Strecks Brauhaus 1718
Brewery: Strecks Brauhaus
Town: Osterheim vor der Rhön
Style: Festbier 5.2%
Color: reddish golden
Head: white, creamy, rocky
Nose: malty, some spice
Body: medium
Palate: richly malty, nice spice element, underlying hops
Finish: lingering, semi-dry, semi-bitter
Served: from a bottle bought in Ostheim
Impression: Brewed in commemoration of their 300th anniversary in 2018, this reddish Festbier is richly malty but has balancing bitterness from the start. I’d have preferred it to remain more on the malty side until the finish but it’s better than the sticky finish you find in many.
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I'm an American living in Munich and Bamberg. Why? Well, I came for the beer but stayed for the girl. I'm very happily married to a German woman. Of course, the bonus of great beer certainly doesn't hurt. An avid love of hiking and finding new beers has led me to found Beerwanderers, an information resource on beer hiking trails in Franconia with an emphasis on Franconian food specialties and the endless variety of amazing beer the region is renowned for. I also published my first book Beer Hiking Bavaria which features 50 beer hikes in Bavaria and lead beer hiking experiences for those who love beer & nature. View all posts by beerwanderers
That’s one brewery with a long history!
Some even older breweries here, Don but the nice thing about this one is it’s still in the same family. If you check out the write up of the brewery in the link from the beer review, you’ll see what they’ve been through since WWII split Germany in half too.