Unertl (Mühldorf)-"Bio Weisse mit Dinkel" 🇩🇪 #1001Beers No.798 (all editions) 30 Aug 2024. An unusually grainy Hefe.👃: Brown bread/carrot cake, banana milkshake/vanilla ice cream, zest of lemon/orange. 👅: baking soda. End: wholewheat-grain crackers +some baked lemon juice.
Beba-"Motor Oil" 🇮🇹 #1001Beers No.797 (all editions) 28 Aug 2024. Dark lager, led by coffee+licorice.👃: toffee, medjool date, cola, hint of espresso. 👅:faint sarsparilla +Chinottò. End: not-too-bitter chicory-cut filter coffee #1001beersyoumusttrybeforeyoudie #birraartigianale #birrabeba
Montegioco-"Quarta Runa" 🇮🇹 #1001Beers No.796 (all editions) 23 Aug 2024. Like Viognier wine+apricot jam. 👃: Nectarine/peach, custard-y croissant.👅: subtle mango juice/fruit salad sweets. End: yellow tomatoes in baked lemon juice, dried apricot.
#birramontegioco
Barch-"Nera"* 🇮🇹 #1001Beers No.795 (all editions) 18+28 Aug 2024. Competent Schwarzbier.👃: Cola, dried filter coffee, black cherry/ prune/ sultanas.👅: açai, cola, Chinotto. Ends with espresso roastiness, cacao powder +some prune.
*Substitute black beer brewed by newly named brewery on same site
Berg Brauerei-"Ulrichsbier" 🇩🇪 #1001Beers No.794 (all editions) 14 Aug 2024. Slightly sweet, very slightly offbeat.👃: physallis/ sharon fruit, boiled corn.👅: jamón. Baked corn saltiness, grapefruit juice.
@berg_bier_ - es hat geschmeckt. Danke!
Ruppaner-"Schimmele" 🇩🇪 #1001Beers No.793 (all editions) 14 Aug 2024. One that makes you ask ponder the border between Helles+ Pils. 👃: old pennies/straw, single cream. 👅: slightly white pepper.
@ruppanerbrauerei - zum Glück ist das überall in Konstanz verfügbar.
Brauerei Ganter-"Wodan" 🇩🇪 #1001Beers No.791 (all editions) 12 Aug 2024. Dark+fruity; not unlike Black Forest Gateau.👃: Choc raisins/cherries, prunes, plums. 👅: Stewed prune, which continues into a (more cocoa-dusted, stewed tea/saké) finish.
Alivaria-"Beloe Zotoe(White Gold)" 🇧🇾 #1001Beers No.790 (all editions) 28 Jul 2024. Uniquely among wheat beers, slightly gin-like. Wow.👃: Lemon meringue, orange juice 👅: same again, with pink peppercorns! End: gingery, custard +pepper. Thanks Paul!
Zhujiang-"Pearl River Beer" 🇨🇳 #1001Beers No.789 (all editions) 28 Jul 2024. Competent, sweetish Pilsner.👃: boiled corn, jasmine rice. Similar, but with Germanic yeastiness (like a Kristallweizen).
@zhujiangbeer - 谢谢
Echigo-"Stout"* 🇯🇵 #1001Beers No.788 (all editions) 27 Jul 2024. Smooth stout-cum-porter. 👃: Initial caffè latte creaminess. Some stroopwafel +dark fruit sweetness. 👅: Açai/blackberry appear more than on nose. End: flat cola/caramel, toffee, espresso.
*Formerly “90 Day Stout”
Fujizakura Heights-“Rauch” 🇯🇵 #1001Beers No.785 (all editions) 26 Jul 2024. Smoked mild cheese on 👃. Nice amber caramel beer underneath.
Fujizakura Heights-“Weizen” 🇯🇵 #1001Beers No.784 (all editions) 26 Jul 2024. Apple pie yeastiness – like German apple cake 🍏 . Rhubarb + custard-like esters too.
Thanks to AM!
Malt Shovel-“James Squire Nine Tales"* 🇦🇺 #1001Beers No.783 (all editions) 26 Jul 2024. Very caramelised almonds. Slightly oxidised (this one had aged a bit). Thin-shred 🍊 orange marmalade.
*New name for ‘Original Amber Ale’
Mr M - Thank you 🍻
Pivovar Eggenberg-"Svĕtlý Ležák"* 🇨🇿 #1001Beers No.782 (all editions) 26 Jul 2024. Classy classic Czech style lager.Noble pils and biscuit-y pale malt. Lovely grass/bison grass notes on the palate.
*Means ‘Pale Lager’
Moo Brew-“Pilsner” 🇦🇺 #1001Beers No.781 (all editions) 26 Jul 2024. A sweet-ish pils, made for hot weather, a bit like Thailand’s Chang. The book says that it’s honeyed. Taste: yellow fruit, with a pale biscuit malt (like a "NICE" biscuit) at end.
Big up Mr M for this!
Coopers-"Extra Strong Vintage Ale (2022)" 🇦🇺 #1001Beers No.780 (all editions) 16 Jul 2024. Nice now, maybe nicer later. 👃: Inviting sweet malt: marmalade, toffee, Dr Pepper, yeasty.👅: orange zest bitterness. Ends with brown sugar+ grapefruit zest.
