Hopfenstopfer El Dorado
Häffner Bräu

Pale yellow color, with a one-finger broad, froth head.

Fruity hop aromas, lime, banana, peach with floral, sour hints, along with bready, marzipan malts.

Malty, soft beginning with a subtle hop bitterness and unexpected high sourness. Adipsous, lively carbonation adds a lot of depth to the sourness, also metallic hints, which stay in contrast to the lovely, floral hops, with got almost herbal hints. Bready, dough malts are able to keep the balance of the beer, which in fact is great for hot summer days, due to its thirst-quenching effect. Nontheless it got a pleasant complexity, resulting from the sparkling sourness, getting wrapped up by calming, earthy malts. Hops don’t stand out too much on their own, but are a perfect team-player in this, as they accentuate the refreshing character of the beer. Supersoft mouthfeel, with a decent dryness in the finish.

 

Gusher. Careful when pouring it too, it will quickly build a huuuge fluffy white head. After finally filling at least half the glass with beer i can see it's light orange, but very hazy. Waiting game with the head for quite a while, eventually getting to a thick compact cap on top and sticky lacing.
Sweet, "juicy", fruity, hoppy smell: tangerine, pineapple, peach, quince, sweetie, melon, bubblegum, cherry, sticky unrefined honey, caramel. Really nice and attractive.
The first problem is the carbonation, just so aggressive that you can't really taste anything in your first sip. Sweet citrus, tropical notes, peach and melon easy to get tho a bit later, with a small sour note too, not entirely citrusy. Some honey sweetness and caramel, a very thin malt canvas, a bit grainy. Not too bitter in the finish, but there's some nice leafiness and it's quite crisp.
Again, huge problem with the overcarbonation. Otherwise it's pretty light bodied. Aftertaste not too rich, some hop, some faint fruit.
Ups and downs with this one. Maybe there was something wrong with the bottle. A pity, the aromas were very cool and complex.