Farnsburger beer

Brewed by Farnsburg brewery AG
Style: Helles
Sissach, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

I and the family went to an agricultural show in the town of Reinach, not too far from us, in Basel-Landschaft (Basel Land). While there I managed to get my hands on some bottles of Farnsburger beer.

Farnsburg AG is a brewery in the small town of Sissach located in the Basel region of Switzerland. The brewery opened in October 2016, reviving a long tradition of beer production in the area that was thought long gone. The company has about 750 shareholders, a board of directors and a well renowned brewmaster, Ludwig Stranzky. Offering some regular beers in Naturblond, Hellblond and Amber, they also plan to introduce a whole range of specialty and seasonal beers soon. Selling to local bars and restaurants for the moment, the new brewery has high hopes for the future.

Review: 33cl light brown bottle of Hellbland Farnsburger Bier: 5% vol.

On pour get a nice white head with a beer that has a lovely clear golden colour, looks ok.

Good bit of carbonation bubbling away in the glass. Head does die down to a flat looking beer after a while. A flat look.

Smell is of light pale malts. Good lagery beery smell.

Served cold. Not much in the bottle, where it all vanishes I dont know!

A very lagery taste, nice sweet malts, get them back of the throat. Nice big, smooth mouthfuls. So far so good.

Slightly hoppy. Easy to drink, not a bad beer. Ok

It is a light beer, clean and very soft to taste, feels just like a regular lager, and is tasty enough.

Good malty taste, a little hoppy but light though overall.

Very easy to drink, although not much there to run out and buy again.
A slow burner. But not bad. For a small brewery that’s trying to find its place in the big bad world of beer, its not a bad effort at all.