Bürgerbräu Wolnzacher Roggenbier

Brewed by Bürgerbräu Wolnzach
Style: Specialty Grain
Wolnzach, Germany

chunkier and with more sediment and yeast than any other beer i’ve had. i almost refused to drink this and i wish i had. aroma is sour and a bit vinegary with yeast, lots of yeast. very potent tart flavor with more yeast notes, and clumps for that matter. ends sweet. damn this is too thick with chunks. disturbingly hard to drink

Holy crap, what an enormous amount of yeast. Glass is completely opague and there’s still a healthy thick cake on the bottom and tendrils and clumps clinging to the insides of the bottle. A lot of sandwich--meat, bread, spice notes. Starts sweet and thick and finishes, well, like rye. Smooth mouthfeel, thick and full, lasting white head. Pretty good. Could have done with a little less sediment, though!

I am a bit worried about this bottle but I will rate it and if it is bad will go on hunt for one that is not as I know what this brewery is capable of. Murky orange with a forever lasting dense off-white head that has a small brown spot in the middle. This brown spot you see, is from the unholy amounts of sediment that are swimming around in the glass and in the bottle. Some are as big as a small fish and seem just as alive! Most however are more the size of the dots in the umlat in the name Bürgerbräu as printd on teh bottle. Anyhow, this head just does not quit, did I mention that? The aroma is strong. Strong borderline rotten peach, rye, and some light grassiness. It is odd, it almost smells meaty, like a beef stew. The flavor is stunning in its originality. Spicy, fruity, citrus, peach, apricot, curry (?!?!) and still some savory meatiness as in the aroma. The palate is equally as stunning, it is soft up front then blooms with some acidty kicking in late. I hav never had a beer that even approaches this one in its uniqueness. I hereby deem Burgerbrau Wolnzach as the best brewery in Germany, at least in my very small world of German brewers. Beifall.

I think this may be my first rye ale. Pours unconditioned-brown ale color (half opaque) with satisfying grain particles. Aroma somewhat citrus. Flavors include molasses, oatmeal, and very faint anise. Creamy mouthfeel with ample carbonation (not overdone, though). Impressive, and it’s on my "to try again" list.

Lost half the beer in a massive explosion, so be careful with this one. Bottle could be a little old as well. The term cloudy doesn’t do this justice; muddy is more accurate. Light brown color with what I presume to be rye floaties. Huge head that dissappears as fast as it explodes. Aroma similar to a hefeweizen, lemon, clove, yeast, sourdough. Acidic flavor, spicy, wheat body, sour; oh yeah, and rye. sticky finish. Can’t say much else, except for this being a truly unique beer experience.?.

I have a feeling that the bottle I found is a little bit older, but there is no date. Has a slightly oxidized marshmallow aroma with some suigariness. Lots of yeast floaties -- I have never seen a German beer with this much yeast, with the notable exception of wheat beers. Some nice spiciness towards the roof of the mouth. This stuff is very Un-German. I like it, I wish that my brew wasn’t so oxidized.

Strong, vinous, spicy, caramel, orange, clovey aroma seems reminiscent of a scotch ale or barley wine. Muddy brown-orange colour with thin but persistent cover of dense white head. Fairly sweet, very fresh orange-spicy hop flavour with plenty of supporting malt. Strong, vibrant, soft-bubbled carbonation. Bottle enjoyed with MartinT, muzzlehatch and Rastacouere.

A spicy caramel metabolism meshes into vibrating oranges and their acidity...Scotch ale leanings in the splendid aroma...Muddy malt and floating yeast placidly rising amongst the fat bubbles...A double-take will not even give you half of the information you need about this truly unique creature...