ChiStar
Revolution Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.79
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German-style Zoiglbier
Zoiglbier is a style that originated in a small Bavarian town around 1415. Pilsner, Dark Munich, and Carafa II malts give this beer its reddish-orange hue, while small additions of Noble and Czech hop varieties lend an earthy spiciness and low bitterness. A member of the Zwickel/Kellerbier family this beer pours with a slight haze, but in this case hazy beer is not lazy beer!
The Zoigl itself is a sign displayed by brewers/pub owners to signify the availability of fresh hand crafted beer. It's 2 interlocking triangles represent first the “magic” of brewing; the points being Air, Water, and Fire. The points of the second stand for the ingredients Water, Malt, and Hops, as the importance of yeast was not yet realized.
With ChiStar (pronounced “scheister”) we link the ages-old tradition of brewing to our great and humble city whose flag is adorned with similar stars holding their own value, and the star which has come to be a strong symbol of our brewery.
Zoiglbier is a style that originated in a small Bavarian town around 1415. Pilsner, Dark Munich, and Carafa II malts give this beer its reddish-orange hue, while small additions of Noble and Czech hop varieties lend an earthy spiciness and low bitterness. A member of the Zwickel/Kellerbier family this beer pours with a slight haze, but in this case hazy beer is not lazy beer!
The Zoigl itself is a sign displayed by brewers/pub owners to signify the availability of fresh hand crafted beer. It's 2 interlocking triangles represent first the “magic” of brewing; the points being Air, Water, and Fire. The points of the second stand for the ingredients Water, Malt, and Hops, as the importance of yeast was not yet realized.
With ChiStar (pronounced “scheister”) we link the ages-old tradition of brewing to our great and humble city whose flag is adorned with similar stars holding their own value, and the star which has come to be a strong symbol of our brewery.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2017. Pours a clear amber orange with a large tan head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has tons of straw, grain and hay with a bit of bread and grass backing. Flavor is similar with straw, bread, grains and a bit of a bitter grass bite.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2017
at 09:12