Arcobräu Winterbier
Arcobräu Gräfliches Brauhaus
- From:
- Arcobräu Gräfliches Brauhaus
- Germany
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #691 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #35,908 - Avg:
- 3.35 | pDev: 6.87%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2026
- Added:
- Nov 06, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
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Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.31/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Copenhagen 11/4 2018. 50 cl bottle from Vinbørsen, Nordre Frihavnsgade, Kbh. Ø. A snow covered castle and the usual assurance about the Bayerichen Reinheitsgebot on the label.
Pours clear yellow with a medium sized head. Settles as a thin yet fluffy layer of foam.
Aroma is sweet and malty. Sweet malts, bread with light sour notes.
Fairly strong carbonation. Slightly thick texture.
Flavor is rather sweet followed by light bitterness. Aftertaste is sweetish. Finish is a little more bitter with semi-dry finish.
Decent Helles . Utterly without surprises.
Jan 31, 2026Pours clear yellow with a medium sized head. Settles as a thin yet fluffy layer of foam.
Aroma is sweet and malty. Sweet malts, bread with light sour notes.
Fairly strong carbonation. Slightly thick texture.
Flavor is rather sweet followed by light bitterness. Aftertaste is sweetish. Finish is a little more bitter with semi-dry finish.
Decent Helles . Utterly without surprises.
Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.59/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
From the half liter bottle, it pours a clear golden color with a very nice thick white head that lasts. The nose gets some grassy hops and malt. The mouth follows with a pleasant and drinkable malt brew with a light bitterness.
Oct 11, 2025Reviewed by drmeto from Germany
3.07/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.07/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
L:
-pours a clear golden with a medium,foamy,white head
-medium to high carbonation visible
S:
-malty,grainy,yeasty,cucumber
T:
-sweet-ish,malty,grainy,light spiciness
F:
-medium carbonation
-light to medium body
-faint alcohol noticeable
O:
Fairly mediocre Festbier.
May 12, 2022-pours a clear golden with a medium,foamy,white head
-medium to high carbonation visible
S:
-malty,grainy,yeasty,cucumber
T:
-sweet-ish,malty,grainy,light spiciness
F:
-medium carbonation
-light to medium body
-faint alcohol noticeable
O:
Fairly mediocre Festbier.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.31/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
500 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5.5%. Crystal clear pale golden colour, moderate white head. Pleasant aroma of fresh German aromatic hops, notes of flowers, newmown grass and herbs, sweetish hints of honey. The flavour has a moderate sweetness, and subtle German hops throughout. With slightly less alcohol (4.8 / 4.9% in a normal helles), this would be a nice beer for the summer months - there is not really anything very wintery about it, except for the snowy label and slightly higher ABV. .
May 03, 2021
Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
3.19/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Bright golden color with a thin head with short retention.
Aroma with notes of herbal and floral hops, bread malt and Lager yeast.
Flavor with notes of grassy and floral hops, bread malt, grains, tea leaves and lemon drops. Dry and bitter aftertaste.
Light towards medium body with appropriate carbonation.
Decent slightly maltier Lager, but still balanced with floral and herbal hops. Assertive with good grasp of its flavors.
Oct 10, 2015Aroma with notes of herbal and floral hops, bread malt and Lager yeast.
Flavor with notes of grassy and floral hops, bread malt, grains, tea leaves and lemon drops. Dry and bitter aftertaste.
Light towards medium body with appropriate carbonation.
Decent slightly maltier Lager, but still balanced with floral and herbal hops. Assertive with good grasp of its flavors.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.34/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.34/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottled in 330ml with flip top lid
golden coloured body with decent white head. Fruity and wheaty, some bready malty base, grassy and light grassy hoppy into the close.
Nov 01, 2013golden coloured body with decent white head. Fruity and wheaty, some bready malty base, grassy and light grassy hoppy into the close.
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
2.94/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
2.94/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
A 500ml bottle with a BB of Oct 2013. Picked up a little while back from Aldi. Spring is chasing hard on Winter's heels, so I'd better drink this while the weather is still cold....
Poured into a straight pint glass. A clear golden colour with medium carbonation and faint floating sediment. Forms a large head of creamy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding. Aroma of grainy malt with hints of overcooked veggies and corn. Mildly sulphurous, with very faint stewed hop notes in the background as it warms. Average.
Tastes of light malt with a mild bitter finish. Notes of mild grain, stewed veg, corn and faint hops. A residual sweetness, accompanied by a rather harsh background flavour and a whiff of solvent. Quite bitter upon swallowing; slightly herbal in character. Mouthfeel is smooth, with good body, but rather too dry and undercarbonated. Pretty astringent, with an aftertaste of acrid stewed leaves and faint grain.
Bleh - not a very inspiring beer. It seems like a typical lager; I can't discern anything particularly 'wintery' about it that marks it out. Neither aroma or flavour are all that nice - lacklustre with some unpleasant off-notes. In short, not very good and not worth your money. Give it a miss.
Mar 21, 2013Poured into a straight pint glass. A clear golden colour with medium carbonation and faint floating sediment. Forms a large head of creamy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding. Aroma of grainy malt with hints of overcooked veggies and corn. Mildly sulphurous, with very faint stewed hop notes in the background as it warms. Average.
Tastes of light malt with a mild bitter finish. Notes of mild grain, stewed veg, corn and faint hops. A residual sweetness, accompanied by a rather harsh background flavour and a whiff of solvent. Quite bitter upon swallowing; slightly herbal in character. Mouthfeel is smooth, with good body, but rather too dry and undercarbonated. Pretty astringent, with an aftertaste of acrid stewed leaves and faint grain.
Bleh - not a very inspiring beer. It seems like a typical lager; I can't discern anything particularly 'wintery' about it that marks it out. Neither aroma or flavour are all that nice - lacklustre with some unpleasant off-notes. In short, not very good and not worth your money. Give it a miss.
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.47/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Aldi UK stocking this: 500ml bottle, best before 20 Sept 2013, poured @ home into a UK pint sleeve on 06 Nov 2012.
Looks OK, usual Pilsner golden colour, clean, clear, etc, etc, the head vanished before it arrived, I hate that! Gets an average score because my lips might have had some Cambozola remains on them and that would have killed the head.
Nose is hop, grain and hay with some bready malts arriving as the beer warmed a little.
The taste was sweeter than the aroma suggested with the malts pushing the hop content towards the rear, the aftertaste and finish were semi-sweet too, no hop bitterness or dryness, so maybe this has some Christmassy notes after all. I wondered at first about the 'Winterbier' handle. Still couldn't detect any spice or 'winterness' in the brew, but it was tasty and the body wasn't 'lager-light'.
I actually enjoyed this: for a cheap supermarket brew it knocks the socks off most of the 'designer' Lagers/Pilsners and I'll be getting some more for my guests over the festive season.
Nov 06, 2012Looks OK, usual Pilsner golden colour, clean, clear, etc, etc, the head vanished before it arrived, I hate that! Gets an average score because my lips might have had some Cambozola remains on them and that would have killed the head.
Nose is hop, grain and hay with some bready malts arriving as the beer warmed a little.
The taste was sweeter than the aroma suggested with the malts pushing the hop content towards the rear, the aftertaste and finish were semi-sweet too, no hop bitterness or dryness, so maybe this has some Christmassy notes after all. I wondered at first about the 'Winterbier' handle. Still couldn't detect any spice or 'winterness' in the brew, but it was tasty and the body wasn't 'lager-light'.
I actually enjoyed this: for a cheap supermarket brew it knocks the socks off most of the 'designer' Lagers/Pilsners and I'll be getting some more for my guests over the festive season.
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