Brewer's Advent 2023 Day 6: Hösl - Märzenbier

A historic beer style

The small brewery, run by the Hösl family in the 3rd generation, is located in the Bavarian Upper Palatinate. Not only the brewery is a journey worth taking, but also the landscape. Here an ancient monastery building, there a majestic church, world-famous glass and porcelain factories, the UNESCO World Heritage city of Regensburg is not far away. And then there are the many breweries! Some are large, most are very small, like the Hösl Brewery, whose beers are only sold in the immediate vicinity of the brewery. Master brewer Tobias Schraml presents his Märzenbier.

About "Märzenbier" 

The name of the beer style is dedicated to a month: March. ("März" in German). To understand this, let's take a short journey into the history of beer. Brewing bottom-fermented beers requires temperatures below 10 °C. In the old days, before the refrigeration machine was invented, it was not possible to brew in summer, because it was too warm in the fermentation and maturation cellars. The brewing year ended with the arrival of spring. Beer was therefore brewed for the last time in March. It was brewed strong - the stronger it was, the longer it would keep. Large quantities were brewed, as the beer stocks had to be available throughout the summer. Only in autumn, when it got cold again in Bavaria, could beer be produced again. 

Today, we can brew bottom-fermented beers all year round anywhere in the world. Nevertheless, the beer style has survived in Bavaria and even the small Hösl brewery brews it more strongly than the classic lager. And darker, which is also typical of the beer style. 

Cheers to you!

BeerTasting DAILY-Video

Hösl - Märzenbier Can
Märzen Bavarian Style
5,3% vol.
3,56
Privatbrauerei Hösl
DE

Kommentare

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michaelpoto1 • vor 1 Jahr
Smooth tasting and easy to drink. Darker than an average lager. Lagers are usually lighter tasting but this one was quite tasty and surprisingly refreshing. Nice golden color with light hints of almost a chocolate like flavor. Would definitely buy a case of these if they were available here in the Boston area. By the way, the guy from Boston who was on the beer tasting video is a pin head!
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BierDr • vor 1 Jahr
Smooth with some complexity, but I was hoping for more, particularly smokey notes.
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cdero76 • vor 1 Jahr
The Brewer claims this to be a "smoked lager" with a whiskey and wheat malt. The color is deep golden with the largest frothy head created thus far. This beer is very smooth and the flavor is very palatable. I could drink several of these. I was looking forward to more of a smoky flavor much like a Rauchbier. The suttle smoke flavor would be great for someone new to the style. Too bad I can't get this year round.
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kenbottesi • vor 1 Jahr
Overall good beer not a Marzen expert- but enjoyed-3.5
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Futbol mono • vor 1 Jahr
I love the story of the brewery! That being said, Marzen I have had in the past have had a much stronger punch and richer depth of flavor. 3 for me, cheers!
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Jeff Gustafson • vor 1 Jahr
It's perhaps the best regular beer tasting beer I've ever had, if that makes sense.
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pstevens • vor 1 Jahr
It matched what I had. I enjoyed it.
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jacksonmplt • vor 1 Jahr
Not the best Marzen, flavor was there but no umph
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Robert Zeller • vor 1 Jahr
This beer is not in my Advent box
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Original KALEA • vor 1 Jahr
We appreciate your feedback. The customer support team had a further look into this. The different beer selection in some US states is due to different licencing processes. Some beers simply couldn’t be licensed in time as was planned for this year’s season. For this reason, already licenced ones where used for some states as a replacement. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience caused and are hoping you enjoy the beers in your Brewer’s Advent Calendar! Have yourself a great Brewers Advent and Christmas time.
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Arctic Madness • vor 1 Jahr
Wait I have a 1543? Is mine different?
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PaulVegas555 • vor 1 Jahr
Not the best Marzen I had, it’s lighter and not as malty as Munich Marzen my opinion Otherwise a 3
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