Lübeck Brauberger Zwickelbier

Brewed by Brauberger zu Lübeck
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Lübeck, Germany

Serve in Lager glass, Stein

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At the brewpub, on draught. A difficult beer to rate as it is, uniquely for northern Germany, an uncarbonated beer sold fresh from wooden casks rolled down from the brewhouse on the same principle as traditional Alt or Kolsch. Has the earthy edge of all beers dispensed thus. On the other hand it is a pretty dull, soft, low-hopped zwickelbier and two or three are enough.

Draught at the brewpub. Good fresh yeast aroma. Cloudy dark orange colour. Nice stable white head. The flavour is grainy in the good, malty way. Also has some fresh yeast and notes of newly baked bread. Very slightly sweet and balanced by a mild bitterness. Tastes of its ingredients.

Cask at the brewpub- Served a hazy copper color with a small head and good lacing. Fresh grain and a bit of fruit aroma,with a hint of spice. Has a distinct bittersweet taste. Malty with caramel and a nice bitterness. Has a clean finish. Medium body, smooth and well balanced. Good cask beer. Worth a day trip from Hamburg to "Old Town" Lubeck.

Draught at the brewpub. Muddy amber coloured with a medium sized white head. Malty aroma of hops and hay. Malty flavour of hay, hops and grass with notes of fruits and yeast. Hoppy finish.

Gravity cask at the brewpub. Hazy, red-brown, almost orange colour with a small white head. Love this nice, warming appearance! From the aroma I get notes of caramel, malts and bittersweet fruits. Lightly sweet taste with bitter notes from citrus and orange. Medium body, oliy texture and soft carbonation. I was pleasently surprised by this beer!

Cask (gravity) from wood fass @ Brauberger zu Lübeck, Alfstraße 36, 23552 Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Unclear hazy medium orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, light caramel, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, orange, light notes of smoke - rubber cigarette smoke. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Very refreshing. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090916]

Draught (from the wood) at the brewpub. Cloudy pale orange, small creamy head. Creamy grassy malt together with spicy grassy hops. Lies light and creamy in the mouth with growing resiny bitterness coming after. pleasant, thpugh on the sweet and fruity side.

Draught: Hazy, deep golden to orangey coloured, medium-sized off-white, quite stable, head; faint sweetish-grainy and yeasty nose with an extremely faint touch of hops, illusions of toasted malt, too; moderate sweetish-bitter flavour, quite soft, light to medium bodied; yeast again in the grainy-bitter finish. Quite good - by german Hausbrauerei standards...............

Draught. Low white and quickly disappearing head. Hazy dark orange body. Fruity, mainly oranges, aroma and flavor with little hops bitterness and yet it has an acidic note. Low carbonation, short aftertaste.

From gravity cask at the brewpub. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Malty and light hoppy aroma. Flavour is smooth malty light brewmash note and with a ligt hops bitterness swept through. Light bitter and crisp finish.