This evening I put The Weißenhoher Bonifatius to the test.
This beer is a monastery brew (Klosterbier) from Oberfranken, in the north of Bavaria.
Here is what the beer looks like in advertising material:
The bottle is standard half Liter, sporting 5.1% ABV of "Dunkles" (dark) Beer.
I would add that the beer itself is tilted towards the Reddish side of Dunkles. It doesn't take much lighting to turn her into a glowing red ale, at least as far as appearances are concerned. Here's how a poured bottle looks, on a window-sill, in the evening with a dirty window behind it:
Flavour-wise I get some nice messages from this little number between the receptors on my tongue and the part of my brain that does the processing. The beer is mild and mellow. I get the feeling that it has one shoulder leaning on a sack of nuts, whilst staring longingly at a stick of slightly burnt toffee. The only slight downside is a tinge of something metallic at the long end of the taste. But this is easily remedied by putting another mouthful down the hatch before it can materialise.
The Bonifatius is a good drop. I could happily down a couple of these, and if I drank Islay whisky, I suspect this beer would make an excellent accompaniment.
On the "what's it like" scale, I'd give this beer a 4 out of 7. But it is pushing firmly towards the 5 mark.
This beer is a monastery brew (Klosterbier) from Oberfranken, in the north of Bavaria.
Here is what the beer looks like in advertising material:
The bottle is standard half Liter, sporting 5.1% ABV of "Dunkles" (dark) Beer.
I would add that the beer itself is tilted towards the Reddish side of Dunkles. It doesn't take much lighting to turn her into a glowing red ale, at least as far as appearances are concerned. Here's how a poured bottle looks, on a window-sill, in the evening with a dirty window behind it:
Flavour-wise I get some nice messages from this little number between the receptors on my tongue and the part of my brain that does the processing. The beer is mild and mellow. I get the feeling that it has one shoulder leaning on a sack of nuts, whilst staring longingly at a stick of slightly burnt toffee. The only slight downside is a tinge of something metallic at the long end of the taste. But this is easily remedied by putting another mouthful down the hatch before it can materialise.
The Bonifatius is a good drop. I could happily down a couple of these, and if I drank Islay whisky, I suspect this beer would make an excellent accompaniment.
On the "what's it like" scale, I'd give this beer a 4 out of 7. But it is pushing firmly towards the 5 mark.
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