Farnsburger beer
http://www.farnsburger-bier.ch
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.
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Bought this beer from the local Coop supermarket here in Basel, bought it in a six pack in a nice black packaged box. The bottle itself had a smart logo with the majestic looking Swiss Alps looking all nice and shiny. 
No carbonation and also not a lot in the bottle, I wonder where it all went to!
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On the bottle you get a nice big UR logo, interesting and striking, it stands out. 
The initial taste was fantastic, very crispy soothing start, very good.
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Nice big creamy mouthfuls at the start, a good full bodied lager taste, nice and smooth.
Bought cheap from Lidl France, coming in a lovely little red can that stands out. 
Soft not strong or bitter in taste. Very malty with hints of fruits, wheat and spices. 
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The smell is faint but one can detect a nice barley aroma on the nose.
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Arriving early to the town, it was good to see at least one bar open on the promenade. Nice looking bar from the outside, ventured in to a very small bar. A few people came in, looked like they were in town for some sort of sporting gig, so the small bar, with an interesting wooden and nautical themed decor, was actually quite busy. Ordered a Falken bier (from Schaffhausen), poured well and not too bad to drink for the first beer of the day. 
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Initial taste was one of a nice creamy mouthful flavour on the tongue, nice and refreshing.
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For the appearance it is a yellowish looking beer, with no head to speak of, looks pretty shite to be honest. Yellow goes a bit cloudy after a while too. Doesn’t look great. 
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Nice large bottle of beer with a screw toppy thing. Bought from Aldi. A monastery beer, more in style than substance perhaps. 
ice enough, smooth, quaffable, just a shame that there was so few real tastes or flavours to get excited about.