Professor Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse | Professor Fritz Briem
Brewed by:
Professor Fritz Briem
Germany
Style: Berliner Weissbier
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Already in the 1600s the Berliner Weisse Style Beer was mentioned in documents by the French reformers "Huguenots" as they crossed Berlin on their way to Flanders. In 1809, the Emperor Napoleon and his troops celebrated their Prussian victory with it.
This Berliner Weisse Style Beer is brewed with traditional mash hoping [sic] and without wort boiling. This along with a traditional strain of lactic acid bacteria provide a fruity and dry but palateful character. A character that Napoleon and his troops characterized as "lively" and "elegant".
Historic Signature Series:
Forgotten styles brewed according to their historic recipes by Dr. Fritz Briem, of the Doemens Institute.
Added by MaltyGoodness on 04-16-2007
HISTOGRAM
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Ratings: 1,417 | Reviews: 591
4.33/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.3/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.72/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.6/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.77/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
3.75/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16.9 fl oz bottled 7/5/15.
A - cloudy, murky yellowish orange, bubbly head on the pour, moves to nothing pretty quickly.
S - funk, yeast.
T - same as the nose, with a mild sour/tart/salt notes
M - standard, medium carbonation and feel
O - worth a try. I have only had a couple of these, still trying to figure them out.
327 characters
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16.9 fl oz bottled 7/5/15.
A - cloudy, murky yellowish orange, bubbly head on the pour, moves to nothing pretty quickly.
S - funk, yeast.
T - same as the nose, with a mild sour/tart/salt notes
M - standard, medium carbonation and feel
O - worth a try. I have only had a couple of these, still trying to figure them out.
327 characters
4.24/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Yellow beer with plenty of haze as appropriate for style. Great looking head, white, 1/2". Plenty of wheat and lemon sour in the aroma.
Taste hits the good tart and sour notes without going overboard, as far as traditional berliners made in Germany, this is one of the better ones. Plenty of carbonation, as appropriate for style as well.
This is a real solid example of a traditional berliner that is solidly consistent.
430 characters
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Yellow beer with plenty of haze as appropriate for style. Great looking head, white, 1/2". Plenty of wheat and lemon sour in the aroma.
Taste hits the good tart and sour notes without going overboard, as far as traditional berliners made in Germany, this is one of the better ones. Plenty of carbonation, as appropriate for style as well.
This is a real solid example of a traditional berliner that is solidly consistent.
430 characters
4.25/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Professor Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse from Professor Fritz Briem
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