Falter Export Hell
Bürgerbräu J. B. Falter

*archived rating*

 

From the 16 oz can in a snifter. This decent little brew pours a clear
golden with a very nice head of white foam that settles to a thick ring, thin dusty layer,
and sports some very nice lacing. Nose of subtle spicy hops, medium strong breaded grain
notes, and honey sweet malt. Flavors follow the nose with honey sweet malt and balanced
spicy hop notes awash in breaded malts and grain notes. Mouth feel is medium light,
medium lively carbonation, smooth, finishing faintly creamy and subtly dry.

Overall, a decent little export.

Cheers

A solid German brew...

Been trying a bunch of German brews to start the new year in anticipation and with hope I will make it to Germany later this year. From these imports, I am very excited at what I will experience and taste, again and hopefully , later this year. I'll be looking for this one to see how it does locally versus imported.

500ml can poured into a .5L dimpled mug.

L: Mostly clear pale straw pour shows plenty of rising bubbles and is capped with a two finger creamy head. The white foam recedes slowly leaving lace.
S: Cracker and bready aromas, spicy hops after.
T: Sweet bread grain and light honey malt to open, honey malt continues right through and is checked a bit on the back by moderately bitter spicy hop flavor.
F: Medium bodied and fairly smooth underneath the crisp bite which fades as the ample carbonation off-gases.
O: Tasty and easy drinking, leaves you wanting a second pour.

Falter Export Hell from Burgerbrau J. B. Falter. 500 mL (16.9 fl oz) can. Part of “12 German Beer Specialities” box. $ 4.25 (Including tax)/can, $ 0.251/fl oz. from Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA, picked up 02/11/24. Reviewed 22/12/24 (Review 3426). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Bottom of can stamped “EXP 2025/03” Stored at 39 degrees F at home. Served at 42.5 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 50.9 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Pale Straw (SRM 2), clear.
Body – Straw (SRM 3), slight haze. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, translucent straw.
Head: Large (Maximum 4.4 cm, aggressive center pour), white. Medium density. Rapidly drops to a 1.5 cm crown and a complete, rocky cap. Slowly devolves into islands of varying size.
Lacing – Good. Thin band of tiny to near-microscopic bubbles with ragged upper edge.
Aroma – 3.75 – Weak graininess. No hops. No ethanol (5.3 % ABV, as marked on label). No disulfide or diacetyl.
Flavor – 4 – Begins with barely noticeable spicy hops and just a hint of sweet malt. No ethanol. No disulfides, no diacetyl. No gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Medium; watery approaching creamy; lively carbonation.
Style: Follows the style guidelines as condensed by BA.
Final impression and summation: 4 Very pleasing example of the style.

 

 

 

Pours murky, gold in color with one quarter inch head. Taste is grass and grain. Light bodied, high carbonation, slightly bitter. Clean but I have had better. Fine beer...good with one.

 

 

Very good tasting helles lager which veers into pilsner territory, and to me that's a very good thing. White pepper, sharp and clean, with light rye bread flavors, a bit of bright mint and a subtle sweet lemon finish. High quality lager beer. I taste this as a pilsner, but OK helles if you like. I would buy this again, but I never heard of it or saw it until today. $7.99 for 4 euro pints - exceptional value, great beer.

 

 

 

 

Clear golden body, full white head with plenty of lacing. Floral hops top a bready and euro malty base, mild lemon zest lingers, smells clean but not the deepest aromas. Taste is much the same but now adds a mildly toasted grain element to the background. The feel though is very dry and the carbonation is high, but the dryness is appreciated. Pretty all around solid helles

Poured from a can.


Appearance - Cloudy gold body with a sudsy head that diminishes very quickly to a few bubbles.
Smell - Some grains.
Taste - Some grain notes, and crispy. Not much going on.
Feel - Medium body medium carbonation
Overall - Not very exciting and not a beer I need to seek out again. Compared to others my experience wasn't as good with this beer. I wonder if I got a bad can of it somehow.

Single 16.9oz can part of the Costco Advent calendar $49.97
14 months before best by date
Smells lightly of grains
Light clear golden color
Light mouthfeel
Medium-high carbonation
Taste of sweet malts, grains
Overall a good beer. Nothing outstanding, but a well made for what it is.