Heim Beer
KC Bier Co.
- From:
- KC Bier Co.
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Czech / Bohemian Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 4.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2023
- Added:
- Nov 15, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Heim Beer is brewed by KC Bier Co. for J. Rieger & Co. Distillery, which opened a new distillery in 2019 in the East Bottoms district of Kansas City, MO. The new distillery was constructed in the former location of the Heim Brewery, a Pre-Prohibition Austrian brewery that was the largest in Kansas City at its peak.
As a tribute to the Heim Brewery, KC Bier Co. brewed a modern-day recreation of the style of bier the Heim Brewery would have made during its heyday, for J. Rieger & Co. to serve at its distillery.
This Bohemian-Style Export Lager made through decoction mashing with 100% imported German Pilsner malt and bittering with imported Saaz hops. It is cold-conditioned and naturally carbonated through a four-week lagering period with Bohemian lager yeast.
Heim Beer is a sessionable pale lager with biscuit and honey malt flavors, slightly more bitterness with spicier hop character than a Munich-Style Helles Lager, and a crisp, clean finish.
As a tribute to the Heim Brewery, KC Bier Co. brewed a modern-day recreation of the style of bier the Heim Brewery would have made during its heyday, for J. Rieger & Co. to serve at its distillery.
This Bohemian-Style Export Lager made through decoction mashing with 100% imported German Pilsner malt and bittering with imported Saaz hops. It is cold-conditioned and naturally carbonated through a four-week lagering period with Bohemian lager yeast.
Heim Beer is a sessionable pale lager with biscuit and honey malt flavors, slightly more bitterness with spicier hop character than a Munich-Style Helles Lager, and a crisp, clean finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MissouriMule from Missouri
4.37/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
4.37/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
The is pours a little lighter than I anticipated. Head is light and quickly fades.
Smell is malty, but the malt is more subdued than in some other beers in this genre. I pick more herbal/grapefruit aroma than I expected.
Mouthfeel is light, and the finish is more watery than I like.
Taste is the best part of this beer. The malt is light but dominant. The hops’ bitterness is ever present but shines in the aftertaste, where it lingers in a tug-of-war with the malt.
This is not a beer I would buy again, even if it were not a now-retired limited run. It is not bad, but KC Bier has too many beers I like better.
Oct 01, 2023Smell is malty, but the malt is more subdued than in some other beers in this genre. I pick more herbal/grapefruit aroma than I expected.
Mouthfeel is light, and the finish is more watery than I like.
Taste is the best part of this beer. The malt is light but dominant. The hops’ bitterness is ever present but shines in the aftertaste, where it lingers in a tug-of-war with the malt.
This is not a beer I would buy again, even if it were not a now-retired limited run. It is not bad, but KC Bier has too many beers I like better.
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.93/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz bottle from the brewery. Poured out a clear, golden yellow color with a small, white head of foam. It left minimal lacing on the glass. It smelled of toasted bread, floral notes and sweet caramel. Sweet caramel and toffee taste with a sharp bitterness.
Jul 08, 2023
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