Frühlingsbier
Newbarns Brewery
- From:
- Newbarns Brewery
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Kellerbier / Zwickelbier
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 0.27%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sunday at 05:06 PM
- Added:
- May 21, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Our take on the classic German Spring Beer. Brewed with East Lothian malt and lightly hopped with Calista. A perfect beer to bridge the gap between winter and summer!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.77/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 500mL can into my Bierwerk Züri becher. Best by 10/20/26.
Appearance: pale golden hue with a little shimmer of haze and a thick head of frothy ivory foam.
Smell: not too sweet, with a pronounced graininess. There's a little astringency here, but it's not too bad, plus some light and grassy hops.
Taste: the flavor has a little more sweetness to the malt which counters the grainy astringency a bit. The hops are kind of noble and grassy, with a rather bitter bite, like a keller pils. Unfortunately I think the sweetness balance just isn't quite to my taste -- it needs to be either a little sweeter or a little less grainy.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: it's not a bad beer, but it lacks the "softness" I feel like a lot of "spring beer"/kellerbier tends to have. It's just a little ... bitey for my taste.
May 21, 2026Appearance: pale golden hue with a little shimmer of haze and a thick head of frothy ivory foam.
Smell: not too sweet, with a pronounced graininess. There's a little astringency here, but it's not too bad, plus some light and grassy hops.
Taste: the flavor has a little more sweetness to the malt which counters the grainy astringency a bit. The hops are kind of noble and grassy, with a rather bitter bite, like a keller pils. Unfortunately I think the sweetness balance just isn't quite to my taste -- it needs to be either a little sweeter or a little less grainy.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: it's not a bad beer, but it lacks the "softness" I feel like a lot of "spring beer"/kellerbier tends to have. It's just a little ... bitey for my taste.
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