Arcobräu Urfass

Arcobräu Urfass Hell
Arcobräu Gräfliches Brauhaus

0,5l
5,2%

So sadly someone cleaned my table and they took my beer fact sheet with them... So unfortunately the information about how much original wort this brew has is gone to the paper recycling bin, together with the information which prize it had won. Sad and shitty but alas just a piece of cardboard and we shall live without the info... basically as we don't have any other choice.

Arcobräu for once has English Information on their website, so feel free to prance around there, checking out all the wonderful tidbits of knowledge they give you.

So apparently the brewery was founded in 1526 by Warmund Count von Preysing back then under the name Moos Schloßbrauerei... the rest of the history can be found on the webpage but it's always nice to know that something has been happening for many centuries. Also yay nobility.... It's still called the Count's Brewery (Gräfliches Brauhaus).

The bottle is of standard form and it has 2 labels. Now the front and back one are pretty standard, though the front is circular in shape which is at least not as common as the classical rectangular ones.
It's held in white, gold, blue and red, the name in gold on blue.

The upper label is using something that was more common a few years ago though I haven't seen it recently much. It's made out of metallic foil, wrapping around the whole bottleneck and also encasing the cap. In my youth they used to say that men who play with that foil are sexually frustrated.... I always thought it's mainly to make sure that there is no foil ending in ones mouth but hey...

For the heck of it, I chose the glass that came with the whole box so that it gets some usage... as this isn't a yeastie baby and also filtered I guess it shall serve.

No information about top or bottom fermented alas the style Helles hints at bottom fermentation and then filtration as it is filtered.

It is pale golden, clearly filtered and pours with mediocre amount of middle sized bubbly foam, which dissipates moderately fast. All in all it pours like a good beer should pour.

As hayfever / allergy hit me I don't trust my nose too much but let's talk about aroma: Not very appetizing, moldy, damp, strong umami tones. Heavy floral tones of the not so yummy sort.

Ratebeer is -again- rather low in their ranking.

It taste's rather sweet in a sticky way that remains for the aftertaste. There is almost no bitterness but very faint tones in the aftertaste. Pretty watery. Sadly no distinguishable hops, instead a sweet umami taste.
The carbonation is pretty perfect ... but that's all I have to say to this. It's -again- a well done beer, alas missing complexity. Easy to down thirst quencher? Yes. Enjoyable taste adventure? No.
Sadly it's missing the certain je ne sais quoi. It doesn't even try.

Prost!

DMW