn't lost any of its...
Viva Bavaria
Viva Bavaria
Viva Bavaria Bock 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet When we have been in the organic market in the city centre I asked someone else to decide which beer I’ll have to taste. I got the Viva Bavaria from the Riedenburger Brauhaus. It...
Visit Nördlingen and enjoy a Bavarian Beer
Visit Nördlingen and enjoy a Bavarian Beer
Daniel-Trunk Dortmunder Export 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet About Nördlingen Nördlingen is small town in north – west Bavaria, Germany. It is in the middle of a meteorite crater called the Ries. Nördlingen is a famous town and during...
Landfürst Bier
Landfürst Bier
Landfürst Bier German Pils 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet The Landfürst Beer is brewed for drinklog GmbH. Means that this beer is not handcrafted. Its a typical pilsen type bottom fermented beer with nearly no characteristics. It's the...
Hefeweizen goes well with Brotzeit - Gutmann Helles Hefeweizen
Hefeweizen goes well with Brotzeit - Gutmann Helles Hefeweizen
Gutmann Hefeweizen Weizen 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet While sitting in a pizzeria in my hometown I was listening to a conversation a guy was having with the pizzeria owner. He was trying to convince the owner that he should switch his...
McGraths Irish Red
McGraths Irish Red
McGraths Irish Red Ale 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet The 2nd beer released by the Clanconnel Brewing Company is an Irish Red. (For our German readers: It’s an ale). The name serves the colour perfectly. Once poured in the white...
Benedictine monks know how to brew beer - Kloster Scheyern Kloster-Weisse Dunkel
Benedictine monks know how to brew beer - Kloster Scheyern Kloster-Weisse Dunkel
Kloster Scheyern Kloster-Weisse Dunkel Weizen 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet Kloster [Kloster is German = monastery] Scheyern is a Benedictine monastery. The monks at the monastery have been brewing beer since 1119. In the beginning their beers were only...
Working with the Holy Spirit in mind - Kloster Andechs Hefertrüb
Working with the Holy Spirit in mind - Kloster Andechs Hefertrüb
Kloster Andechs Weissbier Hefetrüb Weizen 10.0/10 No flavour profile yet Andechs, yes you know - the monastery. The place men or women go to be in the near of god. In the near of the Holdy Father brewers might be able to brew the best beer as the Holy...
The perfect Brotzeit beer from Zirndorf
The perfect Brotzeit beer from Zirndorf
Das gute Zirndorfer Landbier Munich Helles 10.0/10 No flavour profile yet You never know what you get until you have finally tasted it. Or as I put it here: what you taste is what you get. Amber in its color, bitter and wort emphasized in its taste makes...
Keisari Munchener Premium
Keisari Munchener Premium
Keisari Munchener Premium Lager 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet The foam disappeared very fast after pured in from a can stored at well temperature. The flavour found was a little like fresh straw but no off-flavours found. The malt character...
Sion Kölsch
Sion Kölsch
Sion Kölsch Kölsch 8.0/10 No flavour profile yet The suns shining and the weather is hot. We were sitting at the roof top of the Unperfekthaus in Essen, Germany. Siggi paid me a beer. I took a Sion Kölsch to taste. Pured from a...
Riedenburger Helles
Riedenburger Helles
Riedenburger Helles Munich Helles 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet Bei dem zu verkostenden Bier handelt es sich um ein Helles der Riedenburger Brauerei. Der Schaum bleibt nach dem Einschenken aus der kühl gelagerten Flasche sehr lange bestehen...
Eschenbräu Pils
Eschenbräu Pils
Eschenbräu Pils German Pils 6.0/10 No flavour profile yet Unter den schönen Eichen im Biergarten der Eschenbräu Berlin lässt sich so manches Bier genießen. Zur Verkostung stand ein naturtrübes Pils an. Dies wird in einem Glaskrug...
Moritz Fiege Schwarzbier
Moritz Fiege Schwarzbier
Moritz Fiege Schwarzbier Schwarzbier 10.0/10 No flavour profile yet Um es gleich vorneweg zu nehmen: Dieses Bier ist eines unserer Favoriten. Es ist süffig im Geschmack. Sein malziges Aroma zeichnet es. Hinzu kommt eine sehr gute fruchtige Note...