Griess Kellerbier

Brewed by Brauerei Griess
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Strullendorf-Geisfeld, Oberfranken/Bayern, Germany

From wooden gravity keg at the brewery in Giesfeld. Copper hazy colored body with a patchy off-white head. Nose of old fruit and nuts, some young, mild and grassy hops. Flavor of wet grains, hay, dried wheat, bread, etc. Toasty malts and delicious soft yeast makes this a pure enjoyment.

Bottle at Cafe Abseits, Bamberg 5/11/07. Delicate gold colour with a fine, frothy head. Light summer fruit aroma, with floral hops and some biscuity malt. Flavour was finely balanced between fruity malt, grassy/floral hops and a dry, peppery finish. This excellent beer also had a great spritzy mouthfeel.

At the brewpub, served in a mug but as far as I could see it was cloudy golden with a white head. Sweet, heavily hopped aroma gives lots of pine, citrus, fruit and slightly sweet malt. Bitter flavours, also hop dominated in a good way... balanced but assertive is another way to put it. Hoppy, lingering finish. It hurts to rate this as I sit back in Australia... how I miss Franconia.

Bottle@Café Abseits, Bamberg. Really good kellerbier. Crisp and grassy, with some dried apricot fruityness and lightly bready malt notes. Finish is dry and bitter. This was really rather good!

on tap at cafe abseits in bamberg watching argentina hammer serbia. nice golden colour with a steady head. quite a tropical aroma - pineapple and menthol. some strawberry jam sweetness and a prickly minty finish. classy stuff

Draught, Cafe Abseits, Bamberg. Golden color with fine head. Deliscious flowery, fruity and grassy/herbal aroma - complex. Fruity sweet and well rounded flavor, finishes dry. This was one of the 3 best beers I had during my stay in Bamberg. The others were Keesman Herren pils and Schlenkerla Rauchbier - served from the lagering tanks by Matthias Trum in the brewery cellar.

Draught at Café Abseits. Seidla from the ceramic, branded Krug. Strong cellary aoma with a little chalk and a little funk. Taste is very cellary, strong funky hoppiness, bittersweet. Dry, chalky, and lasting. Looks to be gold/amber when I part the creamy white head. Body is medium-full, smooth, earthy. One of the best beers I’ve had in Bamberg.

Impressions from the windowside:
-A blinking hop firmament showcases herbal, floral and grassy hop perfumes, all coalescing in a friendly, never overpowering manner.
-Sticky foam covers the krug, jealously wanting to cover the fact that this is pale golden(!) kellerbier (yes, I cheated).
-A complex continuum of citrusy, floral, herbal, and grassy hop petals form a botanical garden the likes of which I’d like to revisit more often.
-The ample effervescence manages to remain cushiony and comfortable.
-The malt supports competently, but doesn’t bring much flavor.
-Simply put, this is an absolutely marvelous session beer for hopheads.

From the bottle at Café Abseits, Bamberg.