Maisel St. Michaelsberg Kellerbier

Formerly brewed at Maisel Bräu Bamberg
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Bamberg, Oberfranken/Bayern, Germany

Bottle. Pours a hazy amber body with a thin lacing. Dusty apples, some grain, think with a light tart sweetness. Not very good.

500 mL bottle from Vintage Cellar. Pours a dark amber color with no head. Smells like a cider with distinct apple notes as well as some caramel. Taste is apples, bitter, bristly hops, caramel and grain. Nearly flat, but not quite. Sticky texture. Medium bodied. Drinkable, but not very pleasant.

Aroma of grass and apples. Pours a dirty orange that looks like pee after a day of fishing with only beer to drink. Taste is that of Apple cider, caramel, vinegar, and some malt. Finish is a bit dry and bitter.well, this isnt a favorite style, I can see that right now.

Pours a slightly hazy but still clear rich caramel color with a small white dense froth. Aroma of very grassy hops, hay and slight rich caramel accident by a touch of alcohol. Flavor is pretty dull on the tongue at first, subdued, sweet toasted caramel, lightly bready with light hay and grass, maybe just a tad floral. Finish has a touch of alcohol in it. Very sessionable compared to the 7+ only abv bombs I’ve had ritualistically the past two weeks in Belgium. Medium bodied, watery feel, with fine very sharp carbonation.

Pours a hazy orange color with a fleeting loose head that almost goes away and leaves a little lace on the glass, but not much. Aroma is malty and somewhat tea like with light roasty notes and a little bit of caramel. Flavor is nice; it has a bright maltiness with some good toasty malt balance, a little fruity with notes of apple. There is a good bitterness akin to that of an English bitter. Palate is particularly watery. Certainly not the most exemplary of Kellerbiers but enjoyable none the less. Palate is particularly watery. Certinally not the the most exemplary of Kellerbiers but enjoyable none the less.

Bottle: Deep orange good clarity with a wispy bubbly off white head. The aroma is dominated by sweet doughy malts giving off some honey, and evident German bready notes with light oxidation. Slick light body. The flavor has a light honey and caramel sweetness with some peppery herbal hop notes toward the back. Clean, yet lightly oxidized. Past it’s prime, but not bad.

Lightly hazed amber color with a small head the actually just settles to a lid of tiny off-white bubbles. Mostly malty aromas with some caramel and toasted grain. A bit of nobel floral hops in the background. LIght malt sweetness in the front. Mild floral hops in the middle. Some acidity makes this quite bright. Buttery malt in the finish and linger.

Bronze color, barely a hint of a head, lacking effervescence and nearly flat. Spicy grassy hop nose, biscuity malts. Sweetish caramel-toffee, DMS?, lightly bitter finish. A bit dead.