Engel Kellerbier Hell - Crailsheimer Engelbräu

Ciocanelu

Romania

3.45/5  rDev +15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

500 ml bottle with screw-on cap. Poured into a Weizen glass.

Color is cloudy orange, looks like a Hefeweizen. Two fingers head, left some lace.
Smell is dominated by yeast but you can also distinguish some bready aromas.
It tasted as I was expecting from the looks, raw and unfiltered. Aftertaste is short but pleasant.

I really enjoyed this one. It's a nice alternative for a Hefeweizen if you like unfiltered, yeasty beers but want something less fruity.

Serving type: bottle

11-22-2012 22:59:07 | More by Ciocanelu

stcules

Italy

2.73/5  rDev -9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Deep golden color, lightly veiled, with a decent white foam, quite creamy. Some bubbles on the sides.
Quite malty smell, with strong notes of yeast. Abit of hop in the back, very light.
Malty taste, a bit too much, and so a bit too heavy. Again yeast taste.
Average body.
A bit of hop in the back of the aftertaste.

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2010 19:08:45 | More by stcules

Sunnanek

Sweden

2.7/5  rDev -10%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A: Pours murky straw-coloured with a white uneven head that dissipates into some lacings.

S: Yeast up front, then there's malt, an almost bready smell. Crisp-bread and floral hops with citric notes (mainly oranges). Very faint bitter hops.

T: Creamy butter notes. Not very strong in taste. Floral hoppy notes (a bit fainter than in the smell).

M: Thin body and moderate carbonation. A bit creamy mouthfeel. The aftertaste is very short, but holds some amount of bitterness.

D: This is my first ever Kellerbier, and I must say that I'm quite dissapointed. I've heard so many nice things about Kellerbier so I guess that this is a weak example.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2010 22:04:13 | More by Sunnanek

Globetrotter

Virginia

2.65/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Comes in a stout brown half liter bottle with a short neck, a screw-on cap and a gold and tan label featuring a sketch of the brewery building. Purity law applies. Best before 1/05, I opened it on 5/30/04.

Pours cloudy pale gold under a two finger white head with very good body and decent retention, leaving a touch of lace. When cold, there is no nose at all. Towards the bottom of the glass, a good deal closer to room temperature, a bit of malt shows up, but it is very subdued. The mouth is light and moderately carbonated. The taste is, well, watery. There's a bit of a mild malt base, but this brew is close to tasteless. A mild hoppy finish improves things somewhat, but even that doesn't linger long, leaving essentially no aftertaste, just the slightest touch of bitter. Zwickels can often be a bit thin, but this was excessively so.

Serving type: bottle

05-30-2004 19:08:20 | More by Globetrotter

BillyBoysPie

Kentucky

3.45/5  rDev +15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Santa Rosa Argentinean Grill in Berlin.

Dark red-orange color with in inch of off white head.

Smell is very orangey, with a bit of cloves and noble hops.

It's a surprising beer to drink - very orange flavored with a touch of perceptible bitterness. Odd that orange is the primary flavor and little bitterness.

Medium-bodied and refreshing. A little "thick."

Interesting try.

Serving type: on-tap

11-16-2009 16:56:35 | More by BillyBoysPie