Maisel St. Michaelsberg Kellerbier

Formerly brewed at Maisel Bräu Bamberg
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Bamberg, Germany

Serve in Lager glass, Stein

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Unfortunately, this brewery closed and this is an old bottle. Nothing wrong with it, except its near-flat. Cloudy orange with a pathetic head struggling to form, then quickly disappearing. Aroma is caramelly malt and yeast. Taste is sweet caramel malts, yeast, wood and hops just to balance. Slightly sticky body, and near-flat. Sad to see this place go.

Had it like a year after the brewery closed i guess, not fresh, pretty spoiled. Are they re-brewing it?

Pours a caramel color with no head. Aroma of caramel, bread, and toasted malts. Caramel is dominant flavor with bread, toasted malts, and toffee rounding out the taste. Surprising substance for this style.

Good but I feel something didn’t translate to the bottle version. I would really like to taste it on tap. I did like this but compared to some other Keller bier for some reason the flavors just die a little too quickly in your mouth. Serving: Bottle

Deep amber-brown pour. The nose is lightly sweet and caramelly with more than a touch of oxidation. Rich and bready however with a toasted malt character. Lazy carbonation. Oddly dusty and dry. I suspect this was once quite tasty, but it’s well past that time now.

A bit dull-looking clear light orange pour with little apparent carbonation a just a timid off-white foam that recedes to a ring. This 500 ml bottle was bought around 2 months ago at Half Time. On the nose, it deploys subtle, but pleasant, well-extracted grainy flavours that feel cerealic and complete (though never really rich) and a certain damp, sandy character that might be related to a lack of freshness. Fortunately, it seems brighter in mouth where its subtle hop profile grows on you, comprising surprising salty qualities atop its leafy, almost gently lemony, borderline earthy notes. Rather complex hop profile indeed, evolving into a cleansing bitterness. In terms of structure, it could be a bit more structured as its tiny-bubbled carbonation feels a bit tame, giving the strawy, fieldish, bread crusty malts a sloppier appearance than they deserve. The transition from entrance to finish also seems a bit empty when contrasted to the beautiful finish. It’s certainly something I’d try again under fresher circumstances, but in the US, for my money, I’d rather grab a similar, more complete St. georgen.

Orange light brown color. Almost no head and sudsy bubbles. Nose is nutty malts and a bit of cookie dough. Taste is about the same, very mildly tart w/o much bitterness in the finish but still reasonably balanced. Under-carbonated and feels a little thick, maybe lightly sticky. Just not a great beer.

unfortunately seeing as this isn’t being made anymore, most of the recent ratings are from bottles that are starting to fade, mine was... Pours a murky tan, low sparse foam .. . smells muddy . . odd flavours, but not typical . ..

Sample @ Coles German Tasting 2009. Golden orange pour, notes of honey, rich maliness, some floralness. Taste is sort of flat, sweet & rich malts, honey, floral. OK seems like an old bottle

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a very small sized head of foamy off-white colored bubbles that were and left behind a hazy dark orange brown colored body and a poor lacing. The aroma was malt hop. The semi-flat mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish with a mellow hoppy aftertaste. The thin flavor contained notes of malt. Not one that I would buy again.