Author Archives: Mads Barnkob

Arcobräu – Weissbier Hell

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First recorded reference to the Schlossbrauerei Moos relates to the handover from Stephan Trainer to his son-in-law Johann Albrecht von Preysing in 1567. In 1619 a large fire destroys the brewery, agricultural buildings and castle. Restoration by Count Warmund von Preysing starts with the brewery and the agricultural buildings. In 1789 Johann Kaspar I Count of Preysing combines the breweries Aholming and Moos. He creates the foundation of today’s brewery from the stones.

The first experiments to create Weissbier are made in 1826. In 1887 Konrad Count of Preysing introduces mechanical processes into the brewery. After the death of Count Kaspar von Preysing in 1940, his sister Maria Theresia Countess von und zu Arco-Zinnenberg succeeds him. Count Ulrich Philip von und zu Arco-Zinneberg combines all breweries owned by the Count’s family under the name of Arcobräu. The so-called Schlossbrauerei Moos becomes the headquarters in 1960. In 1992 several breweries in Schwandorf, Straubing and in the Bäder triangle are incorporated into Arcobräu over the years which leading to an expansion of the distribution area.

I bought this unfiltered weissbeer from a wine shop located that the main shopping street of Aarhus, Denmark at the price of 3,5 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,3%.

Good looking orange in the colour.

Medium sized head and fine on the top.

Light aroma compromised of fruits and sweetness.

Almost violently CO2 level, wheated with a sweet fruit in the after taste.

Overall rating 75 / 100

Hofbräu München – Münchner Weisse

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The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl, Munich’s famous “hofbrauhaus”, was founded in 1589 by the Duke of Bavaria, Wilhelm V. It was originally founded as the brewery to the old Royal Residence, which at that time was situated just around the corner from where the beer hall stands today in Germany. Maximilian I, Wilhelm’s son and heir, did not care much for the popular Braunbier, which was the dark and heavy brown beer. So, in the beginning of the 17th century Maximilian I turned the brewery’s focus onto wheat beers and forbade all other private breweries to brew wheat beer thus creating a monopoly.

I bought this unfiltered weissbier from a wine shop in Rieti, Italy at the price of 4,5 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,1%.

Good looking yellow and orange in the colour.

Medium head with a fine top that disperses slowly.

Sweet fruit and with a hint of hops in the aroma.

Good CO2, sweet fruit with clear taste of banana, balanced, long after taste full of spices and generally a heavy feeling to it.

Overall rating 84 / 100

Indslev bryggeri – Sort hvede

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Indslev brewery was established in 1897 by Frederik Christian Rasmussen. At some point the brewery was closed down, but in 2005 restored to former glory with brand new production equipment. The re-opening was made possible by Anders Busse Rasmussen, grand grand nephew of Frederik Christian Rasmussen.

A medium head that is brown and it is gone in about 30 seconds.

Totally and completely black in the colour.

The aroma is dominated by dark caramel with hints of fruit and wheat.

Low CO2, it has a burned, dark and long lasting sweet, but flat, dark fruit in the taste. Simply too dark and thick.

Overall rating 72 /100

Sandeman – 20 Year Old Tawny Port

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I bought this 20 year old tawny port at the Bilka supermarket in Odense, Denmark at the price of 25 Euro for a 750 ml bottle.

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Clear orange in the colour and with thin and watery curtains on the glass.

Heavy aroma of dried fruits, some alcohol but a fine and pure aroma.

Light bodied, refreshing and yet with dried fruits, suitable length on the after taste compromised of mature raisins, slightly spiced, some alcohol and a hint of oak.

Good tawny to the price.

Overall rating 87 / 100

Veldensteiner Weissbier Alkoholfrei

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Between Nurnberg and Bayreuth in Germany, the Veldensteiner brewery is located in Neuhaus down to the Pegnitz river. The brewery is named Kaiser Bräu and was founded in 1929. It is a privately owned brewery by the Laus family.

I bought this beer at the Salling store in Aarhus, Denmark at the price of 3 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 0,0%.

A good looking orange going to brown unfiltered beer.

