Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Opa Historisches Brotbier
Braumanufaktur Hertl

Copenhagen 12/8 2024. 50 cl bottle from Meny, Nordens Plads, Frb. C. An old brewer brewing Brot-Bier on the label.

Pours opaque murk mahogany with mid-sized, dense white head. Stable. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam struggling to cover the surface of the beer. No lacing.

Aroma is medium intense with a sweetish and malty odor mingling with a sourish grainy scent. Rye bread, a bit of sugar and cardboard.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, soft and almost flat texture.

Flavor is medium intense with a strong sweetness followed by a medium strong sourish bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Lingers for a while. Finish is semi-dry.

I might be Historisches Brotbier. But that does not make it any more pleasant.

De Bierothek. En copa hefe de Weihenstephander. Jugando a Walking Dead Final season. Cuerpo corpulento, con mucha malta, un perfil a caramelo tostado de lo mas agradable

Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Opa Historisches Brotbier – from Braumanufaktur Hertl. Single 500 mL bottle purchased from Bierothek, Bamberg, DE, late June, 2024, price unknown. Reviewed 11/08/24 (Review 3335). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Stamped on the rear label “13.02.2025”. In reefer at store. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 47.2 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 59.1 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Pale Amber (SRM 9), clear. Second pour loosens a cloud of large chunks of precipitate.
Body – Amber Brown (SRM 18), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, Deep Amber (SRM 15), translucent.
Head – Average (Maximum 3.3 cm, aggressive center pour), cream, high density, average retention, leaving a 0.4 cm crown and complete rocky cap.
Lacing – Poor. High density drag marks which rapidly disappear.
Aroma – 3.75 – Very weak bread, maybe a hint of toasted malt, no hops, no alcohol (5.4% ABV, according to the label).
Flavor – 4 – Follows the nose, definite dark bread short of pumpernickel with a hint of malt. No hops, no alcohol. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Faint gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Medium; almost creamy; soft carbonation.
Final Impression and summation: 4 Despite the absence of aroma and flavor of hops, they make their presence felt in the slight bitterness. An interesting attempt to reproduce an old beer recipe.

Recipe dates from 1425. From the bottle, it pours a hazy darker amber color with a modest off-white head that soon diminishes to a nice ring and islands. Nose gets yeast and bread. Taste follows nose with a slight bite of yeast over bready malt.