Saalfelder Ur-Saalfelder

Brewed by Bürgerliches Brauhaus Saalfeld
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Saalfeld, Germany

50cl dark brown bottle, with label "Ur-Saalfelder" in old-fashioned lettering. Different from the Bock beer by the same company. Pours a deep, clear amber with a modest beige head that disintegrates quickly but leaves decent lacing. Aroma of malt and yeast, with a light touch of vinegar. Not very fruity. Light-bodied märzen with a grainy, earthy mouth feel. Fairly watery texture. Taste of bready malt, some hops - and not much else. Again, not so much as a trace of fruit. Strangely though, it’s not unpleasant. A bit nutty, perhaps. Agreeably bitter, hoppy finish and moderately bitter after taste. Fairly easy drinking beer that resembles a middle-of-the-road English ale. But no beer I’m likely to return to.

Bottle 50 cl. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Sweet, intense aroma of malt and a little caramel. Quite full-bodied with a solid malt base with some caramel. Dry finish. 040409

Bottle 50cl. w. swing top.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, sugar, light hoppy, hay. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090404]

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Roasted malt and slight alcohol presence in the aroma. Sweet caramel flavoured with a nice counterbalance from the hops. Bitter dry and light roasted malt flavoured finish.

bottle from Bierzwerg. Clear, perhaps slightly hazy chestnut-amber colour, large beige head. Malty nose. Full-bodied, intensively malty with lovely caramel flavours, hints of roasetd malt and toffee. Hoppy in thelingering finish. A delicious and convincing beer - a pleasure to drink.

It is bronze-red with a creamy head. The aroma is perfumed, fruity and malty. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of malt, caramel, slightly perfumed fruit and the finish is slightly dry and bitter. It is pleasant to drink.

Bottle, 5.6%. OK malty and slightly yeasty flavour. Clear amber colour, stable tan head. Good malty flavour, a little pleasant yeast. Caramelly finish with a little graininess.