The privately owned brewery Hösl was founded in 1906 by Michael Hösl in Mitterteich, Bavaria, Germany. The brewery burned down in 1957 and was recently restored in 2006. The brewery is today run by second generation of the Hösl family.

I bought this beer in a local beer shop in Berlin, Germany at the price of 3 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,6%.

A deep orange going over in brown colour with a nice glow in the bottom.

The head takes some colour from the beer and it disappears quickly into a thin layer.

A very sweet and fruity aroma with a certain freshness to it.

Low CO2, smoked, dark taste with a freshness from the hard to taste fruit. The after taste is dominated by the smoke by ends too soon.

Overall rating 79 / 100

Ayinger brewery is located in Aying in Bavaria, Germany. The brewery was founded in 1877.

I bought this beer in a local wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 3,5 Euro for at 500 ml bottle at 5,1%.

A nice looking yellow unfiltered beer with a orange glow to it.

The head is white, big and with very fine bubbles.

The aroma comes off with a sweet fruit and hints of banana.

Lightly fruited taste with a medium CO2 and a good fruit fade.

Overall rating 81 / 100

Flying Dog brewery was founded in 1990 by George Stranahan in Aspen, Colorado, USA. It started out as a BrewPub, late it became a fully-fledged Denver brewery. The artwork on the labels are done by Ralph Steadman, the same artist that illustrated various books by Hunter S. Thompson.

I bought this unfiltered beer in a local supermarket in Lillestrøm, Norway at the price of 3,5 Euro for a 355 ml bottle at 4,7%

A good yellow unfiltered look with a bit of orange glow to it.

Head is quickly gone and stays as a covering layer of fine bubbles.

Aroma is very faint with a hint of fruit.

The CO2 reacts fast when drinking it, a flat feeling with the very anonymous fruit that have some watery thinness over it, after taste is okay.

Overall rating 74 / 100

Georg I Schneider was the creator of the Schneider Weisse Original recipe, which is still used today. Two-hundred years ago, wheat beer could only be brewed by the Bavarian royal family in their breweries. In 1872, King Ludwig II discontinued brewing wheat beer due to a steady decline in sales.

Georg I Schneider was sold the exclusive right to brew wheat beer. Today, Georg VI Schneider is running the brewery in Kelheim, which the family acquired in 1927 and has remained the Schneider Weisse brewery to this day. It is the oldest wheat beer brewery in Bavaria. Wheat beer has been brewed there without interruption since its founding in the year 1607.

I bought this beer in a local beer shop in Berlin, Germany at the price of 1,8 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 8,2%.

A orange coloured unfiltered beer, sediment can be present as large pieces floating around.

The head is big and have a yellow hint to it in the colour, the head stays.

The aroma have notes of the hops, bitter fruit and a fresh feeling to it.

Low CO2, sweet taste, bitter fruit, hides its very high alcohol percent really well, but it can be too much, the after taste lasts long.

Overall rating 77 / 100

Kurt and Rob Widmer starts home brewing as it is legalized in Oregon, USA in 1979. Widmer brewing company opens in 1984 and the brothers work full time on it. The beers was only delivered as draft up until 1996 where the first bottled beer is produced. The brewery is today still run by the brothers.

I bought this beer in a beer shop in Berlin, Germany at the price of 3,65 Euro for at 355 ml bottle at 4,9%.

A yellow unfiltered beer with heavy and large sediment, take care when pouring.

There was no head developing.

The aroma is dominated by the hops and comes off with a sharp and slightly bitter fruit.

The taste is, as the aroma, dominated by the hops and have a flowery taste to that lives into the fade. The CO2 dies out quickly.

This beer should have been called a Wit and they could have gotten away with it.

Overall rating 72 / 100

Unertl brewery was founded in Haag, Germany in 1929 by Philomena and Alois Unertl. The brewery is today family owned by the 4th generation of the Unertl family.

I bought this beer in KaDeWe, Berlin at the price of 1,86 Euro for at 500 ml bottle at 4,9%.

A brown colour with a light glow in the bottom.

The head disappears fast and leaves only a thin layer.

The aroma is sweet, fruity and with a scent of caramel.

The medium CO2 comes with a mix of fruit and caramel, the taste is still on the light side and fades very fast.

Overall rating 76 / 100

St. Georgen-Bräu brewery is located in Buttenheim, Germany. The brewery was founded in 1624 and from 1814 to 2009 it was owned by the Modschiedler family. The brew master Norbert Kramer took over ownership thereafter, he was employed on the brewery since 2000.

I bought this beer in a local supermarket in Oslo, Norway at the price of 6 Euro for a 500ml bottle at 4,6%.

Colour is a unfiltered yellow with a orange glow to it.

Head comes off very big and settles slowly into a layer of fine bubbles.

Aroma is a light and fresh fruit.

A medium CO2 makes for a pleasant drink where the fruit is a bit on the hops side and after taste is not long lasting. The fruit in the taste does not really stand out.

Overall rating 74 / 100