Castroper Zwickel

Brewed by Brauhaus Rütershoff
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

Serve in Lager glass, Stein

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On tap at the brewpub: Hazy, golden coloured, yellowish foamy head; faint sweetish nose with a tinge of bitterness; distinctive bitter flavour, fizzy mouthfeel; longer, quite spicy bitter-sweet finish. More aromatic than their quite boring Pils.

Bottle 1000ml. w. swing top.

[ As Castroper Zwickelbier ].
Light unclear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, hay, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, hay. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100630]

(Bottle, 1 l, at One Pint Pub) Poured pale orange and cloudy. Head was medium sized and white. Aroma contained grass, herbs and fruitiness. Palate was medium bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were hops, grass, fruitiness, grain, malts and bitterness. Afertaste was herbal and bitter.

1 000 ml bottle. As Rütershoff Zwickel. Finland.
Hazy pale yellow colour with small white head. Malt, some yeast and hints of birch leaves in aroma. Bitterish grassy hops, malt and some spices in flavour.

1000ml bottle (One Pint Pub, Helsinki, Kölsch days 2010)
Hazy rich yellow, tiny head. Lovely bready aroma. Soft palate, bready and a little sweet, but also with some herby and spicy retronasals. Spice comes out in the taste, it’s even gingery, and has lovely fresh noble hops. Some hint of pencil sharpenings occasionally. Dry bitter finish, a bit of a tingle. But also some milkiness - good full flavoured and tasty, but also refreshing. Win!

1 liter bottle@One Pint Pub, Helsinki. Hazy orangeish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is malts, some yeast, herbs and mild notes of earth. Flavour is being quite much the same. A quite balanced brew.

(1000ml swing top bottle) Hazy yellow colour with a thick and sticky foamy, slightly yellow head. This one tastes like a lighter version of their seasonal Wiesen. Sweet maltiness combined with low hoppiness and a dense fruity tone.