Hopfenwunder
Dinkelacker-Schwabenbraeu AG

 

 

From the bottle, it pours a very slightly hazy yellow gold with a modest head. In the nose, hops! Scent to me is piney and enjoyable. In the mouth, the hoppy bitterness is present, but well balanced by the malt.

Decanted from a 11.2 oz (330 ml) green bottle into a custom taster pint; code 100/ 18 11, guessing that's bottled 11/18.
A: Pours a hazy, dark golden color with a one to two finger, white head with long lasting retention, but limited, lacing.
S: Maybe a touch floral with aromas of caramel, toast, ?lemongrass, and toffee. Quite a bit of graininess.
T: Dry. Flavors derived from the nose. Fairly strong, peppery bitterness, but pretty clean finish.
M: Medium bodied with solid carbonation.
O: Very solid, but surprising given its name, not a particularly overhopped European lager. Pricy though.

 

I pour one and a half bottles into a half liter stein,a light to medium golden with a nice white frothy crown atop.Sharpness from the hops comes thru right away in the nose along with just a faint green bottle skunkiness that doesn't intrude but is slightly noticeable.Very bright on the palate the Simcoe's and Amarillo's really come thru,very easy going down,the citric hops makes it a refreshing lager.It's not an over hopped IPA in lager form,it's a well made hoppy lager.Well done.

330 ml bottle into lager glass, bottled on 4/10/2018. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, orange, peach, melon, citrus zest, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Very sight skunky hints, that go away through the glass. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity citrus/earthy hops and pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, orange, peach, melon, citrus zest, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, peach, melon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeasty notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a very good dry hopped pale lager. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops and pale malt flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very clean and rich pils malt showcase, with balanced citrusy/noble hops. The noble hop character is predominant in the finish, so it still hits all style marks really well. Was expecting more US hop character from Amarillo/Simcoe/Cascade, but it had a solid amount. A very enjoyable offering.