Freigeist Deutscher Porter Saphir Edition

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

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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37.5cl bottle from Alvinne beershop. Brune foncée, col épais moka laissant un filament doré sur le verre. Arôme de malt grillé, grains, chocolat et caramel avec en retrait un touche de brett. En bouche, malt sympa grillé avec et cela étonne, ce profile de brett qui donne à ce porter une profile vinaigre qui est mélangé avec des notes de malt. Fin aspect minéral et qcq picotements sur la langue venant du brett. Le tout rappelle une petite flemish red avec un beau fini malt grillé et fruité avec une touche de cerise noire et caramel.

Black colour, beige head. Aroma of Brett, liquorice, hay, hops and roasted malts. Salty sweet flavour, light sour tones, malts and liquorice (katjesdrop). Light astringent. Finish light tart, somewhat sweet with salty liquorice tones. Very special, quite OK, and a rather good combination with strong cheese.
(From 37,5cL bottle @ home)

Röstiger, etwas fruchtiger Beginn mit deutlicher Säure, die in diesem Maße nicht unbedingt gewollt scheint. Weiterhin fruchtig, die Röstigkeit ist nun deutlich im Hintergrund, gering hopfig. Zum Ende etwas süß, was von der Säure aber überstimmt wird. 8/9/7/9/9/9

Bottle 50 cl. Black with a nice large brown head. A fruity aroma with licorice and roasted malt. A medium sour taste with a some what salty and roasted ending, ok. quite spes and fun taste.

On Tap @ ACBF 2011
The beer in the glass is jet black and opaque, creamy with a fine head. The Porter smells very hoppy and roasty, slightly sweet. Starts with flat carbonation. The aroma is sweet malty, strong hoppy, but slightly bitter. Slight roasted malts in background. The finish is also very dominant hoppy. The sweetness increases in the further course, the fine aroma of hops is always in the foreground. Very successful Porter!

Bottle @ tasting. Aroma is wood, vanilla, spices, some roast and liquorice. So far so good. Flavourwise... Outch, I can see what they tried, but it failed. Weird sourness with the salt clearly as a separate taste instead of a taste enhancer. Weird stuff.

Tasting @ De Molen
Very dark brown, beige head. That was the good part of this beer. Aroma and taste are weird, to say the least. Sour porter with SALT!?!? Come on...

Black, smallish creamy tan head. Salty liqorish, dried figs. Super nasty taste. Sea water, acidic unfitting sournees. Keeps in the mouth as well. Dreadful aftertaste. Big avoid. (At De Molen tasting)

Bottle at dEnk’s monthly tasting session @ De Molen. Black pour, thin light brown head. Aroma is spicy, roasty, a hint of mint and red pepper. Flavor is loads of licorice, salty, roasty and soy sauce. Quite bad.

bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, pours dark brown with no foam, thin bodied with sour chemical woody funk and chocolate notes

(375ml bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, soap, brett, medicinal, and insecticide. Flavor of vinegar, salt, berries, brett, spoiled milk, and some chocolate. Nasty infection.