I liked it 👍
Żywiec-"Brackie"* 🇵🇱 #1001Beers No.779C (all editions) 5 Jul 2024. 👃: Nice, slightly sweet; Marcona Almonds/ frangipane; a little lawn; toffee apple hints. 👅: Pleasing 🍋 juice crepe. Quick-dry end, with toast+ toffee🍏+ slight fizz.
*I thought it was Cieszyn's retired "Brackie": bar tap said no!
Samson-"1795"* 🇨🇿 #1001Beers No.778 (all editions) 5 Jul 2024. Bready, soft +drinkable beer. 👃: baguette, boiled 🌽 sweetness; hint of dried apricot 👅: supremely soft. Doughy, soft landing (again with a mixed peel sweetness).
*Surely same 4.7% beer as "Premium" (or 11°?)
Van Pur-"Strzelec Jasne Pełne" 🇵🇱 #1001Beers No.776 (all editions) 5 Jul 2024. 👃: crackers, a little butter, 'black pudding' sausage. 👅: frankfurter / slightly porky light malt. Quite a bitter, slightly herby finish (not unlike UK-brewed "Stella Artois").
Sly Fox-"Pikeland Pils" 🇺🇸 #1001Beers No.775 (all editions) 28 Jun 2024. Competent, enjoyable hoppy pils. Love the herby North German hops 👃: bit like buttered samphire/romaine lettuce, or cedar wood. Sweetcorn 👅; crispy baked corn end.
Big up Big Mick's Imports! 🎶
Mikkeller-"Black" 🇩🇰/🇧🇪 #1001Beers No.774 (all editions) Jun 2024. A licorice cognac, really. 👃: choc mousse; açai/raspberry coulis; cognac/calvados; a sweet Shiraz 🍷. 👅: coffee, licorice, raspberry juice. Long boozy end with licorice, brown sugar, raisins+ Rioja.
Yo-Ho-"Tokyo Black Porter" 🇯🇵 #1001Beers No.773 (all editions) Jun 2024. A chocolate-licorice kinda Porter. 👃: cacao nibs, filter ☕️, charred tofu+veg stir fry, (sweet) malt extract. 👅: Coke Zero, Sarsparilla. Ends like licorice with Maribou choc sweets.
Konoji, Oslo- takk!
Yo-Ho-"Yona Yona Ale" 🇯🇵 #1001Beers No.772 (all edns)9 Jun 2024. Like a more floral WCIPA. Powerful but polite nose of orange marmalade, cedar wood, loukumi/turkish delight/rosewater +yuzu. Bit more caramel/apricot jam in mouth+ on finish, which has a Seville 🍊 bitter bite.
Konoji, Oslo- tusen takk
Jolly Pumpkin-"La Roja" 🇺🇸 #1001Beers No.771 (all edns) 8Jun 2024. The 🍺 for me. 👃: Raspberry ice cream, 🍓 coulis, 🍒 pie, balsamic vinegar, salted caramel ice cream. 👅: pinot noir, blueberry, 🍒 juice, stroopwafel? End:a quick-dry smack of mouthwatering acidity. Like a bottle of 🍷 (including £$€!).
Yards-"George Washington Tavern Porter" 🇺🇸 #1001Beers No.770 (all editions) 8 Jun 2024. Faint cocoa powder (&milky coffee) throughout. 👅has a little more brown sugar+ stewed prune. Ends highlights the plum-like sweet dark malt.
Imported by Quinn & Co, Purveyors of fine beer 😉
Ommegang-"Abbey Ale" 🇺🇸 #1001Beers No.769 (all editions) 25 May 2024. Another dark, well-made beer from Ommegang. A fruity nose, led by orange peel/dried apricot +a little plum, atop brown sugar. Mouth: more brown sugar, raisins, chestnut puree. Classy licorice +raisins bitter end.
Magic Hat-"#9" 🇺🇸 #1001Beers No.768 (all edns) 10 May 2024. 'Anot quite pale ale': like a 🇨🇿 polotmavý mixed with an 'Italian pilsner'.👃: grapefruit/🍊 zest, fresh ginger, mixed peel/physallis fruit, faint herb (thyme, lavender) or grass.👅: a bit thicker than expected (nice), 🍋 cake-y. ...
Moorhouses-"Black Cat" 🏴 #1001Beers No.767 (all edns) 4 May 2024. The Cat is Back! 👃: Date, cola, filter coffee, licorice. 👅: cola, mild licorice. Finishes with more ☕️ +a touch of 🥓
Ringwood-"Old Thumper"* 🏴: #1001Beers No.766 (all edns) 22 Apr 2024. 👃:a subtle complexity - 🍊 🍋lime swirl on a bed of tea. 👅: more tea(malty bed); also melon. End: more straightforward(like many English bitters)but with a black tea tang or 2. Enjoyed more than I recall.
Davenports-"C. B. Old Ale"* 🏴 #1001Beers No.755 (all edns) 11 Mar 2024. Great to finally find! Very like a Mild. 👃: cheap coffee, boiled toffee sweets +whiff of caramelised pork chops. 👅: Damsons +faint cocoa. Finish then tacks on some black tea bitterness.