A big head with a fine top.

A dry and wheaty aroma.

Thin, flat CO2, weak wheat in the taste.

Overall rating 65 / 100

Kopke Quinta Sáo Luiz Vintage Port 1979

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Kopke was established in 1638 by Christiano Kopke and his son, Nicolau Kopke. The company was sold to the Bohane family, by the end of the 19th century, who tried to run it from London. The distance and the two World Wars disabled the control of the Company and they decided to sell it. Quinta de S. Luiz was acquired by Kopke in 1922. In 1953 the Barros family bought the House of Kopke. In June 2006 it was sold and became a part of the SOGEVINUS Group.

I bought this 750 ml bottle at 20% at a German ebay shop at the price of 59 Euro.

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1 hour after decanting

Orange and amber in the colour, large and round curtains on the wall of the glass.

Light aroma that is dominated by the alcohol.

Burning tannin, mature flatness, warm from the alcohol. Light taste of dried fruits.

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7 hours after decanting

As above, but colour changed more into amber and red brown.

Taste did not develop itself much over the hours in the decanter.

Overall rating 88 / 100

Fur – Mørk Hvede

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Fur brewery is located on the small island Fur in Limfjorden, Denmark. The brewery was founded in 2004.

I bought this wheat beer in a local supermarket in Odense, Denmark at the price of 2,5 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,8%.

Brown and amber in the colour, large pieces of sediment floats around this unfiltered beer.

Small head.

Heavy caramel and sweetness dominates the aroma.

Light in the taste, dark, good CO2, more caramel and lack of wheat in the taste.

Overall rating 60 / 100

Midtfyns Bryghus – Kirsebær Wit

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Midtfyns brew house was founded in 2004 in Årslev, Denmark. It is a micro brewery that started out brewing beer on license from Scotland but since 2006 they have used their own recipes and develop their own new beers.

I bought this beer in a local wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 3,6 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,2%

A good looking orange unfiltered beer.

Head is absolutely non-existant.

The aroma comes off with light flowery and fruity notes.

Almost dead CO2, hops shines through the little fruit there is. No traces of sweet cherries in the taste, despite its name of being a wit with cherry added.

Overall rating 66 / 100

Kuchlbauer Turm Weisse

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Kuchlbauer brewery was founded in year 1300 in Abensberg, Germany.

Besides being a weissbier brewery, Kuchlbauer is very known for its art collection / decorated brewery and especially the Kuchlbauer Tower, an observation tower designed by Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser on the grounds of the Kuchlbauer Brewery.  The tower stands 35.14 meter tall and the gold-plated observation ball at the top is 10-meter in diameter and weighs 12 metric ton. The tower was opened to visitors in January 2010.

I bought this unfiltered weissbeer from the wine shop Rosengårds Vinhandel in Odense, Denmark at the price of 7 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,9%.

Good looking deep orange colour.

Medium head, rough and fine on the top, leaves a thin layer on the beer.

Fresh and a powerful sweet fruit in the aroma.

Good CO2, delicious fruit and some full body feeling from the alcohol. Wheat and light bitterness in the after taste, but a pleasant one.

Overall rating 87 / 100

Vlaamsche Zotten Witbier

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Sint-Jozef Brewery was founded by the Vissers family, no exact date. Thomas Vissers, who died in 1807, was a native of the Den Bosch area in the Netherlands. Johannes, son of Thomas, had a daughter that married Jozef Cornelissen. One of their sons, Jaak, continued the brewery business.

The current manager Jef Cornelissen, grandson of Jaak, has been in charge of the Sint-Jozef Brewery since 1980. The brewery machinery have been updated in the 1980’s and in 1995 and now have brew capacity of 9 times 50000 litres.

I bought this unfiltered witbeer from Systembolaget in Kristianstad, Sweden at the price of 3 Euro for a 330ml bottle at 5%.

Light yellow to white in colour and just slightly unfiltered haziness.

Fine foam on the top of this medium sized head.

Sweet fruit and light hops in the aroma.

Low CO2, sweet fruit, more fruit and a long sweetness in the after taste.

Overall rating 78 / 100