Freigeist Hoppeditz

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

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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Bottle at Wildeman. Dark brown body with tan head. Malty nose. Quite bitter and sweet. Very interesting experimental beer with strong malts but also nice refreshing and bitter hops in there. Enjoyable.

(375ml bottle) Pours a cloudy amber-brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, spoiled fruit, wood, and mustiness. Flavor of orange peel, caramel, pepper, pine, raisins, and florals.

Bottle split with 77ships

Head: creamy, small , off white
Smell: hops, sugar, salty caramel, grassy, almost barley wine with lots of hops
Taste: hopy with straight away a soury taste, some malts, bit of smoke , dry end , the bottle was probabbly infected , but truth has to be told , it’s been infected in a good way tough !

This is a beer to write a book about. Its taste is very complex and deep. Raisins, herbs, fruits, harsh - together with good, aromatic hops and some fresh sour. Wow. I payed 8 euros for this bottle (in Holland), it’s worth it.

bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, cloudy brown pour with coffee grounds and roasty aroma, flavor of fertilizer or chlorine, plant chlorophyll, perfumey, least favorite of the three

375 ml bottle. From bierkompass.de.
Dark murky brown colour with big fluffy tan head. Dark malty aroma with lots of resiny and fruity hops. Some bitterness. Flavour is fruity hoppy with raisins, fruit liqueur sweetness, strong dark maltiness, bitterness, ash, burned malt and more hoppiness. Nice complex brew. There’s some alcohol feeling in aftertaste.

(375ml bottle bb 03/12) hazy orange-brown with creamy tiny off-white bubbles. Nose of raisin, light sweet grain mash, quite malty, light perfume. Taset of light berry, saccharin, bit astringent and dry, medium to thick in body and a bitter linger that’s creamy and well carbonated.

Wooden barrel @ Battersea BF 2012. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy yeasty aroma with hints of dark fruit and caramel. Sweetish fruity malty dark fruit flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity hoppy bitter dark fruit finish.

37.5 ml. bottle split with Belgbeergeek – purchased @ Alvinne: (A) dark brown with a touch of amber & red berry smooth plus seriously tanned head – (S) lots of sweet malts with plenty of caramel and quite a bit of hops integrated seamlessly into the whole, hint of red fruits, slight funkiness, once I have tasted it, I can get some sour malt from this but not before, the smell has nothing to do whatsoever with the taste, never had that before – (T) complete surprise after the smell, this reminds me of an “oud bruin”, this is a sour beer? probably infected but phenomenally infected, this beats the regular Rodenbach (closest comparison), sour “oud bruin” malt, mixed with sour red fruits, lots of berries, wood, slight mellow acidity, damn, this starts our really like an “oud bruin” leading into some moderate sweetness, sweeter malts, fruity, caramel, traces of americanish, slight grapefruit hops, this is freaking weird, love it – (B) medium, easy going sour body with still some malt characteristics, slightly dry & touch acidic – is Freigeist the German Fantôme

On Tap @ ACBF 2011
The beer in the glass is dark brown, slightly cloudy, with a fine, long-lasting creamy head. The smell is very hoppy bitter, but also with lots of aroma hops. The hop bomb explodes with the first sips! Very bitter, but also again with lots of delicious fruity aroma hops. The finish is a long drawn bitter hoppy. The further course is very hoppy bitter and dry, but the aroma hops still rule this beer!