Hofstettner Heller Bock Saphir

Brewed by Brauerei Hofstetten - Krammer
Style: Heller Bock
St. Martin, Austria

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein

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Aroma is citrus, mild/medium sweetness and fruit. The flavor is fruit/berries, citrus, biscuit malts, an undercurrent of mild sweetness and a tart/tangy finish. More complex than I was expecting, very good.

Bad label, continental pint, hazy gold beer. Cereal, nutty sweet graham malt aroma. Sweet, a bit tinny, assertive hops, straw-malty. Mouthy. Grassy, herbal bitter finish. Average. Proof Liquors.

Bottle. Pours hazy golden with a very small white head. Aroma of yeast and citrus.Medium body with malt sweetness and a bitter hop finish.

Bottle. Golden pour with some fine particulates. Small white head. Aroma is flowery and malty. Pretty crisp on the palate. Decent brew.

bottle - pours in a strong golden colour, head retention is almost perfect, aroma of grassy, flowery, piney hops, some honey and caramel hints from the malt as well. sweetness and honey-like taste being rounded up by a very noble hop bitterness. finishes with pleasant fading hop aroma and bitterness. very nice and deceitful beer, doesen’t taste like 7.4 ABV - therefore be careful!

Bottle - fair size foamy head, clear medium gold color, sweet fruity (apples) and sweet malt aroma and flavor ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Golden peach. Saliva-inducing nose of honey-soaked malt, pineapple marmalade, peach phyllo tart, vanilla cake, rising bread, and flowery apricots. Hint of gooseberry and persimmon. Subdued, softly prickly carbonation. Densely sweet, initially, with a weighty onslaught of cakey pale malt and a mild nip of alcohol. Assertive yet refined and well-layered hops contribute a mild tingle of acidity as their viscous nectars ooze with a mouthwatering sappiness. Captivatingly soft and seductive hoppiness, with that telltale Saphir character of honeysuckle nectar. Some very fresh grassiness in there, as well. Burly yet polished and nonintrusive malt matches the resounding hoppy succulence with delicate yet deeply satiating waves of sweetly dextrinous, pastrylike richness and even some very finespun hay dust. High level of malt sugars persists toward the otherwise harmonious finish of luscious marmalade and slippery tropical fruits (kumquat, pineapple) slathered atop well-textured pale malt. Certainly on the sweet side, but rather than coming off as syrupy or hot, as most heller bocks trend towards, this is quite succulent and well-balanced. Quite good.

bottle. hazed gold body with a fine white head. vibrant juicy and grassy hops with sweet honey malt and musty, dusty yeast. silky, creamy texture; low carbonation; medium-low acid; high sweetness. oily late but remains quenching and bright throughout.

Pours a clear amber with a typical cream-white head. Crisp, malty aroma has a hint of fruit, a mixture of pear and apple. Malty flavor has a definite undertone of hops, with bitterness to balance the fruity sweetness. Texture has average body and fizz, leaving a rather hoppy finish. If not outstanding, still enjoyable.

On draft at Churchkey in D.C. The beer is golden hued with a thin, wispy, white head that leaves sparse lacing on the snifter. The aroma offers, malt, sweet breads, and grain with some subtle herbal and earthy notes. Clean and easy drinking, with a nice, refreshing flavor. A bit sweet, but within the parameters of the style. Medium bodied, with alcohol presence muted for the most part. A solid beer, I would have this again. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 08-15-2011