The weissbier brewery Plank Wiefelsdorf was founded on the first sunday in October 1888 by Michael Plank.
I bought this unfiltered weissbeer from a German webshop at the price of 1,49 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 0,0%.
Good looking yellow colour with a few large chunks of sediment.
Small to medium head.
Good sweet fruit in the aroma with a hint of metal to it.
Good CO2, delicious sweet fruit with a lovely wheat in the after taste.
Overall rating 81 / 100
In 1738, the workers of the smelting work in Bodenwöhr, Bayern, Germany requested permission from Karl Albrecht, Elector of Bavaria, to establish a brewhouse so that they would no longer need to import the brews of a somewhat inferior quality from nearby towns. The first master brewer, Peter Still from Fischbachbegan his work in 1758, so some twenty years later.
In 1759 Peter Still died and while it was a state owned it was decided to privatize the brewery, which happened in 1804. In 1884, Johann Baptist Jacob – the great-grandfather of present-day owner, Marcus Jacob – acquired the company.
I bought this unfiltered weissbier from a German webshop at the price of 1,49 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,3%.
Dark brown in colour, hazy and heavy like rye bread.
Small rough head that is gone in a second.
Delicious dark, burned dried fruits in the aroma.
Medium CO2, good play between fruit, darkness, sweetness and wheat. Ends in a after taste as sweet as candy.
Overall rating 85 / 100
Estimated cost of this Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port 2004 bottle of 750 ml is 38 Euro.
This vintage port was released in 368 magnum, 14150 bottles and 3470 half-bottles. This half-bottle was numbered 1580.
Quinta do Infantado has been a estate-bottled port producer since 1979. Until that time, all exported Ports had to be shipped in bulk to Vila Nova de Gaia.
Taste notes right after decanting
Hazy and dark reddish in the colour.
Suitable, fine and a little messy in the aroma.
Full bodied, fresh taste with a short but suitable after taste. Seems mature, but smaller bottles do also mature faster.
Intermediate rating 85 /100
2 hours after decanting
As black as red can get, took some good darkening from the air.
Aroma has loosened up and there is more fresh fruit in it, but still too much alcohol.
After taste got longer.
4 hours after decanting
Darker in the colour
After taste got more dried fruits in it.
The last glass was tried 48 hours after opening and it was dead. Much less taste and was getting harsh.
Overall rating 87 / 100
Estimated cost of this Graham’s Vintage Port 1995 bottle of 750 ml is 47 Euro. Learn more about the house of Graham’s here Visiting Graham’s in Porto.
Taste notes right after decanting
Minimum sediment with a cork completely soaked and destroyed.
Deep dark red like blood.
Dark and tar like aroma with alcohol dominating a light, but sweet, dried fruits scent.
Soft body with everything you can imagine from a harbor, tar, robes, planks, barrels, its it just dark and mysterious. Good tannin balance already. Long, sweet and powerful dried fruits in the after taste, lasts a good while.
Intermediate rating 89 /100
2 hours after decanting
No changes in colour, remains dark and bloody.
Aroma as was it smelled directly from the oak casket, dark and lustrous.
Balanced taste with a good complex play between the dried fruits and mild tannin.
Wine was poured back in the bottle to slow the process of decanting.
Overall rating 92 / 100
The first written reference is from 1628 with the mention of the inn “Zum Goldenen Lamm”, that translates to The Golden Lamb, located in Neumarkt, Germany.
In 1800 the brewery was bought by the Ehrnsperger family and in 1845 the brewery Neumarkter Lammsbräu was founded. Since 1977 they have been brewing bio-dynamic beers and developed the concepts up through almost 40 years and have received numerous awards for their caring for the environment.
I bought this unfiltered weissbeer from a German webshop at the price of 1,49 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 0,0%.
Good looking hazy orange beer.
Large head with a fine top.
Medium aroma with a scent of wheat and vegetables.
Good CO2, a fresh wheat taste with a light fruit, more in the after taste. Bio-dynamic / organic beer. But still a off from missing alcohol.
Overall rating 75 / 100
The brewery tradition in Straubing, Germany is dated to 1431 where monks founded the Metten Monastery. The brewery used the cellar for beer storage since 1929 and in 2008 bought the family Sillner the Röhrlbräu brewery.
I bought this unfiltered weissbeer from a German webshop at the price of 1,49 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,1%.
Light yellow colour and only slightly hazy.
Small head with a fine top.
Sweet fruit in the aroma.
Good CO2, fresh hops and sweet fruit in the taste, the sweet fruit dominates the after taste.
Overall rating 74 / 100
The brewery tradition in Straubing, Germany is dated to 1431 where monks founded the Metten Monastery. The brewery used the cellar for beer storage since 1929 and in 2008 bought the family Sillner the Röhrlbräu brewery.
I bought this unfiltered weissbeer from a German webshop at the price of 1,49 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 0,0%.
Beautiful deep orange with slightly red tones in the colour.
Big head with a fine top.
Light sweet fruit and wheated aroma.
Powerful CO2, thin taste and with a hint of iron. Fresh.
Overall rating 71 / 100
The brewery tradition in Straubing, Germany is dated to 1431 where monks founded the Metten Monastery. The brewery used the cellar for beer storage since 1929 and in 2008 bought the family Sillner the Röhrlbräu brewery.
I bought this unfiltered weissbeer from a German webshop at the price of 1,49 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,3%.
Brown and plume looking beer.
No head at all.
Medium light fruit aroma.
Light CO2, good sweet fruit and thick and wheated in the taste. Medium length after taste.
Overall rating 74 / 100
In southern Germany in Potsdam near the Templiner lake is the brewery Braumanufaktur Forsthaus Templin. Founded in 2007 by brewer Jörg Kirchhoff and Thomas Köhler and producing bio-dynamic beers.
I bought this beer at Torvehallerne in Copenhagen, Denmark at the price of 4,5 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 4,8%.
Thick flowing porridge structure and real good looking orange in the colour.
A head that disappears just as fast as you can pour the beer into the glass.
Light sweet fruit in the aroma.
Good CO2, full bodied sweet fruit with a long and pleasant after taste. Biodynamic / organic beer.
Overall rating 85 / 100
Quarles Harris was founded in 1680 by Thomas Dawson and this early date makes it one of the oldest port houses. It was named Dawson & Harris when Quarles Harries married Dorothea Dawson in 1752. It was once again renamed in 1791 to Harris Stafford & Sons and already in 1792 to Quarles Harris & Co. The company was bought by Andrew James Symington in 1917 and remain to this day as a part of the Symington family’s large portfolio of port houses.
Estimated cost of this Quarles Harris Vintage Port 1994 bottle of 750 ml is 52 Euro.
Taste notes right after decanting
Deep dark amber and orange play in the colour
Good aroma with a spiced and mature fruit. Suitable in strength with a hint of alcohol.
Light bodied with a mild taste to it, fine after taste with a pleasant dried fruits in the end, a wine that seems mature.
Intermediate rating 89 /100
2.5 hours after decanting
Dark red and really took some change from the air.
Suitable aroma that can be scented from a great distance.
Mild tannin, sweet fruit and a warmth in the end.
Wine was poured back in the bottle to slow the process of decanting.
7.5 hours after decanting
The dark red colour seems to have gotten a even deeper dimension.
Aroma lost some of its fruitfulnes but is now hot and spiced.
Soft tannin, sweet darkness that goes straight over in a full forced dried fruits that lasts forever with a wonderful after taste.
Final rating 90 / 100
24 hours after decanting
Smooth and very easy to drink, it is just like drinking a liquid raisins.
Overall rating 90 / 100