July, 2009

Herrnbrau Hefe Weissbier

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Herrnbrau

A clear, filtered wheat beer in the lager style with a clean, dry flavour & a big wheatiness.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Herforder Premium Pils

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Herforder

A good example of a German Pils style beer: pale, dry & with just a little soapiness.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Goller Rauchbier

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
beer style: 
Speciality ales
Brewery: 

Goller

A lager not nearly as smoky as the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbiers, but still a good dry beer.

 

Reviewers rating: 
8

Fruh Kolsch

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Fruh

Probably the most well known Kolschi available in the UKi & so the yardstick by which others are measured.   This is true-to-style with a fruitiness in the taste & lightly hopped be

Reviewers rating: 
8

Franken Brau Pilsener Premium

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Franken Brau

A very pale, dry lager with a good bitterness & a little graininess.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Britain's Strongest Beer attacked by well meaning - but wrong - group

BrewDog are a fashionable & fairly pretentious brewer in Scotlandi, who have some awful corporate bumf.

Belgian Beer Styles

Belgium has many different beer styles in a similar way that the British do.  

Flying Dog Garde Dog

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Flying Dog

This beer is a take on the French Biere de Garde style - beer worth keeping.

It has a Belgian Blonde flavour, a malty sweetness & a Noble hop character.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Dortminder Union Export

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Dortmunderi Union

A Dortmunderi

Reviewers rating: 
8

DAB Original

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Dortmunderi Actien brewery

A Dortmunderi is a pilsner style beer from the industrial region of Dortmund where the water has a high sulphate content.   This accentuates the bitterness of the beers produced there.&nbs

Reviewers rating: 
8

Brouwerij de Troch Cuvee Chapeau Lambic

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Speciality ales
Brewery: 

Brouwerij de Troch

A big lemony sourness & drying sensation.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Cantillon Kriek

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Speciality ales
Brewery: 

Cantillon

Extreme sourness from the lambic style of this beer.   Good cherry flavour.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Cains Lager

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Cains

Quite a full mouthfeel, but quite dry with some noble hoppiness.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Brooklyn Lager

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Brooklyn

Good dry, clean tasting beer with good bitterness.

This beer did well in my Lager Festival.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Brinkhoff's No.1

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Brinkhoff's

Pale & hoppy, not as dry as some German pils/

Reviewers rating: 
8

Pilsner Urquell

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Pilsner Urquell

Owned by the Global brewer SABMiller, this is still a good pilsner style lager with a good grassy aroma & bitterness.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Budweiser Budvar

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Budweiser

A soft, gentle maltiness with little bitterness.   Easy drinking.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Allgauer Hopfig Herb

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Allgauer

Good stereotypical German pils with a dry, clean taste.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Weisse Rossl Brau Pilsner

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Weisse Rossl Brau

Light malty sweetness & a fresh tasting hoppiness.

Reviewers rating: 
9

Staropramen

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Staropramen

Owned by one of the world's global brewers - InBev - Staropramen is still a good Czechi Pilsner style beer.   It has a good fresh cut grass hoppiness, good bitterness & is reasonably s

Reviewers rating: 
9

Kronen Dortmunder Pilsner

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Kronen

A reasonable Dortmunderi with a good bitterness & body.

Reviewers rating: 
9

Kesselring Premium Pils

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Kesselring

A sterotypical German Pils with a dry crispness to it.   A gentle bitterness & a grasy hoppiness.

Reviewers rating: 
9

Aktien Zwick'l Kellerbier

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Aktien

A copper coloured lager with a touch of caramel-malty sweetness with a peppery bitterness.

Reviewers rating: 
9

Youngs & Wells Satanic Mills

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Mild, Porter & Stout
Brewery: 

Youngs & Wells

A full mouthfeel & chocolatey, but not sweet.   Has a little roasted & burnt malt flavour to it.

Reviewers rating: 
8