Brasserie Meteor

Brasserie Meteor. Photo by John Woods.

6 rue du Général-Lebocq, 67270 Hochfelden. Tel: 03 88 71 73 73

www.brasserie-meteor.fr

contact@brasserie-meteor.fr

Beer List -

Any tasting notes that appear against the beers are the personal opinions of the authors. If the authors disagree on any aspect then their initials appear before their individual opinion.

Ackerland Bière Brune Spéciale - 6.1% alc/vol View Label 8 Kb

Comments - First brewed 1977. Ackerland is a region of the Hochfelden that produces hops.

Tasting Notes - An unusual beer with an unusual taste. It has both ale and lager characteristics which adds to the interest.

Ackerland Bière Spéciale - 5.9% alc/vol View Label 7 Kb

Comments - Ackerland is a region of the Hochfelden that produces hops.

Tasting Notes - Good, interesting taste with an excellent finish. There are strong elements of distinctive hop and malt throughout with the added attraction of an unusual butteriness.

Bière de Mars - 5.1% alc/vol View Label 10 Kb

Tasting Notes - A good texture and very full tasting toffee/caramel malt based beer with plenty of interest and a strange, distinctive perfumed hop quality which helps it stand out from the Bière de Mars crowd.

Bière de Noël - 5.8% alc/vol View Label 8 Kb

Tasting Notes - Aromatised with orange. Not really what you would expect from a Christmas beer however, it is certainly different, fairly full tasting and a pleasant drink.

Blanche de Meteor - 5% alc/vol

Tasting Notes - Admirably full-tasting white beer that doesn't try to copy the Hoegaarden style. Nice looking beer.

Export - 4.5% alc/vol View Label 7 Kb

Comments - The red labelled bottles are unpasteurised and only available in the local

Tasting Notes - There is a nice creaminess to both the texture and taste and a strong hop character with a good hop bite and bags of pale malt behind. Overall a very flavoursome lager.

Kochersberg - 4.6% alc/vol

Comments - Marque for supermarkets.

Kochersbier - 4.6% alc/vol

Comments - Marque for supermarkets

Meteor - 4.6% alc/vol View Label 8 Kb

Tasting Notes - Amazing, unique aroma leads into an equally unusual palate. Strong hop characteristics and a tangy toffee malt dominate. The bitter finish lasts as long as anything anywhere.

Meteor Pils - 5% alc/vol View Label 9 Kb

Comments - First brewed 1927. Surprisingly for a Pilsner it is unpasteurised. The crown cork is covered by a plastic top that can be used to reseal the bottle once opened - excellent idea on large bottles.

Tasting Notes - Wonderful aroma leads you into an equally full and distinctive palate which continues into the finish. Beautiful balance with a good complexity but simple enough on the quaffing level to make it easily accessible. An excellent Pilsner which is on a very different plane to the others

Mortimor - 8% alc/vol View Label 5 Kb

Comments - Presented in a miniture whisky bottle (or full size when 75cl) and even served in a miniture whisky glass.

Tasting Notes - An excellent whisky beer which has a very strong malt element to combat the whisky. Warming and satisfying with a very rich, strongly alcoholic taste.

Pravda - 4.5% alc/vol

Comments - First brewed 1997. An Eastern beer. The label inscriptions are in cyrillic. Aimed squarely at the "trendy young things" market. By the end of 1997 it was still very difficult to find in shops as the distribution was concentrating on clubs and bars.

Tasting Notes - An interesting, if gimmicky, beer that keeps the beer character and is not oversweet as is typical of the genre.

Brasserie Meteor

6 rue du Général-Lebocq, 67270 Hochfelden. Tel: 03 88 71 73 73

www.brasserie-meteor.fr

contact@brasserie-meteor.fr

Beer List -

Any tasting notes that appear against the beers are the personal opinions of the authors. If the authors disagree on any aspect then their initials appear before their individual opinion.

Ackerland Bière Brune Spéciale - 6.1% alc/vol View Label 8 Kb

Comments - First brewed 1977. Ackerland is a region of the Hochfelden that produces hops.

Tasting Notes - An unusual beer with an unusual taste. It has both ale and lager characteristics which adds to the interest.

Ackerland Bière Spéciale - 5.9% alc/vol View Label 7 Kb

Comments - Ackerland is a region of the Hochfelden that produces hops.

Tasting Notes - Good, interesting taste with an excellent finish. There are strong elements of distinctive hop and malt throughout with the added attraction of an unusual butteriness.

Bière de Mars - 5.1% alc/vol View Label 10 Kb

Tasting Notes - A good texture and very full tasting toffee/caramel malt based beer with plenty of interest and a strange, distinctive perfumed hop quality which helps it stand out from the Bière de Mars crowd.

Bière de Noël - 5.8% alc/vol View Label 8 Kb

Tasting Notes - Aromatised with orange. Not really what you would expect from a Christmas beer however, it is certainly different, fairly full tasting and a pleasant drink.

Blanche de Meteor - 5% alc/vol

Tasting Notes - Admirably full-tasting white beer that doesn't try to copy the Hoegaarden style. Nice looking beer.

Export - 4.5% alc/vol View Label 7 Kb

Comments - The red labelled bottles are unpasteurised and only available in the local

Tasting Notes - There is a nice creaminess to both the texture and taste and a strong hop character with a good hop bite and bags of pale malt behind. Overall a very flavoursome lager.

Kochersberg - 4.6% alc/vol

Comments - Marque for supermarkets.

Kochersbier - 4.6% alc/vol

Comments - Marque for supermarkets

Meteor - 4.6% alc/vol View Label 8 Kb

Tasting Notes - Amazing, unique aroma leads into an equally unusual palate. Strong hop characteristics and a tangy toffee malt dominate. The bitter finish lasts as long as anything anywhere.

Meteor Pils - 5% alc/vol View Label 9 Kb

Comments - First brewed 1927. Surprisingly for a Pilsner it is unpasteurised. The crown cork is covered by a plastic top that can be used to reseal the bottle once opened - excellent idea on large bottles.

Tasting Notes - Wonderful aroma leads you into an equally full and distinctive palate which continues into the finish. Beautiful balance with a good complexity but simple enough on the quaffing level to make it easily accessible. An excellent Pilsner which is on a very different plane to the others

Mortimor - 8% alc/vol View Label 5 Kb

Comments - Presented in a miniture whisky bottle (or full size when 75cl) and even served in a miniture whisky glass.

Tasting Notes - An excellent whisky beer which has a very strong malt element to combat the whisky. Warming and satisfying with a very rich, strongly alcoholic taste.

Pravda - 4.5% alc/vol

Comments - First brewed 1997. An Eastern beer. The label inscriptions are in cyrillic. Aimed squarely at the "trendy young things" market. By the end of 1997 it was still very difficult to find in shops as the distribution was concentrating on clubs and bars.

Tasting Notes - An interesting, if gimmicky, beer that keeps the beer character and is not oversweet as is typical of the genre.

Wendelinus - 6.8% alc/vol

Comments - Abbaye style beer

Zorn Val - 2.8% alc/vol

Comments - The river Zorn runs through the area.

Zornbier - 4.6% alc/vol

Comments - Said brewed by L.Hertz-Metzger from Alsace on label.