Greif Bräu Anna-Festbier

Brewed by Brauerei Josef Greif
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Forchheim, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein

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bottle, picked up at landbierpardies, consumed a few weeks before annafest so presumably pretty fresh. flat and amber with a cherry jam aroma; slightly gluggy mouthfeel with confused malts and a tinny finish. very average

Golden orange body with a tall white head.Aroma is bready yeast and tunafish (?!?). Malty sweet taste, so the finish. A bit watery. You can feel a bit of alcool in the end

Bottle bought at Landbierparadies. Clear amber with a few bubbles and no head. Sweetish, cereal malt aroma with a touch of fruit. Flavour was similar, with some caramel and honey, and a softly bitter finish. Ok.

Bottle by 30.10.(12). Sweet malty nose, pours somewhat gradient orange with a beige head. Taste is sweet with caramel and earth. Thin body with a touch of booze and some diacetyl, low bitterness.

Day Two of the Great Chris Meyer/Aaron Nielsen Franconian Beer Tasting in Schlitz. Prost! Hazy, dark orangish brown appearance with an off white head. Quite nutty, earthy, caramel, grassy aroma. A bit cloying, rich caramel malty, nutty, straw flavor. This Annafestbier is more along the lines of a Märzen rather than an Oktoberfestbier.

500ml brown bottle, taken at The Cask Pub and Kitchen, London in Oct 2011. Liked the look of this beer, good amber almost copper in colour, clear and clean: the off-white head full and lasting (I poured it vigorously myself). The smell was of light flowery hops and malty molasses, each mild and yet powerful, those aromas stayed throughout the pint. More malts than hops in the taste, not the sweeter malts, bread and biscuit compared to caramel and toffee flavours which were there, but as a secondary feel. The hops held it together nicely coming towards the end of the mouthfeel to give a semi-bitter finish. Would take this over almost any Pilsner/Lager/Helles I know.

Comes in a handsome bottle. Darker in appearance than most fests I’ve seen. Light, bucolic nose. Dry mouthfeel with light malts apparent on the tongue. Not very complex, made for easy drinking. OK, but nothing to write home about.

En fût. Bock de 1 litre, partagée avec des amis, dégusté au AnnaFest 2011 (Forcheim, Allemagne). Arôme: Légère odeur de céréales et d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est dorée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de caramel fruité avec une pointe de céréales. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de céréales en arrière goût. (Rating #3821)

Bottled at GBBF 2011. Clear amber, small off-white head. Bready and bisquity, slightly yeasty, with floral and grassy hops. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation. Fairly dry with mild lingering bitterness.

Bottle at GBBF 2011. Golden/copper color, small head. Malty aroma, caramel, brown sugar, bready, fruity notes. Malty flavor, a bit roasted, caramel, sweetish but also with a nice hop balance.