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.
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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,
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.
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
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