Schlägl Zwickl-Bier

Brewed by Stiftsbrauerei Schlägl
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Aigen-Schlägl, Austria

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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From tap at the brewpub. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and grassy hoppy. Bitter, grassy and light fruity touch. Bitter and grassy finish.

Golden with a white bit coarse head. Nice grassy and bready nose, lovely rustic. Quenching with a good bitter end.

Draught as Universitätsbräu Campus Zwickl. Slightly citric aroma. Cloudy yellow colour. Small stable white head. The flavour is also citric, fruity, some sour rag. Infected, but not entirely undrinkable. Good sweetness, the same good breadiness as in their pils. Good mouthfeel.

pint @ bierasthof schiffner. Great looking pint. hazy straw colour with a big longlasting head. Grassy yeast in the nose. Sweet sour flavour of yeast and lemon. Very well balanced, refreshing yummy beer.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4     Pale Yellow(1)->Copper(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 4     Lasting: 4     Lacing : 5
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : XX   Bread : 3   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulphur : XX  
Malt : 4   Pilsner : 3   Pale : XX   Vienna : XX   Biscuity : XX   Hay : 2   Toasty : XX   Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : 2
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : 3   Lemon/Lime : XX   Herbal : 2   Grassy : 3  
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 3   Farmy : XX   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : 3   Crisp : 3   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX

Comments: A whole 1L mass of it and it was worth it. Hugely foamy, opaque golden pour. A dry example, fresh and convincing hop bite. Medium bodied, tight assembling and above all: very fresh.

Bottled (1l siphon). Hazy golden with rich airy head. Malt aromatic and light bodied. Bready and grassy with good malt flavour, yet with light, sparkling mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. Excellently well balanced zwickel.