Hacker-Pschorr Anno 1417

Brewed by Paulaner Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Munich, Germany

Has a wide and a bit sweet taste. Not too edgy one. A one of the happiest moment in life is, when you have a glass of this beer in front of you. And I’m not joking.

500 ML flip-top bottle in Germany. Cloudy golden color, with a deep full slightly off white head. Aroma is of sour-dough, earthy and intense. Lots of carbonation at first. Smooth, light and very easy to drink. A seris of tastes await you and they change as you drink it. Sweet flavor in the middle and end. Palate ends very nicely and easy. Truely a pleasure to drink. A very good Keller and a great beer. Will have this again for sure.

Bottle. Sweet citrusy malt aroma. Dark yellow with small head. Sweet malt flavor with a slight tang and moderate carbonation. A very good bottled kellerbier.

On tap at the Castle; Tapped a hazy clouded gold with a tight sticky 2 finger white cap that laced the glass in draining. Aroma was pungent bread dough aromas with some subtle honey-citrus and grassy wild botanical tones. Profile: sturdy bready malts in the front give a rich medium body and creamy mouth feel...ample German noble hops to balance; herbal-spicey tones...mid palate we get some of the complexity of an unfiltered full-of-life lager....hoppy bready sweetness is joined by the herbal bittering and some citrus-raisin tones....finish is crisp and a tad dry with medium bittering and a wonderful bread dough aftertaste. Impression: This tastes like my favorite Munich helles but much more full of life...fresh, rich malt and yeast flavours, bright crisp hopping...well balanced and drinkable...if this was on tap all the time at my local watering hole I’d rarely stray from it as a favorite session lager.

Bottle. Slightly hazy orange beer, with a thin but solid off-white head. Aroma is hoppy and lightly yeasty. Interesting taste, light malt, hint of fruit. Smooth and mellow. I like it.

Bottled 50cl. It pours a hazy light orange beer with a white head. Some hops in the nose which is rather wheaty. Notes of banana, toffee, lemon and mint. Biscuity taste. Notes of banana and toffee. Nicely balanced. A slight hint of gooseberries showing up. Peppery. Decent bitterness. Mediocre lacing. Dry finish with a hint of melissa accompanied by licorice. A great beer.

This little known beer style was a revelation to me, with it's flavours and appearance. This poured from the bottle a brown/maroon colour, opaque and uncarbonated. I expected a British bitter type drink, but initially it actually seems like a sweet lager, before revealing sour, apple notes. Overall a great experience.

500mL flip top bottle, bottled on 09/08, poured into a white wine glass. Pours with a hazy straw color and a medium head that fades slowly. Aroma is light honey and white bread. sweetness. Some lagered fruitiness mixing with all this. Taste is thicker with some white bread sweetness with a much thicker lagered sweetness and a light floral finish. Overall really seems to represent the unfiltered aspects of the beer. Surprised by the beer and happy to have tried it.