 GERMANY: AYINGER • Altbairisch Dunkel (5.0%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 33/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 4/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: coca cola with thick and foamy head / syrupy, malty, sweets) • Leichte Bräu-Weisse (3.2%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 33/50 (aroma 7/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: cloudy pale, toffee, thick head / yeasty and hay flavours) • Weizen-Bock (7.1%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 36/50 (aroma 8/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 4/5, overall score 14/20) (Colour and head: cloudy pale brown, no head / Nose: floral, leathery / Taste: citrus, fruity, grassy.) • Ur-Weisse (5.8%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 2/5 points (Colour: cloudy, foamy / Nose: yeasty / Taste: ?) BECK'S (Bremen) • Premium Lager (5.0%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 2/5 points BRAUEREI KRAUS • Kraus Lager Hell (4.7%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 3/5 points (Colour: pale gold / tasty full-bodied lager) ERDINGER • Weissbier (5.3%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 40/50 (aroma 8/10, appearance 4/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 4/5, overall score 16/20) (Colour and head: citrus coloured with large, creamy, frothy head that was fully lasting / Nose: citrus, fruity, yeasty / Taste: citrus, floral, fruity, yeasty. Creamy mouth feel. Perhaps my favourite weissbier so far.) ETTAL (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) • Ettaler Kloster Edel-Hell (5.2%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 4/5 points (Colour: gold / smooth and malty) FRANZISKANER (Munchen) • Hefe-Weissbier (5.0%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 36/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 5/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 4/5, overall score 14/20) (Colour and head: cloudy hay, thick long lasting head / Citrus, floral, cereal.) • Weissbier Kristallklar (5.0%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 23/50 (aroma 4/10, appearance 1/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 3/5, overall score 9/20) (Colour and head: pale / Average and a bit boring beer.) G. SCHNEIDER & SOHN (Kelheim) • Schneider Weisse Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock (12%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 40/50 (aroma 8/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 9/10, palate 4/5, overall score 16/20) (Colour and head: cola, no head / nose: bready, chocolate, fruity (bananas) / taste: caramel, fruity, syrupy, winey. This is very similar to a belgian trappist beer. Great.) • Schneider Weisse TAP6 Unser Aventinus (8.2%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 36/50 (aroma 8/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 4/5, overall score 14/20) (Colour and head: chocolate brown, thin head / Nose: fruity, bananas, chocolate / Taste: full-bodied, fruity, winey) HACKER-PSCHORR • Hefe Weisse (5.5%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 33/50 (aroma 7/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: hay with thick head / fruity, yeasty, caramel. Refreshing weissbier.) HELLER-TRUM (Bamberg) • Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen (5.1%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 34/50 (aroma 7/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 3/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and colour: black, dark cola, thick head but vanishes fastly / Nose: smoky, malty, tar, salty, smoked salmon / Taste: malty, smoky, tar) HÖFBRAUHAUS • Höfbrau Munchen Oktoberfestbier (6.3%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 3/5 points (Colour: pale gold / tasty beer) • Hörbrau Munchner Weisse (5.1%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 25/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 1/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 2/5, overall score 10/20) (Colour and colour: wheaty / yeasty and floral.) KAISERDOM • Pilsener (4.3%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 9/50 (aroma 2/10, appearance 1/5, flavour and finish 2/10, palate 1/5, overall score 3/20) (Nuff said) • Urtyp Hell (4.7%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 23/50 (aroma 5/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 5/10, palate 2/5, overall score 9/20) (Not much better than the pilsener) KULMBACHER (Kulmbach) • Kulmbacher Festbier (?) (5.6%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 3/5 points (Colour: honey / malty, honey) • Kulmbacher Möncshof Original Pils (4.9%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 3/5 points KÖNIG LUDWIG • Weissbier (5.5%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 34/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 4/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 3/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: lemon, mango, thick head / nose: floral and fruity / taste: yeasty and fruity) LIDL BEERS • Grafenwalder Premium Pils (4.5%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 9/50 (aroma 2/10, appearance 1/5, flavour and finish 2/10, palate 1/5, overall score 3/20) (Yep yep. That's all I want to say about this.) • Nobelaner (4.5%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 20/50 (aroma 3/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 4/10, palate 2/5, overall score 8/20) (Colour and head: pale gold / okay beer for a sauna at mökki. Nothing more.) • Nobelaner Kesäolut (brewed somewhere in Finland) Legless Scotsman's rating: 19/50 (aroma 5/10, appearance 1/5, flavour and finish 4/10, palate 