Höhn Görchla

Brewed by Brauerei-Gasthof Höhn
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Memmelsdorf, Germany

Serve in Lager glass, Stein

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UPDATED: SEP 27, 2010 (draught) pours a hazy golden-amber colour with a frothy white head. aroma of tropical fruit, most notably passion fruit and pineapple, grainy pale malts, herbal hops, crème brûlée and some lovely sweet spices. flavour is the same, very fruity and spicy, with the slightest hint of characteristic butter, cashew nuts and a semi bitter herbal-hoppy finish. medium body and carbonation.

Rated at Hohn Nov 2011. Head is mostly lasting. Body is light amber. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted grain, bread), lightly hoppy (herbs), lightly yeasty (dough), with light notes of earth, honey, minerals, orange peel. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety/watery texture, lively/soft carbonation. Somewhat mild aroma, but pleasant and detailed. Beautiful quaffing balance and very clean. A truly lovely beer, but the bock was the star of the show so I didn’t spend quite as much time with this one.

Bottled. Deep golden colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some earthy and bready notes along with mild cellary notes. Flavour is sweet malts, some slight wooden notes, mild grass as well as some slight salty notes.

Herber Hopfenantrunk, markant. Die Herbe bleibt nun stärker bestehen, der Hopfen flacht ab. Dahinter knackig bitter, unpassend erscheint aber die hintergründige Wässrigkeit. Zum Glück bleibt das im Hintergrund, das Bier befindet sich aber hier dennoch in einer eher schwachen Phase. Der Hopfen zeigt sich eher zum Ende wieder, wo er aromatisch mit breiter Bitterkeit konsolidiert. Hier etwas würzger, die Süffigkeit wird durch die Bitterkeit eingeschränkt. 10/10/10/10//10

Swing top 500ml (BB 09/2010)
Courtesy of Edo (me thinks). Slightly hazy amber color, small white head. Grainy malty aroma with hints of apples. Light to medium bodied. Slightly caramelly maltyness, grains, cardboard, some odd fruity notes. Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. A bit off with off-flavors (sic!) so when drinked fresh probably a nice beer. Now kind of weird.

Pours amber with a beige head. Aroma is breaddy malt and fruity notes. Flavour follows the nose.

Bottle. Pours a hazy and dark amber beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is malt and sweetness. The flavor follows the nose closely. The palate is sweet. Overall a beer below average.

Cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma of grain and hay. Sweetish malt flavour with grassy hops.

Hazy amber. Fairly spicy aroma with a hint of toast. Caramel-accented with toast and some dry, slightly herbal hops. One of the maltier examples, almost a Vienna.

Draft at brewpub. Great healthy, hazy orange with white head, bubbles rising. Bright, fresh worty aroma smells like a Franconian beer, fresh grain from the farms. Soft palate. A very yeasty beer with some attendant sweet-sourness as well as a sticky palate. Farmy but with a thick grain backbone. Balanced, drinkable, and good.