Eller Birkacher Rotes
Brewery: Eller
Town: Birk am Forst (Untersiemau)
Style: Rotbier
Color: amber
Head: off-white, rocky
Nose: rich malt
Body: medium
Palate: malty, fairly dry
Finish: clean, semi-dry
Served: on tap at the brewery
Impression: This was a bit of a last minute stop. My hoped for brewery wasn’t open for lunch and this one was right off the highway and had warm lunches even on a Saturday. A friend had recommended it and said the Rotbier was excellent. It came out an amber beauty with a rocky head richly malty nose. It was a very balanced beer without much hop presence and overall it was fairly dry, especially in the moreish finish. It was certainly a beer you could drink many of but being there for a quick lunch stop meant I was only going to have one!