1/5, overall score 8/20) (Colour and head: pale gold / mild summer beer.) • Nobelaner Talviolut (brewed somewhere in Finland) Legless Scotsman's rating: 26/50 (aroma 5/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 2/5, overall score 10/20) (Colour and head: dark cola, black, thick beige head / malty, syrupy, sweet. Positive surprise.) • Perlenbacher Legless Scotsman's rating: 19/50 (aroma 3/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 4/10, palate 2/5, overall score 8/20) LÖWENBRAU MUNICH (Munchen) • Löwenbrau Oktoberfestbier (6.1%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 3/5 points (Colour: gold / strong, malty, hoppy) • Löwenbrau Original (4.5%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 28/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 3/5, overall score 11/20) (Colour and head: golden with thin head / malty and tasty beer) MAMMUT (Sangerhausen) • Stephans Bräu Premium Pilsener (4.5%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 2/5 points MEMMINGER BRAUEREI • Memminger Gaugraf Silach (5.7%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 3/5 points (Colour: gold / lager-like, malty, tasty, some spicy characters) • Memminger Premium (5.1%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 26/50 (aroma 5/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 3/5, overall score 10/20) (Colour and head: gold marmalade, frothy, fast vanishing head / Malty and fruity mediocre beer.) NEUZELLER • Original Badebier (5.2%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 33/50 (aroma 7/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: dark cola, no head / meaty, malty, syrupy, burnt) • Schwarzer Abt (3.9%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 31/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 4/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 3/5, overall score 12/20) (Colour and head: black / medicinal, spicy, aniseed, syrupy, sappy, pinewood.) PAULANER • Hefe-Weissbier (5.5%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 30/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 3/5, overall score 12/20) (Colour and head: cloudy pale brown, thin head / Citric, floral, fruity and yeasty beer.) • Hefe-Weisbier Dunkel (5.3%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 1/5 point (Colour: cloudy brown, frothy / Nose: yeasty / Taste: bready, sour, creamy) • Salvator (7.9%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 34/50 (aroma 7/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 4/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: red with no head / Spicy and malty. Nice one. ) SCHLÖSSER • Schlösser Alt (4.8%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 3/5 points (Colour; dark brown / nice dark lager) SCHNEIDER WEISSE • TAP2 Mein Kristall (5.3%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 36/50 (aroma 8/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 3/5, overall score 14/20) (Colour and head: gold, very foamy at first but then vanished quickly / yeasty, fruity. Great beer.) SHMUCKER • Schmucker Bio-Pils (4.9%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 3/5 points (Colour: cider / yeasty, malty) • Rose Bock (8.0%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 30/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 12/20) (Colour and head: red with white head, fast vanishing head / Nose: floral, grassy / Taste: caramel, fruity, sweet) SPATEN-FRANZISKANER-BRÄU (5.2%) • Spaten Munchen (5.2%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 28/50 (aroma 5/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 3/5, overall score 11/20) • Spaten Oktoberfestbier (5.9%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 28/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 6/10, palate 3/5, overall score 11/20) WARSTEINER (Warstein) • Warsteiner Premium Verum (4.7%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 23/50 (aroma 5/10, appearance 1/5, flavour and finish 5/10, palate 3/5, overall score 9/20) (Colour and head: pale gold with medium thick white head / Nose: barley / Taste: malty) WEIHENSTEPHANER (Freising - Bayerische Staatsbrauerei, the World's oldest brewery - since 1040) • Hefeweissbier (5.4%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 34/50 (aroma 7/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 3/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: lime and frothy / Nose: yeasty, citrus / Taste: citrus, fruity, yeasty) • Hefeweissbier Dunkel Legless Scotsman's rating: 30/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 12/20) (Colour and head: cloudy brown, thick frothy head / Nose: yeasty / Taste: malty and yeasty) • Hefeweissbier Leicht Legless Scotsman's rating: 31/50 (aroma 7/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 12/20) (Colour and head: cloudy pale amber, no head / Yeasty, citric, floral and malty beer.) • Pilsner (5.1%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 28/50 (aroma 5/10, appearance 2/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 11/20) (Colour and head: gold and thick and frothy head / Malty and floral pilsner) • Vitus (7.7%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 33/50 (aroma 7/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 7/10, palate 3/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: lime with thick and frothy head / Nose: yeasty, citrus / Taste: citrus, yeasty) WELTENBURGER • Kloster Asam Bock (6.9%) Legless Scotsman's rating: 34/50 (aroma 6/10, appearance 3/5, flavour and finish 8/10, palate 4/5, overall score 13/20) (Colour and head: black, dark cola, thick and frothy head / caramel, chocolate, nutty, sweet and syrupy beer.) |
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