Aufwind
Propeller
- From:
- Propeller
- Germany
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,600 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #35,352 - Avg:
- 3.46 | pDev: 11.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 18, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 24, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
2.99/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
2.99/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Copenhagen 16/8 2023. 33 cl bottle from Edeka Center Bremen Hastedt, Pfalzburger Strasse, Bremen. Drawing of a yelling pilot on the label.
Pours clear amber with a mid-sized white head. Stable. Settles as thin almost transparent layer of foam stretching to cover the surface of the beer. Crawling up the sides of the glass. No lacing to speak of
Aroma is medium intense with a sweet fruity odor mingling with more subtle citrus and a whiff of butter. Mango, sweet caramel and toffee. Honey. Light whiff of citrus.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a rather strong sweetness followed by a medium strong bitterness. Aftertaste is rather sweet with a rough bitter undertone. Finish is semi-dry.
Quite malty and a little rough around the edges.
Jun 18, 2025Pours clear amber with a mid-sized white head. Stable. Settles as thin almost transparent layer of foam stretching to cover the surface of the beer. Crawling up the sides of the glass. No lacing to speak of
Aroma is medium intense with a sweet fruity odor mingling with more subtle citrus and a whiff of butter. Mango, sweet caramel and toffee. Honey. Light whiff of citrus.
Light carbonation. Slightly thick, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a rather strong sweetness followed by a medium strong bitterness. Aftertaste is rather sweet with a rough bitter undertone. Finish is semi-dry.
Quite malty and a little rough around the edges.
Reviewed by entheos from California
2.79/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
2.79/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75
Not another disappoint with the Kalea Advent calendar?! Unfortunately, yes. Next year, I’m just sticking with my favorites than play Russian roulette with these German brewers.
Dec 21, 2019
Reviewed by RuudJH from Netherlands
3.79/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Looks pretty good orange golden, decent head, great lacing.
Smell a bit faint, but pleasant. Citrus, lemon peel. a hint of pine and pepper. Taste is quite mildly bitter. Lemon and soft malt, almost bready sweet.
Aftertaste is turning the malt sweet back into bitterness.
Overall this is an ok IPA. Very carefull on the bitterness.
Jun 17, 2015Smell a bit faint, but pleasant. Citrus, lemon peel. a hint of pine and pepper. Taste is quite mildly bitter. Lemon and soft malt, almost bready sweet.
Aftertaste is turning the malt sweet back into bitterness.
Overall this is an ok IPA. Very carefull on the bitterness.
Reviewed by drmeto from Germany
3.23/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
3.23/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
L:
-Pours a clear light amber with a big foamy white head
-light-medium carbonation visible
S:
slight lemon and orange zest,almost nonexistent
T:
-Grapefruit,lemon and orange zest,big resiny taste.
F:
medium body,medium carbonation
O:
The taste really saved this beer for me because the nose gives off almost nothing
Apr 30, 2015-Pours a clear light amber with a big foamy white head
-light-medium carbonation visible
S:
slight lemon and orange zest,almost nonexistent
T:
-Grapefruit,lemon and orange zest,big resiny taste.
F:
medium body,medium carbonation
O:
The taste really saved this beer for me because the nose gives off almost nothing
Reviewed by dcmchew from Romania
3.78/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Slightly misty orange pour, small white head quick to a smaller frothy lace.
Smell of overripe (somewhat stale) orange and tangerine, some stone fruit, faint tropical note, biscuit, caramel, faint white grape. A bit of alcohol warmth too.
Citrusy hop up front, with orange, big grapefruit, lime, a hint of pineapple, some sweet peach and cherry plum sweetened with caramel. Nice floral notes hinting at honey too. Dry biscuit, leafy bitter hops.
Aftertaste has grapefruit peel, bitter grass, some lingering malt sweetness. Medium, actually kinda light bodied, medium carbonation.
Not as strong as they probably intended (neither in the hop department, nor in the abv one), but a nice citrusy IPA nevertheless.
