Freigeist Abraxas

Freigeist Bierkultur
Brewed at Gasthaus-Brauerei Braustelle
Style: Berliner Weisse
Stolberg, Germany

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March 2010: Dark green 0.75 litre, capped sparkling wine shaped bottle, given to me by one of the brewers, Sebastian, while at the Pre-ZBF 2010. Murky, dull orange colour, an old gold look, white collar and a wispy covering. I poured the beer into a ’Kasteel’ chalice three times, my Berlinerweiss glass was at home! Apples, sour cooking apples smell, as the beer warmed a lightly smoked ham aroma started to appear and replace the cooking apples. Dry, semi-sour, citrus tartness, grapefruit more than lemon sour, a pleasant acidic sharpness and interesting on the tongue. An outside sunny day beer, not a winters evening robust warmer. A very good Berlinerweiss type beer, I’d forgotten how good they could be. The 3.8% ABV was a shock, felt a lot stronger and fuller than that, very drinkable.

The beer in the glass is golden yellow, light brown, with a high creamy white head. It smells pleasantly grainy-malty, slightly yeasty and sour, with a distinct smoky taste. Starts very tart, but still quite pleasant. The smoke and ham flavor comes through very good. The middle part shows dominant sourish, slightly smoky and very grainy and yeasty. Goes into a sour-yeasty finish with lots of smoke.

375ml bottle. Hazy pale golden colour with no head - just a thin white layer cultivates. Several aromas work together, giving the impression of an hotpot with a smoked meat "garnish". More analytical, the smoke note domains a sour note, both resting on a cooked vegetable basis. Taste is predominantly sour, also smokey in an integrated way, astonishingly strong for 3.8% abv. Very interesting, exceptional and not bad - but with the touch of "astonishing, what else counts as beer " and not one immediately calling for a second round.

Bottled, at tasting at _angst_. Hazy pale golden, coarse head. Smoky rubber aroma. Appley sourness with dandelion and loads of rubber. Light bodied and rather harsh. Citric acid finish with some burning tires. So far my encounters with Freigeist has been all but pleasant - gimmicky flawed beers. Hope I’ve just been unlucky...

375 ml bottle bought @ Bierkompass.de. Shared at epic tasting on February 11. Pours slightly hazy yellow with a white head that leaves some lacing while dissipating. Smell is tart, fruity and floral with unripe pears, dandelions, rubber, lemon juice, apples and hay. Taste is sour with rubber, pears, green apples and herbs. Weird and slightly artificial chemical taste. Mouthfeel is very sour, slightly watery and slightly dry. Finish is tart with dandelions and green apples.

Bottled 0.375 l at the epic sour beer tasting at _angst_ place, on February 11, 2012
Brought by _angst_, thanks!
Cloudy pale yellow color, small white head. Sweet, sugary, dandelion, "piggelin", acidic scent. Acidic, sour, cardboard, rubber, green apples/acetaldehyde taste. Very thin mouthfeel, very low bitterness.
Nice scent, not so nice taste.

Courtesy of _angst_. Pours cloudy golden with a small bubbly off white head. Aroma is earthy, unkel, bready, veggies and malty. Flavor is sour, pears, fruity, bitter, some sweetness. Finishes bitter pungent.

(Bottle) Pours hazy pale golden with a small head. The aroma holds smoke, rubber, dough, almonds, glue, apples, light acidic and yellow flowers. The flavour light sweet to dry and near heavily acidic with boatloads of citrus and lacto. Hints of smoke, fruits and berries. The mouthfeel is tart with light to no carbonation. Citric finish. Light bodied.

Bottle at "Alex surölsprovning 2012". Rubber aroma, pear, glue notes, wheat. Pear flavor, fruity, sourish, rubber. À bit strange.

Pours a golden amber with a thin white head. The aromas are citrus, old closet and ginger. The mouthfeel is acidic and watery. Cheers!