St. Georgen Bräu Keller Bier

Brewed by St. Georgen Bräu
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Buttenheim, Oberfranken/Bayern, Germany

From a rather well aged bottle i,m sure. ... Poured a small tan head, fair retention, little lace. Lightly hazy copper color. Malty, fruity, yeasty nose. Med/light body. A malty brew, medium sweet, bready. Sorta thin all around.

Hazy orange beer with pure white head. Not much of one. Excellent though delicate aroma and initial sweet taste giving way to clean hoppy finish. Not too sweet, not too hoppy. But for the appearance, near-perfection.

My first one of this style and I am impressed. Very good pour and presentation in the glass. This level of alcohol is also an excellent antidote to the bigger style around. Sweet aroma and fine balance in the flavour. This is one of those European beers that would be a session style a la the UK.

Dark gold and bronze in colour. Aromas are malty and fruity oranges with caramel. Flavours are malty and fruity with some metallic elements. Spicy and herbal towards the finish with dry, metallic hops.

Dirty, spicy oranges in the nose. Muddy orange brown with very thin cover of off-white/tan head. Muted spicy bitterness with some orangey flavour and lightly salty finish. Very dry, tart, bitter finish. Medium-light body and low carbonation. Bottle sampled with MartinT, muzzlehatch and Rastacouere.

Sugary orange flares lighting up the peppery earth underneath...Spicy juniper leaves lend their character to the herbaceous bitterness of the yeast...Sweet caramel malt topples the frail body...

On tap at Eulenspiegel, Bamberg, a super body is felt, and malt presence is tasted, evolving into dried fruit, caramel, and dark chocolate too! A decent finishing bitterness makes you want to drink more. Much more well-fed than the bottle version...

This was a surprise. Truthfully, I was expecting a boring german ale with just a tad of hop bitterness and a little caramel malt. Instead you get something much like a British bitter or even an American amber ale. I don’t know if this is typical for the style, but if it is, it’s a shame that it’s such a rare beer style. The body poured a hazy copper with a good, white head. The aroma is hops first, Oranges and juicy ones at that, and flowers. The flavor is very malty, almost worty, but it isn’t very sweet. The flavors are all bright and fresh. Very quaffable. Excellent session beer.

hoppy, orangy, bready nose; particulated, cloudy body; earthy hopping, slightly malty body, a tad minty; lingering dry finish