Beers
The first issue of the Beer Star News presented all the beers which won a gold, silver or bronze EBS in 2019. This is now the answer to the question: “What do the winning beers taste like?” Birgit Rieber’s tasting notes.
She has been the owner and director of the Institut für Bierkultur since 2019. She has been a member of the European Beer Star expert jury since 2010. She is the editor-in-chief of this magazine, trains beerkeepers in Germany and Austria on numerous occasions every year and is also part of the beer sommelier faculty.
Dortmunder Export
Eye candy. Bright orange colored, clear glossy beer. Stable, fine-pored tan head. Delicate yet animating malt scent, notes of honey, subdued caramel, wrapped in fresh hops – this is the nose offered by good beer.
Stiegl-Pils
Bright golden gleam, clear glossy beer, brilliant. Its stable fine-pored head allows the scent of a summer meadow in bloom to come through. Svelte yet powerful, precise, clear. A finely malted body embraces a highly
Schimpf Weizenbock
Dark copper colour. Evenly, densely cloudy. Tan, dense head. The nose offers ripe banana, prune, rum from wood barrel. Full-bodied initial taste with powerful presence. Fine bubbles, delicate yet creamy, subdued sweetness. Reminiscent of wild
prion des fleurs
Cooper color, naturally cloudy; stable head. A delicate nose of honey is supported by caramel notes. Add sub/tropical fruits – ripe oranges first, then pineapple and white peach. The initial taste is soft and subdued,
Othmar Rauch
Dark chestnut brown. Fine cloudy beer, its light brown head remains stable but allows a slightly smoky aroma to come through. Reminiscent of crackling campfire. I wrap fresh yeast dough around a twig but try
