Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009.
ABV: 5.1%
Origin: Vierzehnheiligen, Franken (Bayern), Germany
Trunk Vierzehnheiligen Nothelfer Bier
I tried this wonderful unpasteurised Dunkel fresh from its cask at the Pigs Ear festival. The brewery, in a rural setting behind a basilica in a Franconian village named for “the fourteen saints”, has a distant monastic tradition but has been in secular hands since 1803.
The beer is a dark nut brown with a thick yellowy head, nutty caramel malt aroma with a fudgy note, a cracker dry but nicely malty palate, fleeting sweet caramel round the edges and a liquorice touch. The finish is elegant and fresh, with lingering spicy hop and crisp biscuit finish.
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