Göller Kellerbier

Review Date 12/2/2024 By John Staradumsky

  Style: Kellerbier   Brewery: Göller   Country: Germany   State: N/A   $ Per OZ: $.30 (B)   ABV: 5.2%

Do you like your beers to be meaty? I know I do. Now, before you get too concerned, I am not talking about actual meat in your beer. Not at all. No, for me, when I think of meaty beers I think of Zwickel or Keller beers, and I was thinking of this while enjoying a bottle of Göller Kellerbier recently. Kellerbiers are unfiltered and have yeast in suspension. Certainly, they are not by any means the only beer style to be like this, but the way the yeast pops against the bready malts strikes me as “meaty”. So there you go.

As one who has been taking notes on and reviewing beers for over 30 years (and enjoying craft beer now for more than 40 years), I can tell you that we all have our own impressions and tastes. For those of us that keep records on what we drink and experience, we each have our own style as well. Always keep that in mind when reading a beer (or really cany kind) of review.

Here’s what the importer, Ancient Craft Imports, says about the beer:

A traditional Franconian masterpiece, Göller's Keller beer follows the legendary craft methods of the region dating back to the Middle Ages. A slow bottom fermentation in cold tanks is reminiscent of the ancient underground cellar (keller). After a 10 week-long aging process, the Kellerbier is drawn out without undergoing filtration or pasteurization, to be served as a thick and cloudy, amber-hued draft. Its profile is fresh and tangy, orange-like aroma, and deep malty flavors! Pair with grilled kebabs, hot sauce, and Limburger cheese.

Göller Kellerbier has an alcohol content of 4.9% by volume. I paid $5.99 for my bottle, purchased with a number of other Göller beers during my annual trip to Helen for Oktoberfest this year. I bought these at Alpine Bottle Shop. My bottle is stamped with a freshness date of 26.12.24 (December 26^th of 2024).

Göller Kellerbier pours to a murky amber color with a thick fluffy white head and a meaty yeasty nose. Taking a sip, the beer is medium in body, perhaps slightly more. It’s malty and bready but again meaty from the yeast and finishes balanced with a gentle hop bitterness.

I enjoyed this one a great deal, and think that you will, too. Why not pick nup a few bottles, and see for yourself how good it is. Who know? You might just think it’s meaty, too.

 Glad I tried it?  T

Would I rebuy it??