BrewDog Zephyr

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Fruit Beer
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

From the Bottle at RBESG Harlequin, Sheffield 19/07/2009 Sour slight whisky aroma. White head. Golden coloured hazy in appearance strong in alcohol and sour with a slightly dry whisky malt finish.

Bottle @ pre-GBBF shindig, August 2009. Hazy blond appearance - no sign of any colour deriving from the strawberries. Decent sharp stuff with some fruity acidity but I struggled to identify the fruit as strawberry. The IPA and whisky elements are relatively muted. Wouldn’t have guessed the ABV was as high as 13%. The various elements are quite well balanced in that none of them dominates too much. However, the rather odd combination means that, for me at least, this is more of an intriguing and interesting beer than an unreservedly enjoyable one.

A Mes rate. Gravicask self poured from the Rake cellar.
Semi hazy gold with a faint white collar. A strange and not altogether brilliant blend of whisky and strawberry on the nose. Faint peat and butter underneath. The flavour is similar but better. It’s clearly mad as a bag of spanner munching frogs. Lovely tart notes from the strawberries that works really well. I’m honestly struggling to describe this one. A very interesting brew but certainly not something I could drink a lot of. Whatever, BrewDog, your credit is good! Finally, thanks to James for giving the chance to get a hefty sample of something that otherwise, would have been very expensive.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear yellow coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of strawberries and oak. Fruity flavour of strawberries and oak with notes of berries and hops. Tart berryish finish.

Hazy deep blond color. Aroma of strawberry jam; it reminds me some Dogfish Head… I just got a sip: undrinkable! Extremely harsh and bitter flavor, chemicals, some fruits and wood, but I really don’t want to drink the rest of the glass just to find out… disgusting, like the Dogfish Head I mentioned…

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has strong notes of alcohol, malt, and berries. The flavor is acidic with notes of malt, wood, citrus, and fruit, leading to a tart fruity finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Slightly hazy deep golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of alcohol and strawberries. Medium body, lightly tart with distinct notes of strawberries. Ends dry and lightly bitter. Very unusual and very interesting. 220909

Bottled. Golden coloured. Unclear. Off white dense head. Strawberries, fruits and light spice. Flavour of sweetness, grape, light strawberries and light fruits. Medium bodied. Dry. Grapish end.