Jan 07, 2015Smell of overripe (somewhat stale) orange and tangerine, some stone fruit, faint tropical note, biscuit, caramel, faint white grape. A bit of alcohol warmth too.
Citrusy hop up front, with orange, big grapefruit, lime, a hint of pineapple, some sweet peach and cherry plum sweetened with caramel. Nice floral notes hinting at honey too. Dry biscuit, leafy bitter hops.
Aftertaste has grapefruit peel, bitter grass, some lingering malt sweetness. Medium, actually kinda light bodied, medium carbonation.
Not as strong as they probably intended (neither in the hop department, nor in the abv one), but a nice citrusy IPA nevertheless.
Reviewed by beerdrifter from Germany
3.41/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Picked this up at a great beer shop in Darmstadt, Germany, Maruhn Welt der Getränke. Crystal clear yellow-orange pour with a quickly fading one finger white head with minimal lacing. The nose is almost non-existent with some subtle tangerine notes along with a bit of grass and not much else. The taste is a bit more bold with a solid caramel malt base along with hints of orange zest, lemon, grass, and subtle pine. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and a bit oily with medium carbonation and a nice tangy, bittersweet finish. Overall, this is far from a Double IPA by anyone's standards. It's barely an IPA at that. It's light and session-able but probably not worth re-visiting...
Jun 24, 2014
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.54/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Bright bronze with speckledy snowy flim.
Mashy, slightly citrusy nose with some tin.
Soft buttermilk biscuit malts with lemon boiled sweets hops with bits of resin and nectar.
Lt-med, soft, creamy.
Not a DIPA by any stretch – too pale, thin, and weak. Technically sound, but no magic here. There is better German craft.
Apr 29, 2014Mashy, slightly citrusy nose with some tin.
Soft buttermilk biscuit malts with lemon boiled sweets hops with bits of resin and nectar.
Lt-med, soft, creamy.
Not a DIPA by any stretch – too pale, thin, and weak. Technically sound, but no magic here. There is better German craft.
Reviewed by PancakeMcWaffles from Germany
3.07/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.07/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A: Clear amber, off-white head, decent head retention, very little lacing.
S: Intense hops, floral and a little piny. Sweet and syrupy. Little fruit
T: Strong bitterness upfront, little but present hop flavours, similar to the smell. Not much sweetness, finishes with a strong hop bitterness, slightly resinous. Quite unbalanced in my opinion, not much of a malt backbone to hold up to the intense bitterness.
M: Average
O: Good looking DIPA, interesting hop aroma, a little bit out of balance in my opinion.
May 29, 2013S: Intense hops, floral and a little piny. Sweet and syrupy. Little fruit
T: Strong bitterness upfront, little but present hop flavours, similar to the smell. Not much sweetness, finishes with a strong hop bitterness, slightly resinous. Quite unbalanced in my opinion, not much of a malt backbone to hold up to the intense bitterness.
M: Average
O: Good looking DIPA, interesting hop aroma, a little bit out of balance in my opinion.
Reviewed by sfprint from Germany
3.27/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.27/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Oct review, exp Jan 2013
A: basically no rising carbonation, but a decent, 1.5 finger head. Transparent amber.
S: A cross between an IPA and a syrupy Belgian ale. Flower nectar. A bit sweet but also of a leather shoe
T: Half DIPA, half Belgian pale ale. There’s a funny sappy sweetness which I don’t love. Woody, feety. Okay.
M: a slight sting and a bit drying
O: Decent, but not my dream ipa
Dec 24, 2012A: basically no rising carbonation, but a decent, 1.5 finger head. Transparent amber.
S: A cross between an IPA and a syrupy Belgian ale. Flower nectar. A bit sweet but also of a leather shoe
T: Half DIPA, half Belgian pale ale. There’s a funny sappy sweetness which I don’t love. Woody, feety. Okay.
M: a slight sting and a bit drying
O: Decent, but not my dream ipa
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