Hetzelsdorfer Fränkisches Vollbier

Brewed by Brauerei Penning-Zeissler
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Pretzfeld-Hetzelsdorf, Germany

Serve in Lager glass, Stein

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Peppery malt aroma. Pours a dark amber with low carbonation but a big white head. Roasted caramel and licorice notes, dry finish. Medium body.

Sorry for the german rating, but this is a lousy rating from my "newbie" time (2007-2009), and it’s not worth of being translated. I just added it for the statistics, and to complete my backlog!
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein Bier von dunklem Kupfer. Die Krone ist flach und perlig. Das Dunkle duftet süßlich malzig, mit leicht Karamellligen Nuancen. Das Bier startet bittermalzig mit schokoladigen Tönen. Der Abgang zeigt sich sehr bitterschokoladig und lange ebenso nachhallend. Die Mitte wird etwas süßer, der gute schokoladige Ton bleibt! Das Finish wird wiederum etwas bitterer, die Malzigkeit steigt enorm an. Gutes, leckeres Dunkles, das ebenso als Weihnachtsbier durchgehen könnte.

Bottle. Sweet citric nose with chewy caramel and abstract fruit. Body orange with a soapy beige head. Sweet taste never fully tries out, chewy caramel reappears with nice toast, fruit is subdued but nicely matches the tangy main. Aftertaste is pushing wood, full body isn’t very crisp. A little too ’hard’, but interesting.

clear amber with an off-white head. red apple skin, unripe cherry and caramel malt nose. highly hoppy and zingy with abundant hop acid, though the texture is bit rough, it’s still nicely toasty, minerallic and rustic.

Bottle. Light amber, hazy, small to average and fully diminishing head. Light to moderate malty – lightly grainy and sweetish aroma, some caramel and light grassy hoppyness. Moderate, malty - lightly grainy and sweetish flavor, some caramel and light bread, light roasted malt with light grassy hoppyness. Finish is average, malty - lightly grainy and lightly sweetish, some caramel and light bread with light roasted malt, some grassy hoppyness. Lightly sweetish kellerbier with bit too much caramel.

Draft at Hütt’n. Deep reddish amber. Delivers a rich malt charater, but with a nice tart hoppy finish. Almost festbier-like with an appley finish, but hop forward in an unusual way for Germany. (#4376, 11/30/2011)

Part of the Nurnberg Beer Raid 2011. On tap at the 14.Fränkisches Bierfest in Nurnberg , Germany. Is a cldarker gold color with an off white head. Aroma is sweet malt. Taste is a nice malt and some spicies. Palate is mellow and smooth.

Clear amber with a huge off-white head- Toffee malt aroma, grain, hay and metal. Fresh clean taste, medium bitter/sweet with the malty sweetness being the most refined of th two giving it a ight toffee finish.

It’s dark copper with a huge, creamy and lasting head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, fruit and straw. The mouth-feel is flat. The flavour is moderately sweet and has notes of malt, caramel, fruit, light straw, and the finish is slight dry and bitter.

courtesy of oh6gdx - hazy amber-brown colour with a little beige foam left; malty aroma with fresh fruity notes and hints of spices and almonds; medium-bodied, some sweetness and a rounded palate; long malty, almondy and slightly biscuity finish - balanced and very pleasant

From bottle at the Pigs Ear Beer Festival, London on 6 December 2006. Mid copper colour. Toffee malt aroma with a whiff of smoke. Soft and a bit dull on the palate - sweetish caramel notes. Mouthfeel is a bit metallic. Didn’t really do a lot for me.