Kulmbacher Mönchshof Kellerbier

Brewed by Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Kulmbach, Germany

Serve in Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle. Grass/hay aroma. Almost clear greyish brown colour. Stable head. Starts off a little vinous, but turns more bitter. The bitterness is slightly rough and sour. Carbonation is above medium but still rather pleasant.

Alla spina. Color rame limpido e carico con un sottile strato di schiuma pannosa. Aroma non molto intenso, dolciastro e lievemente acre con sentori maltosi; il gusto si divide tra note dolciastre di malti scuri e altre (più consistenti) amare e luppolate, retrogusto delicatamente nocciolato. Effervescente e morbida, non molto corposa ma abbastanza decisa nei sapori.

September 2008: My brown flip-top 0.5 litre bottle stated a best before date of 23 May 2009. Poured into a UK pint sleeve glass, it could have been a British bitter (only slightly cloudy). A good amber/light brown body of misty beer sat below an inch of biege foam, the inch soon fell away to less than half an inch though. The aroma was of hops mostly, but with a sweetnes not normally present in a hoppy smelling beer. Maybe the malts added more to the smell than I realised? Could still have been a Brit bitter at this stage. The taste was tart and crisp, it ain’t Brit, it ain’t a bitter either. Lager carbonisation levels, almost fizzy, well actually it was fizzy. Perhaps it was a bit young and needed more time in the bottle, it was fine, just a little too lively for me. I’ve already mentioned the over carbonisation, the alcohol is there for all to feel and it gets into your bloodstream quicker in fizzy drinks (as we all know). So I knew I’d had a drink half way through drinking it! I thought this a very pleasant beer, not great, but above average for the style and price I paid (in Germany, while on a beer run).

Good looking pour with nice rich aroma. Flavorful with slight bitterness, but not overpowering. Verygood beer.

500ml bottle. Aroma is hay, herbs. Appearance is wonderful amber. Taste is slightly caramel and malt.

Hazy light brown, orange-tinted with a fizzy white head. Bready nose, some grain and mild sweetness. Taste has mild bitterness. Solid.

Pours dark orange hazy, cloudy, unfiltered, with big rocky white head. Lacing is long-lasting. Aromas are some plums, grains, sweet maltiness, maybe some nuts. Palate is medium bodied, fizzly carbonated and mouthful,also little tart fruity yeasty texture, quite crispy. Taste is roasted malts, hay, herbs. Aftertaste is bitter hoppy and quite dry. Finishes in a medium short hoppy bitterness. Overall quite good. Enjoeyd the crispy texture and hoppy bitter edge in the finish.

500 ml bottle a dark golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts caramel and fruits flavor malts fruit spicy and some bitters

Nice looking Kellerbeer with a great texture and color. Has got a good aroma of dough and coffee and overall rather nice!

dough, floral, roasty, cereal, coffee, butterscotch, rotten eggs, licorice, orange, cloudy, white foam, rocky head, medium sweetness, very bitter, medium sourness, salty, full body, creamy, oily feel, lively, long finish,

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!
Die Farbe ist braun-rötlich, ähnlich wie bei einem Spezi. Geruchlich hälts sich wider Erwarten sehr zurück. Der Antrunk ist klasse. Sehr malzig, minimal säuerlich und im Nachgeschmack kommt das Raucharoma herrlich zur Geltung. Die Rezenz könnte nen Tick besser sein, dafür ist die Süffigkeit einfach spitze.